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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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May 21, 2016 - 09:58pm PT
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Climate change is already costing a lot of money but is also a great stimulus away from fossil fuels. There's no irony there! Texas is already under water and the ocean hasn't even risen yet.
Certainly typical natural disasters play a large part, too, in making life hard or easy. I was at Best Buy today and was told Japan has had a hard time keeping up with camera demand because of all the earthquakes they've had. So I did a search and it's true. Even Toyota has had problems. Those people need to get the hell out of there!
Lots of noxious gasses were released along with Co2, probably enough to totally change the climate.
It's common knowledge that humans put out 130 times more Co2 every year than volcanic activity. No wonder we're in trouble.
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Dave
Mountain climber
the ANTI-fresno
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May 22, 2016 - 07:35am PT
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I'd really love to see some global warming here in Colorado. We finally hit the 70's and its almost June...
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Larry Bell professor of space architecture at University of Houston.
And how much FAITH should we put in a scientist who is pontificating in areas in which he has no expertise? An architect?
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monolith
climber
state of being
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No recent warming, Jody? You are kinda gullible.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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perhaps Jody can post a citation to the alleged Larry Bell quote he reproduced above,
I suspect it is a rather old piece, but in any case a citation (even if to the website it was snagged from) is usually a good practice.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Also, like most Jody contributions, it also has an interesting mix of random, likely out of context quotes from individuals that purport to be the true but covert beliefs of many, many individuals. These quotes are always followed by uncited comments that form broad conclusions from these select few excerpts. It's kind of like watching one of the talking heads that they trot out on Fox News, who completely blur the line between the reporting of facts and the expression of personal opinion, and who have a strange ability to cite information not available to anyone else to support their statements.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Always watch out for old, discredited stories.
Stick to the new interpretations with current data
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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What matters is how we (humans) are dealing with this issue.
Hooray us!
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clifff
Mountain climber
golden, rollin hills of California
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Greenland Hits Record 75°F, Sets Melt Record As Globe Aims At Hottest Year
Last Thursday, Greenland’s capital hit 75°F, which was hotter than New York City. This was the highest temperature ever recorded there in June — in a country covered with enough ice to raise sea levels more than 20 feet.
It comes hot on the heels of the hottest May on record for the entire globe, according to NASA. As the map above shows, May temperature anomalies in parts of the Arctic and Antarctic were as high as 17°F (9.4°C) above the 1951-1980 average for the month.
And this all follows the hottest April on record for the planet, which followed the hottest March on record, the hottest February on record, and the hottest January on record. NASA says there is a 99 percent chance this will be the hottest year on record — even though the current record-holder for hottest year, 2015, had blown out the previous record-holder, 2014.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/06/15/3788651/greenland-record-globe-hottest-year/
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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"NASA says there is a 99 percent chance this will be the hottest year "
So there's a chance we're in a cooling trend, even NASA admits they don't know much, there modles are just wild spekulashun, an I've got a magazeen what sez the sun iz shrinking, an freedum means a big V8 an cheep gas an stuff.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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10,000 years ago, sea levels were lower and more of the planet was covered in ice.
This was concurrent with mankind's nascent foray into agriculture.
Slash and burn clearing of woodlands for crop fields probably began about this time.
Coincidence, or conspiracy?
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Vive le dumb! Let's celebrate anti-science. Let's celebrate not believing what is right in front of your eyes because of ideology.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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I concur with Moose on the congrats. Fortunately, we have more company than the two countries he cited.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Lets celebrate... the USA is starting to regain some of it's sovereignty.
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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The Paris climate agreement was 100% non-binding. That means we only had to do whatever we wanted and nothing more. Going to be hard for Trump to make a better deal than that.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Please omit Nicaragua from the "Dipshit List".
Inspite of being one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, Nicaragua voted against the Paris Accord because the agreement did not go far enough in their View. So that just leaves the US and Syria on the "Dipshit List".
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Trump is a monstrosity and an affront to thoughtful, responsible people worldwide. He'll get his due....hopefully sooner rather than later.j
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Yep, Assad and Trump, great humanitarians.
Hopefully we won't have to endure the global embarrassment that is the Trump presidency much longer.
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dirtbag
climber
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This is a shameful moment in US history. We are abdicating our moral leadership.
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