LibertyBell

Hopefully a lot safer than it was in the days of Three Mile Island and Shoreham. We also need to include the possibility of nuclear reactors as military/terrorist targets. That's one reason I would not put nuclear reactors near big cities.

I originally thought that way also, but I've seen that wind and solar are both less expensive than fossil fuels now, so they should probably be transitioning over too. That would improve their air pollution problems quite a bit. I'd throw nuclear in there also if I was confident that developing countries could properly safeguard nuclear reactors.....

having loved burgers for years (and only quitting them because of my health), I can understand that sentiment!

it's more of a problem in the developing world, in the developed world we've already lowered the birth rate to around 2 per family. You said no one calls out China and India, I've already called out India and China for their reliance on coal (as well as Australia) and they definitely have a population density as well as air pollution problem.

the popularity of almond milk, coconut milk, avocado milk, etc., probably has a lot to do with it- consider how many commercials you see for those and none for dairy milk (I still remember the old days with the "Got Milk" commercials, you dont see them anymore.) Starbucks has also switched to plant-based milk.

and plastic pollution as well as the way land is used as well overfishing (for marine problems) and other factors.

right, and they are brainwashed and dont even know it.

They already stated that climate change is the greatest national security threat the world faces.

https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/13/losing-our-coral-reefs/ Many causes, most of them human “Coral bleaching is caused by global warming, full stop,” said Terry Hughes, lead author of a new studyon coral bleaching. The researchers found that bleaching events have increased from one every 25 to 30 years in the early 1980s to an average of one every six years since 2010. While coral reefs can recover from bleaching if given 10 to 15 years for their algae communities to recover, the increasing frequency of bleaching events means that many reefs may never be able to. In addition, the 22 million tons of carbon dioxide our oceans absorb every day are changing the chemistry of seawater and increasing acidification. Today, coral reefs are experiencing more acidity than they have at any time in the last 400,000 years. Acidification reduces the water’s carrying capacity for calcium carbonate that corals need to build their skeletons. Even a small decrease in the coral’s ability to construct its skeleton can leave it vulnerable to erosion. Some reefs have already begun to dissolve and it’s estimated that by 2050, only 15 percent of coral reefs will have enough calcium carbonate for adequate growth. One study showed that ocean acidification profoundly alters coral reef ecosystems. As C02 levels rise and acidification increases, the biodiversity of coral reefs drops, resulting in the elimination of key species needed for healthy reef formation. “The decline of the structurally complex corals means the reef will be much simpler and there will be less habitat for the hundreds of thousands of species we associate with today’s coral reefs,” said Katherina Fabricius, a scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

https://theaseanpost.com/article/coral-reefs-are-facing-extinction 90% by 2030

Indeed- outside of sports, there is no reason to ever watch them. Murdoch has quite the checkered history.

thats old news, try this on for size: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/best-way-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-one-government-isn-t-telling-you-about The best way to reduce your carbon footprint is one the government isn’t telling you about By Sid PerkinsJul. 11, 2017 , 4:30 PM Recycling and using public transit are all fine and good if you want to reduce your carbon footprint, but to truly make a difference you should have fewer children. That’s the conclusion of a new study in which researchers looked at 39 peer-reviewed papers, government reports, and web-based programs that assess how an individual’s lifestyle choices might shrink their personal share of emissions. Many commonly promoted options, such as washing clothes in cold water or swapping incandescent bulbs for light-emitting diodes, have only a moderate impact (see chart, below), the team reports today in Environmental Research Letters. But four lifestyle choices had a major impact: Become a vegetarian, forego air travel, ditch your car, and—most significantly—have fewer children.

Haven't you been following the news? The two largest dairy conglomerates have gone into bankruptcy. Probably because of the hormone crap that was in their "product." And beef is about the worse thing you can possibly eat, for health and for the environment. When I stopped eating meat, my BP went down about 20 points. I'd rather do that than take some pill for the rest of my life.

Yep. I'm actually shocked you didn't know a mass extinction event was going on. https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/big-five-extinctions Biologists suspect we’re living through the sixth major mass extinction. Earth has witnessed five, when more than 75% of species disappeared. Palaeontologists spot them when species go missing from the global fossil record, including the iconic specimens shown here. “We don’t always know what caused them but most had something to do with rapid climate change”, says Melbourne Museum palaeontologist Rolf Schmidt.

ah so you see my point about more population being a factor. Just look at how bad the pollution is in some of the most densely packed cities in the world.

Is that why the Navy is moving their base in Norfolk 17 miles inland?

the ones about the Great Barrier Reef going bye bye

actually the majority of research has shown that the best way to limit the carbon footprint is to have one less child. It's one of the biggest problems in the developing world.

the spreading of propaganda is something that FOX has taken right from the Nazi play book.

Good news is that plant based burgers taste exactly the same and are gaining in popularity and are available at most fast food joints. Plant based dairy is driving "real milk" into bankruptcy also.

the sun has existed for 5 billion years and the rate at which it has been adding heat has been fairly constant (note I said "fairly"). If that weren't true, life as we know it would not exist.

that is still an 80s type pattern, Tom. A true pattern change will likely take until Feb 20th to occur if you go by the normal progression of patterns like these (which take about 8 weeks to complete- it started on Dec 22, ironically the first full day of winter!)

it doesn't matter if they were hotter then than they are now- the rate of change now is what matters. And if you go back before human history, mass extinction events resulted because of sudden changes- and we have a mass extinction event underway right now.

increasing severity of el nino has also been connected to AGW.

the amount of heat being added to the oceans is the equivalent of 5 Hiroshima level atomic bombs EVERY SECOND! Also read the paper on oceanic heatwaves that was posted earlier, pretty eyeopening....