While on duty in Turkey I visited an ancient ruin that sat near the shoreline 3,000 years ago before anthropomorphic global warming existed. And it’s 1/4 mile from the sea now. Seems like we may be at unnaturally low sea levels now anyway.
Nobody predicted that sea levels would rise noticably yet – that’s still a few decades off. But glaciers are already retreating at an alarming pace around the world, as is the Arctic ice. Weather patterns in the last few years have also been erratic – warmer on the whole but significantly drier in some areas, significantly wetter in other areas, etc. It could be a natural anomaly, but it does fit in with the weather chaos predicted by the global warming models.
It all boils down to a colossal bet – if we bet that global warming is real and human caused and bet wrong, then we’ll have needlessly spent billions of dollars. That expenditure wouldn’t be a complete loss, though – a lot of high-tech jobs would be created, other types of pollution would likely also be diminished, and we would extend the life of our nonrenewable resources. However, if we bet that global warming is not real or is not human-caused and are wrong about that, then the results would be flooded coastal cities, dramaticly shifted weather patterns and a corresponding elimination of many species (as well as viable farmland), etc., etc. I’d rather bet that the vast majority of scientists are actually correct.
(Oh, by the way, as the oceans absorb the increased concentrations of carbon dioxide, the acidity of the oceans will increase, which will kill off coral reefs and the species that depend on them. So the sharks are screwed anyway.)
jsab0 about 13 years ago
It just goes to show ya… it’s all relative.
lancemay about 13 years ago
many things will feed off the bodies eventually. most will be insects. our time is not too far away.
Jsmithy67 about 13 years ago
While on duty in Turkey I visited an ancient ruin that sat near the shoreline 3,000 years ago before anthropomorphic global warming existed. And it’s 1/4 mile from the sea now. Seems like we may be at unnaturally low sea levels now anyway.
Cucklebur about 13 years ago
Whats on you menu for lunch today??
Cucklebur about 13 years ago
Start pumping out of the ocean for drinking water like they do on ships! BIG REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM!!
fishbulb239 about 13 years ago
Nobody predicted that sea levels would rise noticably yet – that’s still a few decades off. But glaciers are already retreating at an alarming pace around the world, as is the Arctic ice. Weather patterns in the last few years have also been erratic – warmer on the whole but significantly drier in some areas, significantly wetter in other areas, etc. It could be a natural anomaly, but it does fit in with the weather chaos predicted by the global warming models.
It all boils down to a colossal bet – if we bet that global warming is real and human caused and bet wrong, then we’ll have needlessly spent billions of dollars. That expenditure wouldn’t be a complete loss, though – a lot of high-tech jobs would be created, other types of pollution would likely also be diminished, and we would extend the life of our nonrenewable resources. However, if we bet that global warming is not real or is not human-caused and are wrong about that, then the results would be flooded coastal cities, dramaticly shifted weather patterns and a corresponding elimination of many species (as well as viable farmland), etc., etc. I’d rather bet that the vast majority of scientists are actually correct.
(Oh, by the way, as the oceans absorb the increased concentrations of carbon dioxide, the acidity of the oceans will increase, which will kill off coral reefs and the species that depend on them. So the sharks are screwed anyway.)
jpozenel about 13 years ago
This is stupid….sharks can’t read newspapers! They get soggy and the ink runs.