# Yes but it has not "slowly" risen this time...

Posted by mentat (93se 5spd) on September 09, 2004 at 11:44:38: In Reply to: Bah... it's a sign that s*** happens. live on the coast, you WILL get hit by hurricanes.. it's got nothing to do with global warming. posted by Matt on September 09, 2004 at 10:25:50: check graphs of global temps, of ice cap coverage, of foliage growth patterns, and there is a HUGE spike since we started really hitting the fossil fuels. not trying to start anything here but what it boils down to is carbon. earth formed and the atmosphere was loaded with CO2, nasty gross hot environment... life forms as it will do anywhere it can. algaes and plants start "eating" that CO2 and its no longer in the air. over the eons, more plants grow and die and more and more of the carbon is trapped in the ground in some way or another, in life forms such as plants and animals. this is billions of years here of carbon slowly being locked away, out of the air. then we start burning it all up, and in about 100 years, we dump most of that carbon back into the air, which took millions and millions and millions to be pulled out of the air. basically, it's not as "doomsday" as SOME of the environmentalists make it out to be, but it's certainly not something to be ignored. good basic link and the kicker: the Pentagon - yes, THAT Pentagon - released their own report warning of global climate change becoming a far bigger threat than terrorism over the next 20 years. read all about it not something we should stick our heads in the sand about. Replys: Frankly, I consider those reports a bunch of hogwash. Matt (93SE) 12:30:51 9/09/2004 (3) We'll agree to disagree (slightly)... gotta admit though, it's interesting if even the Pentagon says "Oh shit, this is something we should take a look at." mentat (93se 5spd) 13:12:34 9/09/2004 (2) i wont. lophix (94se) 13:21:36 9/09/2004 (1) Come on! "TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES!" = TEH AWESOME n/m mentat (93se 5spd) 13:22:56 9/09/2004 (0)

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: check graphs of global temps, of ice cap coverage, of foliage growth patterns, and there is a : HUGE : spike since we started really hitting the fossil fuels. : not trying to start anything here but what it boils down to is carbon. : earth formed and the atmosphere was loaded with CO2, nasty gross hot environment... life forms as it will do anywhere it can. algaes and plants start "eating" that CO2 and its no longer in the air. over the eons, more plants grow and die and more and more of the carbon is trapped in the ground in some way or another, in life forms such as plants and animals. this is billions of years here of carbon slowly being locked away, out of the air. : then we start burning it all up, and in about 100 years, we dump most of that carbon back into the air, which took millions and millions and millions to be pulled out of the air. : basically, it's not as "doomsday" as SOME of the environmentalists make it out to be, but it's certainly not something to be ignored. : <a href="http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CarbonCycle.html"> good basic link </a> : : and the kicker: : the Pentagon - yes, THAT Pentagon - released their own report warning of global climate change becoming a far bigger threat than terrorism over the next 20 years. <a href="http://www.nypress.com/print.cfm?content_id=9733"> read all about it </a> : not something we should stick our heads in the sand about.