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originally posted by: Quetzalcoatl14
Hello friends,
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Even if radical global commitments and actions were taken to completely change the nature of human consumption, production, and impact on the environment, climate change is already occurring and the cumulative emissions of mankind over the past several hundred years will continue to impact the climate.
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Tree Media Releases Carbon, Narrated By Leonardo DiCaprio,
According to the World Bank, about 40 national and over 20 sub-national jurisdictions are putting a price on carbon. These pricing instruments range from emissions trading schemes to emissions taxes and can be found from Kazakhstan to Boulder, CO.
Carbon Traders Arrested for Tax Fraud in London,
Seven carbon traders were arrested outside of London yesterday, on the charge that they sold huge numbers of carbon permits then dodged the taxes that should have been paid on them. Green Inc. reports that the alleged fraudsters ripped off a total $38 million euros, or $63 million US dollars. So how did they do it? Authorities believe the suspects purchased the carbon permits outside of Britain, where they didn't need to pay Britain's Value Added Tax (VAT). But they proceeded to sell the permits in Britain with the price of the VAT tacked on, and disappeared without paying the necessary tax to British officials.
According to Green Inc, the traders bought themselves a taste of the high life by selling companies right-to-pollute permits:
"It is thought that the proceeds of this crime have then been used to finance lavish lifestyles and the purchase of prestige vehicles. Further arrests are likely and the investigation continues," the [British tax] agency said.
Successful indoor growers implement methods to increase CO2 concentrations in their enclosure. The typical outdoor air we breathe contains 0.03 - 0.045% (300 - 450 ppm) CO2. Research demonstrates that optimum growth and production for most plants occur between 1200 - 1500 ppm CO2. These optimum CO2 levels can boost plant metabolism, growth and yield by 25 - 60%.
Climate myths: It's been far warmer in the past, what's the big deal?
The important question is what is causing the current, rapid warming? We cannot dismiss it as natural variation just because the planet has been warmer at various times in the past. Many studies suggest it can only be explained by taking into account human activity.
Nor does the fact that it has been warmer in the past mean that future warming is nothing to worry about. The sea level has been tens of metres higher during past warm periods, enough to submerge most major cities around the world (see box at end of this article).
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
a reply to: Quetzalcoatl14
Tell me, as well as anyone who claims to be an environmentalist and "believes" in AGW. First, why are you so much against atmospheric CO2 when all green biomass growth and harvests increases with HIGHER levels of atmospheric CO2 than at present?...
Second, the Earth started warming and continued warming in the early 1600 and the height of the industrial revolution was almost 300 years later. There is no proof that CO2 is behind climate change. Not to mention that when people like you want to "protest" against atmospheric CO2 you are asking to cause more suffering for humans and animals as well. With less CO2 plants growth will be stunted and there will be less and less harvests, hence less food for humans and animals. Not to mention that when plants and trees have less CO2, they need more water which is another resource we need more of.
When you are demanding for "radical changes in policy on CO2" you are essentially demanding for world leaders to starve more people and animals as well whether you want to admit it or not, this is a fact.
Successful indoor growers implement methods to increase CO2 concentrations in their enclosure. The typical outdoor air we breathe contains 0.03 - 0.045% (300 - 450 ppm) CO2. Research demonstrates that optimum growth and production for most plants occur between 1200 - 1500 ppm CO2. These optimum CO2 levels can boost plant metabolism, growth and yield by 25 - 60%.
www.planetnatural.com...
Going after CO2 and you go after life on this planet and not "oil companies". In case you didn't know you are living in a carbon world where all life is carbon based and requires CO2, alongside other gases to survive and thrive.
originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Great post,
I have tried to explain to people many times that historically in earth, life thrived in warmed temperatures, earth is now is at the end of the last ice age, earth historically has always been warmer longer than cooler, but nobody wants to research earth cycles to see this, more warmer clima means more increase of earth population.
No wonder I often wonder where the new earth believes got their statistics and from where the so call carbon fight is coming from.
Yes life in earth is base in carbon, yes that is some thing that we all learn in biology class. Science is the enemy of no only religious pushers but clima change pushers also.
If Earth has warmed and cooled throughout history, what makes scientists think that humans are causing global warming now?
Because now is money to be made in the global warming scam. Basing the warming trends in the last 150 years and completely been oblivious of the earth real age and cycles of billions of years, because is better to scare people in their life span years than make them "think" in life span of millions or billions of years, the human mind can never comprehend anything that is far beyond their earth years.
Climate myths: It's been far warmer in the past, what's the big deal?
www.newscientist.com...
will the earth humans will survive the warming trend as a natural cycle of earth?, well ask the dinosaurs how they felt when the last ice age decimated them.
People have brains they just don't used them the way they should.