Witty Banter
I see brinkpeople.
I ask anyone who says they have an opinion on global warming where the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide comes from to test their actual research into the matter. Most people have no idea. It's interesting in that it's one of the most commercially useful and valuable greenhouse gasses yet it is released into the atmosphere. It is released from fertilised soil due to the high nitrogen fertilisers used in agriculture.
Anyhow, I think humans abuse the planet and flatscreen TVs use 5-10 times more electricity than tube TVs of 20 years ago, so there is an underlying problem. But. Scientists have zero idea about the actual forecasts or even current numbers. They need solid numbers to get funding and make a difference but there is virtually no actual science behind it so they commit professional scientific misconduct, but for a bunch of fineprint assumptions hidden within any document. Forecasts of global temperature change are complete garbage. Tim Flannery has said polar icecaps could have disappeared 2 years ago. He is a shonk.
There is a huge problem in the gap between needing science to justify change and the actual ability to model a complex system like the planet. Impossible. It's not science. Beneath that it's not a forecast. It's guesswork. Getting accurate data from Brazilian or Indonesian illegal clearing will never happen.
Last point is Australia's need to burn gumtree buildup. Do taxpayers pay for all bushfire controlled burns? The recent out of control bushfire? All these produce Carbon Dioxide. It really hasn't even been discussed where forest burns fit in. I think the current policy is let lightning start fires and say it's an act of God. CO2 still goes into the atmosphere.
If I had kids I'd worry, a lot, but I don't have kids. My mum died of cancer, I think related to being a worrier, so worrying about climate change is less of a direct problem to me than worrying. I own a big old growth forest and don't drive a car, so I'm responsible.
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. Madness!
