Posted Jun 28, 2008 at 12:19PM by Isaac C.
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 Santa and his elves will have to move house this year as scientists fear that the North Pole is in danger of losing its ice this Summer, becoming one big stretch of open water.Normally, the North Pole is covered in thick ice formed over many years. This year though, the ice has been blown away and the only thing left to cover the pole is a thin layer of ice formed over only a year. Come Summer, the there is more of than a 50% chance that the ice will completely melt. Should this happen, people can actually get to the pole by sailing a boat instead of trudging on the ice - a testament to the huge impact of global warming. However, Arctic nations will also be presented the prospect of exploiting the oil and mineral deposits which have been impossible to access before because of the ice. Cavemen and saber-toothed squirrels are also given a chance to stretch their legs. |
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by mohaas05 - 2008-06-28 |
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» lol
sucks to be santa.
sucks to be santa.
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Re: trigger - 2008-06-28 |
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» ROFL
you, my friend, just made my day. :)
you, my friend, just made my day. :)
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by Orlyeh - 2008-06-28 |
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» Global boring
The global warming hoax still around? This is an interesting story since A) this hasn't happened yet (just like polar bears aren't extinct, aren't declining in numbers despite the "warming", but are somehow endangered) and B) there is more ice cover now than there was a year ago (by about 3 million square kilometers).
Bunk "science" is bunk.
The global warming hoax still around? This is an interesting story since A) this hasn't happened yet (just like polar bears aren't extinct, aren't declining in numbers despite the "warming", but are somehow endangered) and B) there is more ice cover now than there was a year ago (by about 3 million square kilometers).
Bunk "science" is bunk.
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Re: yworob - 2008-06-29 |
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» You think global warming is a hoax?
You are almost as retarded as George Bush. Now I am not saying you would be stupid enough to start a war in Iraq but you are just as stupid and ignorant as our president is when it comes to global warming. Not all of global warming is attributed to fossil fuels being burnt but it is obvious that the more greenhouse gasses you add to the atmosphere, the hotter the temperature on our planet. Where the f*** did you read that polar bears are not declining in numbers or that there is more ice cover now? It must have been either an oil company website or a Republican one. You are a retard Orlyeh.
You are almost as retarded as George Bush. Now I am not saying you would be stupid enough to start a war in Iraq but you are just as stupid and ignorant as our president is when it comes to global warming. Not all of global warming is attributed to fossil fuels being burnt but it is obvious that the more greenhouse gasses you add to the atmosphere, the hotter the temperature on our planet. Where the f*** did you read that polar bears are not declining in numbers or that there is more ice cover now? It must have been either an oil company website or a Republican one. You are a retard Orlyeh.
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Re: Vanaheimx - 2008-06-29 |
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» Ha ha...
At least he isn't a democrat.
At least he isn't a democrat.
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Re: Achooist - 2008-06-30 |
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» @orlyeh
Sadly, I agree with orlyeh.
It's just speculation and a natural cycle of the Earth.
40 years or so ago, the Earth was freezing. ((OH NOES!!!))
And, if Global Warming does exist, we will have more beaches. YAY
"Bunk Science is bunk."
Fake speculation is fake.
Sadly, I agree with orlyeh.
It's just speculation and a natural cycle of the Earth.
40 years or so ago, the Earth was freezing. ((OH NOES!!!))
And, if Global Warming does exist, we will have more beaches. YAY
"Bunk Science is bunk."
Fake speculation is fake.
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by CommanderZero - 2008-06-28 |
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» ??
that doesnt sound right, if thats remotely true places like hawaii and california would be under water from the melted ice...
that doesnt sound right, if thats remotely true places like hawaii and california would be under water from the melted ice...
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Re: failtorespond - 2008-06-29 |
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» lol
surfing in vegas would be sweet.
surfing in vegas would be sweet.
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by avatar76 - 2008-06-29 |
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» The irony
Global warming has been created (enviro scientists believe) by the excess use of fossilised fuel resources. This in turn has melted the polar ice caps which is now giving the people of those regions the option to mine more fossil fuels. :)
It's always made good horse sense to me that if you fill a big bubble with a gas that's good at trapping heat and not letting any back out, it's going to get hotter inside. If you believe in "global warming" or not you can't argue with that.
