We cannot win Global Warming.
Reasons.
1. Gas output.
-Our gas emissions have increased 1,000 fold since the early 1900's. Coal, Natural Gas, Oil, Cars, Cows, all that fun stuff. People are bitching all around the world to decrease our gas output by driving electric cars, decreasing electrical use, etc.
Not going to happen. Our world is so intertwined with the burning of fossil fuels, that we will never be able to stop.
That is projected temperature flux over the next 50 years. For those that dont understand, it will be hotter, longer; and colder, well... never again.
Gas at current rate (because it will never go down) will make the Earth nice and warm for the next thousand years.
2. Oceans.
-Ah, the unseen counterpart to GW
This is the NAC (North Atlantic Current). It brings warm water north to the upper Atlantic. When the ice of the north and south poles melts, its fresh water. When salt and fresh water mix, there becomes less saltiness (desalinization). When this happens, warm water from the Atlantic doesn't transfer as much to the Current. When enough ice has melted, the current will shut down. Think The Day After Tomorrow, but slower. Weather patterns all around the world would change. For the worst. Same things would happen with major currents across the Pacific and Indian. This stage is already happening, as a lot of once permanent Ice is melting. Stopping outputs doesn't stop the cycle.
3. Heat.
-Duh, Global Warming.
Holes in the Ozone, because of Us. Its hotter everywhere. It will get hotter, and hotter. As more of the ozone is taken out by lingering gasses, UV index will go up, skin cancer +10.
What most preachers of Anti Global Warming fail to realize is this fact. Theres no turning back. Al Gore says theres hope, but there isn't. The planet will get a few degrees warmer every year, until a climate shift.
But in the ash of disaster lies the seeds of hope.
Rising this high on the chart means only one thing, A hard fall. Very hard.
That is what one of the last Ice Ages looked like. Sea Ice extends hundreds of miles offshore. New canyons are formed, glaciers sweep over the surface.
With all the warming, the Earth will have to equalize eventually. We're talking massive equalize. When I did research for school on Glaciers and Ice Ages, I got a chance to look at ice cores from the North Pole. Finding out how big an ice age can be very simple:
You look at
Amount of Concentrated Gasses
Extent of Ice Age
this shows a rough estimate of a severity model. Lets say that the concentration of CO2 from the last Ice Age was 60 ppm (not actual figure).
--The last Ice Age ended ~30 million years ago. Ice from it Carved Yosemite, gave the Alps their steep faces, and created lakes all over the world.
Lets think of Today. 200 ppm... That was before people. Way before. Now that there is people, lets take a guess. It would probably be closer to 100,000 ppm (again, used for emphasis)
If ice from the last Ice Age extended down into the Midwest US, and To the Alps. Lets think.
The Ice from the next ice age would cover the Earth. Sea Ice would extend to Hawaii. Glaciers 2 miles thick would glide across Texas. Shit would get cold.
But the world would start over. Life would begin again. The climate would get warmer again. Trees would grow, birds would sing. Flowers would bloom. The question is, will Humans be there.
We Can't stop global warming. And to all my fellow humans out there, top off your fuel tank, turn on your air conditioner during peak hours, and wait for the unavoidable.
Reasons.
1. Gas output.
-Our gas emissions have increased 1,000 fold since the early 1900's. Coal, Natural Gas, Oil, Cars, Cows, all that fun stuff. People are bitching all around the world to decrease our gas output by driving electric cars, decreasing electrical use, etc.
Not going to happen. Our world is so intertwined with the burning of fossil fuels, that we will never be able to stop.
That is projected temperature flux over the next 50 years. For those that dont understand, it will be hotter, longer; and colder, well... never again.
Gas at current rate (because it will never go down) will make the Earth nice and warm for the next thousand years.
2. Oceans.
-Ah, the unseen counterpart to GW
This is the NAC (North Atlantic Current). It brings warm water north to the upper Atlantic. When the ice of the north and south poles melts, its fresh water. When salt and fresh water mix, there becomes less saltiness (desalinization). When this happens, warm water from the Atlantic doesn't transfer as much to the Current. When enough ice has melted, the current will shut down. Think The Day After Tomorrow, but slower. Weather patterns all around the world would change. For the worst. Same things would happen with major currents across the Pacific and Indian. This stage is already happening, as a lot of once permanent Ice is melting. Stopping outputs doesn't stop the cycle.
3. Heat.
-Duh, Global Warming.
Holes in the Ozone, because of Us. Its hotter everywhere. It will get hotter, and hotter. As more of the ozone is taken out by lingering gasses, UV index will go up, skin cancer +10.
What most preachers of Anti Global Warming fail to realize is this fact. Theres no turning back. Al Gore says theres hope, but there isn't. The planet will get a few degrees warmer every year, until a climate shift.
But in the ash of disaster lies the seeds of hope.
Rising this high on the chart means only one thing, A hard fall. Very hard.
That is what one of the last Ice Ages looked like. Sea Ice extends hundreds of miles offshore. New canyons are formed, glaciers sweep over the surface.
With all the warming, the Earth will have to equalize eventually. We're talking massive equalize. When I did research for school on Glaciers and Ice Ages, I got a chance to look at ice cores from the North Pole. Finding out how big an ice age can be very simple:
You look at
Amount of Concentrated Gasses
Extent of Ice Age
this shows a rough estimate of a severity model. Lets say that the concentration of CO2 from the last Ice Age was 60 ppm (not actual figure).
--The last Ice Age ended ~30 million years ago. Ice from it Carved Yosemite, gave the Alps their steep faces, and created lakes all over the world.
Lets think of Today. 200 ppm... That was before people. Way before. Now that there is people, lets take a guess. It would probably be closer to 100,000 ppm (again, used for emphasis)
If ice from the last Ice Age extended down into the Midwest US, and To the Alps. Lets think.
The Ice from the next ice age would cover the Earth. Sea Ice would extend to Hawaii. Glaciers 2 miles thick would glide across Texas. Shit would get cold.
But the world would start over. Life would begin again. The climate would get warmer again. Trees would grow, birds would sing. Flowers would bloom. The question is, will Humans be there.
We Can't stop global warming. And to all my fellow humans out there, top off your fuel tank, turn on your air conditioner during peak hours, and wait for the unavoidable.