Global warming or not?

[astra]

Originally Posted by Glenndk

I hope most people breed like humans.

When humans breed like humans they take into consideration whether they have means to support, rise and educate their kids. Depending on these and other factors they decide on the number of kids they are allowed to have. Humans use their brains to decide on things like that. When humans just breed...they are just like rabbits.

[Glenndk]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I can see you just want to start an argument -- I'm not going to play your game, but will say that you certainly have some pre-set ideas about what is and what isn't the place of humanity in the universe which makes me

I just want to show you, that the future seems a lot brighter, than you think.

Please try to tell me your thoughts about humanity in the universe.

Maybe I will change your mind - or/and vice-versa...

Literally:

Dec. 22, 2007 Neuronal Circuits Able To Rewire On The Fly To Sharpen Senses:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1216155630.htm
Quote: "...
Researchers from the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), a joint project of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, have for the first time described a mechanism called "dynamic connectivity," in which neuronal circuits are rewired "on the fly" allowing stimuli to be more keenly sensed.
...
"If you think of the brain like a computer, then the connections between neurons are like the software that the brain is running. Our work shows that this biological software is changed rapidly as a function of the kind of input that the system receives," said Nathan Urban, associate professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon.
..."

Dec. 27, 2005 MIT Researcher Finds Neuron Growth In Adult Brain:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1227111212.htm
Quote: "...
Despite the prevailing belief that adult brain cells don't grow, a researcher at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory reports in the Dec. 27 issue of Public Library of Science (PLoS) Biology that structural remodeling of neurons does in fact occur in mature brains.
..."

Nov. 14, 2007 Certain Mature Neurons Can Retain A Youthful Form Of Plasticity:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1108130203.htm
Quote: "...
It's a general belief that the circuitry of young brains has robust flexibility but eventually gets "hard-wired" in adulthood. As Johns Hopkins researchers and their colleagues report in the Nov. 8 issue of Neuron, however, adult neurons aren't quite as rigidly glued in place as we suspect.
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Why the brain would want such motile, non-connected branches is the next mystery to tackle. Linden thinks they may present a second mechanism for conveying information beyond traditional synapses or assist in nerve regeneration, quickly forming synapses should nearby nerves get damaged.
..."

2005-01-15, Sciencedaily: University Of Chicago Researchers Discovered That Humans Are A 'Privileged' Evolutionary Lineage:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0111170714.htm
Quote: "...The genes that regulate brain development and function evolved much more rapidly in humans than in nonhuman primates and other mammals because of natural selection processes unique to the human lineage..."Our study offers the first genetic evidence that humans occupy a unique position in the tree of life. Simply put, evolution has been working very hard to produce us humans."..."

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Glenndk

The population trend is definitely slowing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population
Quote: "...
The growth rate peaked at 2.2% in 1963, and declined to 1.10% by 2009. Annual births have reduced to 140 million since their peak at 173 million in the late 1990s, and are expected to remain constant, while deaths number 57 million per year and are expected to increase to 90 million per year by 2050. Current projections show a steady decline in the population growth rate, with the population expected to reach between 8 and 10.5 billion between the year 2040[4][5] and 2050.[2]
..."

What IS your problem....oh wait, you just want to argue.... That page actually proves MY point, not yours.

Rate != Total nor does it say anything about impact on environment. Now, I'm not going to respond to any more of your inane babbling.

Have a great weekend, enjoy your warm polluted air.

[Glenndk]

Originally Posted by kennyc

What IS your problem....oh wait, you just want to argue.... That page actually proves MY point, not yours.

Rate != Total nor does it say anything about impact on environment. Now, I'm not going to respond to any more of your inane babbling.

Have a great weekend, enjoy your warm polluted air.

OK - I meant rate, even though I wrote trend. I am not used to write in english. I am also wishing you a good weekend.

The negative population trend and cleaner air is near...

[Sonny Blount]

Originally Posted by Glenndk

OK - I meant rate, even though I wrote trend. I am not used to write in english. I am also wishing you a good weekend.

The negative population trend is near...

Good on you Glenndk.

You are right about world population, the problem is already well on its way to being solved. It's a hard job trying to get people to see the positives around them.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Sonny Blount

Good on you Glenndk.

You are right about world population, the problem is already well on its way to being solved. It's a hard job trying to get people to see the positives around them.

The only thing that's positive wrt global warming is that humanity is causing it.

[Sonny Blount]

Originally Posted by kennyc

The only thing that's positive wrt global warming is that humanity is causing it.

Well, whatever AGW that is occuring now is a lot milder than the natural kind.

We were 4 degress warmer with seas 8 metres higher just 100,000 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eemian

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Sonny Blount

Well, whatever AGW that is occuring now is a lot milder than the natural kind.

We were 4 degress warmer with seas 8 metres higher just 100,000 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eemian

Please read the last 42 pages of this thread and the links they point to.

[Sonny Blount]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Please read the last 42 pages of this thread and the links they point to.

Been there, done it to death. We are still a long way from leaving normal natural variation of the climate. Get back to me with another 4 degrees of warming and I'll listen.

[kennyc]

Your choice. Yep.....done it to death....I like your choice of words.

[kennyc]

How hot was this past summer?

ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2010) — An unparalleled heat wave in eastern Europe, coupled with intense droughts and fires around Moscow, put Earth's temperatures in the headlines this summer. Likewise, a string of exceptionally warm days in July in the eastern United States strained power grids, forced nursing home evacuations, and slowed transit systems. Both high-profile events reinvigorated questions about humanity's role in climate change.

But, from a global perspective, how warm was the summer exactly? How did the summer's temperatures compare with previous years? And was global warming the "cause" of the unusual heat waves? Scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, led by GISS's director, James Hansen, have analyzed summer temperatures and released an update on the GISS website that addresses all of these questions.

.....See here:


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1001105617.htm




Though calendar year 2010 may or may not turn out to be the warmest on record, the warmest 12-month period in the GISS analysis was reached in mid-2010. The lower portion of the graph shows when major volcanic eruptions have occurred with green triangles. The lowest part shows El Niño (red) and La Niña (blue) trends. (Credit: NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies/Hansen)

[astra]

The Global Warming movement is The Greatest and Most Successful Pseudoscientific Fraud

[kennyc]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1011150354.htm

Population Change: Another Big Influence on Climate Change

ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2010) — Changes in population, including aging and urbanization, could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years, according to a new study.

The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was conducted by researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. It was funded by a European Young Investigator's Award*, the Hewlett Foundation, and the US National Science Foundation.

By mid-century it is estimated that global population could rise by more than three billion people, with most of that increase occurring in urban areas. The study showed that a slowing of that population growth could contribute to significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050.....(see link above)

[wodin]

Well duh!

I’ve been saying that much more succinctly for years; "Too many people!"

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by wodin

Well duh!

I’ve been saying that much more succinctly for years; "Too many people!"