People taking a perceived view that where they live is colder since all this freaky "global warming" talk started should stop to consider if a big old hot wind blew through the arctic or antarctic across miles of frozen ground it is probably going to melt the polar caps but where is all that (now chilled) moving air going to go, is it just going to hang around the polar ice caps or is it going to keep going to your local neighbourhood (I would guess the latter).
We need to stop the bickering and pool all of our contries funds into finding new solutions for power, Examples:
1) Carbon nano fibre space ring with solar arrays mounted on it channeling electricity to every country on the planet.
2) Microwaving power from space to allocated power reception zones (preferably unpopulated deserts), just about every continent on the planet has unpopulated desert areas, lets put dishes in them.
People always talk about cost when you talk about these things forget cost this is the existence of our species we're talking about here and the preservation of our way of life.
Global warming has been created (enviro scientists believe) by the excess use of fossilised fuel resources. This in turn has melted the polar ice caps which is now giving the people of those regions the option to mine more fossil fuels. :)
It's always made good horse sense to me that if you fill a big bubble with a gas that's good at trapping heat and not letting any back out, it's going to get hotter inside. If you believe in "global warming" or not you can't argue with that.
People taking a perceived view that where they live is colder since all this freaky "global warming" talk started should stop to consider if a big old hot wind blew through the arctic or antarctic across miles of frozen ground it is probably going to melt the polar caps but where is all that (now chilled) moving air going to go, is it just going to hang around the polar ice caps or is it going to keep going to your local neighbourhood (I would guess the latter).
We need to stop the bickering and pool all of our contries funds into finding new solutions for power, Examples:
1) Carbon nano fibre space ring with solar arrays mounted on it channeling electricity to every country on the planet.
2) Microwaving power from space to allocated power reception zones (preferably unpopulated deserts), just about every continent on the planet has unpopulated desert areas, lets put dishes in them.
People always talk about cost when you talk about these things forget cost this is the existence of our species we're talking about here and the preservation of our way of life.
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by WiiCool - 2008-06-29 |
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» Oh man..
What will this mean for us in Florida and the southern U.S. Coast...
I hope we don't get bad hurricanes...
What will this mean for us in Florida and the southern U.S. Coast...
I hope we don't get bad hurricanes...
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by Donciclon - 2008-06-29 |
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» come on
Are we honestly going to believe that our petty little species can cause this planet any god damn damage that it can't recover from. If i'm not mistaken global warming isn't something new to the earth. And if i'm correct it's happened many a times in earths past. I've heard that earth goes through massive climate shifts in cycles throughout it's existence. Continental drift, magnetic reversal of the poles, change in the tilt of earths axis...all these things happening and we seriously think our volvos and station wagons are creating a massive and drastic change in earths weather the likes of which its never seen. Have you people gone insane!!! This global warming crap is another way for politicians to steer the focus off of more important issues, such as the energy crisis. i'm not debating whether or not we are going through a process of global warming, i'm debating that it's not likely that it's caused by us.
and haven't 95 percent of the species that have ever existed on the planet already gone extinct. Why the fvck do we come around oh say 10,000 years or so and think we can put a stop to what mother nature has been doing for millions of years. You gotta be some arrogant SOB to think that you have that sort of impact you pathetic little insignificant *****...
Are we honestly going to believe that our petty little species can cause this planet any god damn damage that it can't recover from. If i'm not mistaken global warming isn't something new to the earth. And if i'm correct it's happened many a times in earths past. I've heard that earth goes through massive climate shifts in cycles throughout it's existence. Continental drift, magnetic reversal of the poles, change in the tilt of earths axis...all these things happening and we seriously think our volvos and station wagons are creating a massive and drastic change in earths weather the likes of which its never seen. Have you people gone insane!!! This global warming crap is another way for politicians to steer the focus off of more important issues, such as the energy crisis. i'm not debating whether or not we are going through a process of global warming, i'm debating that it's not likely that it's caused by us.
and haven't 95 percent of the species that have ever existed on the planet already gone extinct. Why the fvck do we come around oh say 10,000 years or so and think we can put a stop to what mother nature has been doing for millions of years. You gotta be some arrogant SOB to think that you have that sort of impact you pathetic little insignificant *****...
