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Post by SomeFearlessChick on Aug 8, 2019 2:11:02 GMT -5
I already shared this with Emma but this is seriously so cool.
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Post by Roman on Aug 8, 2019 3:11:57 GMT -5
I already shared this with Emma but this is seriously so cool. Fascinating! I think we should do more of this. We can still learn a lot more from ancient times. It reminds me of a discussion about building. People discovered that the Romans and the Greeks used special “ingredients” for concrete. No wonder their buildings last thousands of years. Nowadays we already have buildings crumble in 30 years. |
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Post by taytaytay on Aug 8, 2019 4:54:46 GMT -5
I already shared this with Emma but this is seriously so cool. Its so cool! We’ve made gretna in similar ways before too. And you can eat honey if it’s preserved in tombs because it has no expiry date! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 21:45:15 GMT -5
I grew up in the Chicago area so I immediately noticed this article published by Smithsonian.com. Just like Venice, Italy is sinking so is the city of Chicago. In the last century it has sunk about four inches. Apparently when the ice age ended about ten thousand years ago the last ice sheet covering Chicago was exceptionally deep. It was about two miles thick. When this heavy weight was gone the Earth's crust under Chicago rebounded in an upward direction. This rebound effect is now over and the land is beginning to sink back. Source: Smithsonian.com March 6, 2019 Photo: Google  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 14:59:25 GMT -5
Just based on the photo below it is easy to see that the planet Venus is a very hot and inhospitable place. Temperatures can reach 870 degrees fahrenheit or 465 degrees celcius. However this might not have always been the case. According to Smithsonian.com "simulations show the planet could have maintained moderate temperatures and liquid water until approximately 700 million years ago." In fact Venus was very similar to Earth until 2 or 3 billion years ago. Source: Smithsonian.com September 24, 2019 Photo: Google  |
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Post by Roman on Nov 21, 2019 1:48:40 GMT -5
Just based on the photo below it is easy to see that the planet Venus is a very hot and inhospitable place. Temperatures can reach 870 degrees fahrenheit or 465 degrees celcius. However this might not have always been the case. According to Smithsonian.com "simulations show the planet could have maintained moderate temperatures and liquid water until approximately 700 million years ago." In fact Venus was very similar to Earth until 2 or 3 billion years ago. Source: Smithsonian.com September 24, 2019 Photo: Google So we probably have millions of years before "global warming" bites us  |
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Post by SomeFearlessChick on Nov 23, 2019 1:12:54 GMT -5
So we probably have millions of years before "global warming" bites us Are you sure about that? |
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Post by Roman on Nov 23, 2019 3:42:07 GMT -5
So we probably have millions of years before "global warming" bites us Are you sure about that? Honestly, it’s always healthy to be concerned about the environment and our actions. But I’m not a fan of panicking about it. And I’m very much against the current indoctrination and scare tactics that the world is going to end soon because of us. Besides being false, it’s the new way of politicians (and media) to abuse people for their agenda. Nature has its own way and it’s much more resilient than some people think. We need to stop the nonsense of short term conclusions and quick fixes. That will only cause new problems and make it worse. Independent moderate scientists worldwide need to get the lead in this, identify the real problems and work on sustainable solutions. Politicians and media need to stay out of this for now. There’s enough pressure on people. |
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Post by MyCastleCrumbledOvernight on Nov 23, 2019 9:13:06 GMT -5
Honestly, it’s always healthy to be concerned about the environment and our actions. But I’m not a fan of panicking about it. And I’m very much against the current indoctrination and scare tactics that the world is going to end soon because of us. Besides being false, it’s the new way of politicians (and media) to abuse people for their agenda. Nature has its own way and it’s much more resilient than some people think. We need to stop the nonsense of short term conclusions and quick fixes. That will only cause new problems and make it worse. Independent moderate scientists worldwide need to get the lead in this, identify the real problems and work on sustainable solutions. Politicians and media need to stay out of this for now. There’s enough pressure on people. I in no way believe that the world has been here for billions of years anyway. Roughly 7-10 thousand. Anything a scientist says is total bull crap to me, they act as though theories are facts when they’re consistently proven wrong. I do think the world will end soon, but not from “global warming”. |
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Post by taytaytay on Nov 23, 2019 10:25:52 GMT -5
Honestly, it’s always healthy to be concerned about the environment and our actions. But I’m not a fan of panicking about it. And I’m very much against the current indoctrination and scare tactics that the world is going to end soon because of us. Besides being false, it’s the new way of politicians (and media) to abuse people for their agenda. Nature has its own way and it’s much more resilient than some people think. We need to stop the nonsense of short term conclusions and quick fixes. That will only cause new problems and make it worse. Independent moderate scientists worldwide need to get the lead in this, identify the real problems and work on sustainable solutions. Politicians and media need to stay out of this for now. There’s enough pressure on people. We have leading scientists coming out and saying that after 2030 we're on track to irreparable changes to the planet. Nature has never undergone a change the level that we're on track to have. Temperature changes in the past of a smaller amount have been catastrophic for societies-look up the Storegga Slide which was caused by melting glaciers and led to Doggerland being submerged and many coastal populations being wiped out. We are in danger if we don't make serious and drastic changes soon. Even if it's all false, what bad can come from making the air clearer, ensuring clean water for more and more people, and living our lives in ways that produce less waste? All of those sound like good things to me. |
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Post by SomeFearlessChick on Nov 23, 2019 11:21:08 GMT -5
I don't even need a scientist to convince me. I'm living it. Bushfires are not the only thing devastating my home land. For the last three years my country has been living in severe drought. Some towns need their water delivered because there is simply not enough. My old home town is on level five water restrictions. And every Summer is hotter than the last. It has never been this bad up until now.
