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[masfortuna]

JohnnyDoe wrote:

masfortuna wrote:

Retiredgeo wrote: Fossil fuels are outside of the carbon cycle and pump more C02 into the environment then there once was (pre-industrial revolution 1600 c.e.).  Increased CO2 has been linked to climate change.  No one is talking about reducing CO2, only reducing the rate of increase of CO2.

Climate change is good for some and bad for others.  The rich can move.  The poor get screwed.

I am old school so I deal with facts and facts alone. Here are a few:

1.    .04 % of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide which amounts 417 parts per million and it is estimated that 15 parts per million are caused by human activity (which includes agriculture).

2. A full grown tree consumes 48lbs of CO2 per year. With the estimated amount of trees in Canada at the moment, we are carbon "NEGATIVE". 

3.  Estimates give an average  1.5 degree increase in ambient temperature over the next 20 years which is "LESS" than the amount the temperature changes in 1 full day.

4. 68% of earth's land mass is in the northern hemisphere of which 42% of that is ;ocated in a perma frost zone.  Assuming the coastal areas would become floodlands simialr to Holland or lower Louisianna, humans would gain a net 26% of arable land in the process.

5. Human population growth appears highest in areas that can least afford it causing deforestation to create arable land which further increases Co2 levels. An example would be Nigeria which is expected to hit a population of 300 million in 20 years.

I am all for having a discussion on climate change BUT it appears this discussion has been completely one-sided.

Interesting figures Mas. Where did you get those from? 

 Hey Johnny, since you seem interested, I am giving you a link to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) site and you can read it for yourself. Please note that the 1.5 degree change is based on PRE-INDUSTRIAL levels and don't mention the fact that the global population increased by 600% after the Industrial Revolution. And these are the Greenies! Enjoy :)

Global Warming of 1.5 ºC

An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. The translations of the SPM and other material can be downloaded from this link