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Re: avatar76 - 2008-06-29 |
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» Possible
What the earth has never seen though are creatures which actively dig up volatile substances out of the ground which _nothing_ has been able to break down burn them and spew the remaining gases into the atmosphere.
We may not succeed in wiping out all life on Earth or even ourselves but we will certainly succeed in making the place damn uncomfortable, we already see little microcosm versions of this with some of the cities in China for example (polution/acid rain not green house).
You're slightly off topic but I like the way you compare our race to an extinction level event like a meteor impact or in a longer term event like an ice age (your comment about haven't 95 percent of the species that have existed etc...). We have actively contributed into causing the extinction of many species and we shouldn't ever be ok with that simply because it's happened before because of large scale disasters.
It is possible there is more going on then just us here at the moment the earth does go through various cycles, but without question pulling ***** up from the ground and burning it in the amounts we are has changed the atmosphere. As a result of that cloud of ***** we've sprayed into the air every minute of every day the infrared energy (heat) which would normally escape into space is now being trapped in our big bubble. We're not talking about cars here we're talking also about power stations and anything else that requires burning of fossil fuels (refineries even).
I agree with you on the energy crisis front the politicians are definitely using the fossil fuel shortage as an excuse to go "green" but it doesn't come away from the fact that we need to find alternatives and fast.
What the earth has never seen though are creatures which actively dig up volatile substances out of the ground which _nothing_ has been able to break down burn them and spew the remaining gases into the atmosphere.
We may not succeed in wiping out all life on Earth or even ourselves but we will certainly succeed in making the place damn uncomfortable, we already see little microcosm versions of this with some of the cities in China for example (polution/acid rain not green house).
You're slightly off topic but I like the way you compare our race to an extinction level event like a meteor impact or in a longer term event like an ice age (your comment about haven't 95 percent of the species that have existed etc...). We have actively contributed into causing the extinction of many species and we shouldn't ever be ok with that simply because it's happened before because of large scale disasters.
It is possible there is more going on then just us here at the moment the earth does go through various cycles, but without question pulling ***** up from the ground and burning it in the amounts we are has changed the atmosphere. As a result of that cloud of ***** we've sprayed into the air every minute of every day the infrared energy (heat) which would normally escape into space is now being trapped in our big bubble. We're not talking about cars here we're talking also about power stations and anything else that requires burning of fossil fuels (refineries even).
I agree with you on the energy crisis front the politicians are definitely using the fossil fuel shortage as an excuse to go "green" but it doesn't come away from the fact that we need to find alternatives and fast.
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Re: Donciclon - 2008-06-29 |
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» Thanks
That my friend is the real issue as i said; not saving the Earth but finding a way to stop trashing it as we've been doing since the industrial age first began (not very long ago in the grand scale of things either). and thats what i meant by it's just diverting the issue. I'm sure our little blue planet can recover from many more years of our negligence and stupidity, but do we really want to stall any further.
That my friend is the real issue as i said; not saving the Earth but finding a way to stop trashing it as we've been doing since the industrial age first began (not very long ago in the grand scale of things either). and thats what i meant by it's just diverting the issue. I'm sure our little blue planet can recover from many more years of our negligence and stupidity, but do we really want to stall any further.
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Re: Koolaidsred1 - 2008-06-30 |
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» @ Donciclon
i agree with most of your post but 2 HUGE MASSIVE errors. Mankind hasn't existed for 10,000 years, It's a hell of a lot longer then that. Also Mother nature has been shaping up this planet for billions of years not millions.
i agree with most of your post but 2 HUGE MASSIVE errors. Mankind hasn't existed for 10,000 years, It's a hell of a lot longer then that. Also Mother nature has been shaping up this planet for billions of years not millions.
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