If you're not panicked, if you're not terrified, just understand you're in a position of privilege.
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Post by taytaytay on Nov 23, 2019 11:48:47 GMT -5
I don't even need a scientist to convince me. I'm living it. Bushfires are not the only thing devastating my home land. For the last three years my country has been living in severe drought. Some towns need their water delivered because there is simply not enough. My old home town is on level five water restrictions. And every Summer is hotter than the last. It has never been this bad up until now. If you're not panicked, if you're not terrified, just understand you're in a position of privilege. Yeah, whilst we don't have it anywhere near as bad as you guys, last summer really solidified that something isn't right for me. We used to get maybe one or two days where the temperature would be over 25 in the UK, and last summer we had almost an entire month where it was that hot and on some days it got up to 32, which was a temperature I'd literally never experienced before. You can also see it here in the winter. We normally don't get temperatures below 0 consistently until January, yet for the past week or two it's been below 0 every day and there's been no rain. It's hard to ignore how different these weather patterns are from the norm. |
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Post by Roman on Nov 23, 2019 11:48:50 GMT -5
Well, there you have it. You don’t look at the big picture or actual causes, you draw conclusions from catastrophes you have no control over. Fires, floodings, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts and more are obviously devastating, but they have been there at all times. And they’re not caused by people.
And yes, we can improve our environment. We are moving in the right direction for many years. And there’s definitely work to do. For example: overpopulation and mass consumption are a problem. But one thing is for sure: freaking out, scaring people for nothing and making stupid short term decisions will do more harm than good.
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Post by taytaytay on Nov 23, 2019 11:51:55 GMT -5
Well, there you have it. You don’t look at the big picture or actual causes, you draw conclusions from catastrophes you have no control over. Fires, floodings, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts and more are obviously devastating, but they have been there at all times. And they’re not caused by people. And yes, we can improve our environment. We are moving in the right direction for many years. And there’s definitely work to do. For example: overpopulation and mass consumption are a problem. But one thing is for sure: freaking out, scaring people for nothing and making stupid short term decisions will do more harm than good. They've always happened, but not with such frequency or severity. They might not directly be caused by people, but earth scientists are literally telling us daily that they're caused indirectly by our actions as a species and idk about you, I trust people who have PhDs in this field quite a bit when it comes to this subject. |
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Post by Roman on Nov 23, 2019 13:45:45 GMT -5
Well, there you have it. You don’t look at the big picture or actual causes, you draw conclusions from catastrophes you have no control over. Fires, floodings, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts and more are obviously devastating, but they have been there at all times. And they’re not caused by people. And yes, we can improve our environment. We are moving in the right direction for many years. And there’s definitely work to do. For example: overpopulation and mass consumption are a problem. But one thing is for sure: freaking out, scaring people for nothing and making stupid short term decisions will do more harm than good. They've always happened, but not with such frequency or severity. They might not directly be caused by people, but earth scientists are literally telling us daily that they're caused indirectly by our actions as a species and idk about you, I trust people who have PhDs in this field quite a bit when it comes to this subject. That’s the thing, politicians and media are bringing up quotes of this. They conveniently look for people who say what they want to hear or take findings of scientists out of context. In reality independent scientists don’t support these theories, at least not to the point that mankind is causing mayhem. Of course we need to do better and keep a close eye on what consequences our actions have. But at the moment there are a lot of lies going round. It’s scary how easily people buy into it. |
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