There are a billion things that effect the planet's weather. We don't know one tenth of them, nor can we predict how one issue affects another issue. You might be naive and believe what you read in the papers, but some of us have been around long enough to remember when they were telling us all signs were pointing towards us entering an ice age.
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#1 - the earths orbit around the sun changes a bit every about 100k years ... right now we are in a HIGHER orbit which SHOULD cause a declination of temperatures - and yet the earth warms up!
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If we are in a higher orbit, we are closer to the sun - and thus should be getting warmer. Fuck, my college degree isn't in this area and I can tell you that.
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#2 - we are currently undergoing a "mounder period" of solar spots which means less activity and SHOULD cause a declination of temperatures - and yet the earth warms up!
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Yes, but because of ten thousand other things - and the fact we are closer to the sun - we are getting warmer. Just because "one thing" is happening doesn't mean "we should be getting colder" when there are ten thousand other things causing the direct opposite. Top taking one thing and blowing it out of context and telling us we are all going to die.
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also, the artic ice shield, formerly covering the equal of the USA in size has shrunk by the states east of mississippi (22 states) and lost 1/3 of its thickness so plz do your homework NOW!
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And exactly how often does this happen? Doesn't this happen like once every thirty years for as long as we've been tracking it?
Are we getting warmer? Maybe, perhaps. I live in California and it's fucking sixty degrees outside. In fact, it's been a cool summer here.
Or maybe this is just part of a much larger cycle that we have no control over. I mean, tens of thousands of years all of the land mass was in one great lump and since then everything has drifted apart. Maybe this is all just weather patterns changing, a cycle that's been going on since the earth was created.
Maybe instead of bitching about the causes, maybe you and your friends should figure out how we are going to move all of our shit underground and live there.