Global Warming - Discussion-Rant
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 1:28 pm
wap wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:17 pmKYGTIGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:13 pm
The 1883 Krakatoa eruption darkened the sky worldwide for years afterwards and produced spectacular sunsets throughout the world for many months. British artist William Ashcroft made thousands of colour sketches of the red sunsets halfway around the world from Krakatoa in the years after the eruption. The ash caused "such vivid red sunsets that fire engines were called out in New York, Poughkeepsie, and New Haven to quench the apparent conflagration."[17] This eruption also produced a Bishop's Ring around the sun by day, and a volcanic purple light at twilight.
In 2004, an astronomer proposed the idea that the blood-red sky shown in Edvard Munch's famous 1893 painting The Scream is also an accurate depiction of the sky over Norway after the eruption.[18]
There are better articles out there but this was easy to find
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_er ... f_Krakatoa
Neat. I knew about the years long darkening but not the rest of it.
The Santorini eruption of ca 1650 BC is pretty fascinating, too, if you're into that sort of thing.
wap wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:20 pmThe loudest sound ever heard by humans, yeah. Massive tsunami's across the Mediterranean. 10's of meters of ash buried the island, including a whole city, much like Pompeii, but over 1700 years earlier than Pompeii. You can visit this town today. I've been there twice. It was just discovered in 1967 and will likely take another 10-200 years to fully excavate. Every home that has been uncovered so far has been 2-3 stories tall with interior staircases, which was very rare for the 2nd millennium BC, with beautiful frescos on most interior walls, and, get this, running water and flushing toilets and a municipal sewage system. Likely wiped out the Minoan civilization, or at least crippled it to the point that they were easily conquered by the Mycenaeans. Also quite possibly the origin of the Atlantis myth and some say it was the cause of the Red Sea parting for Moses and the column of fire, if you remember from the movie 10 Commandments.
Fascinating stuff. If you're interested, this is a 5/7 book on the subject.
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Unpopular opinion (in this thread anyway) time:
Monckton is the third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley and reportedly a former advisor to the policy unit of the British government during the 1980s; he is employed as Chief Policy Adviser for the denier lobby group, Science and Public Policy Institute.[3].
Monckton is also Scotland Leader of the right-wing nationalist party United Kingdom Independence Party.
His critics, including The Guardian writer George Monbiot, point out that Monckton has only a "degree in classics and a diploma in journalism and...no further qualifications."
Monckton has made various false claims in the past such as that he is a member of the British House of Lords.[2], a Nobel Prize winner, inventor of a cure for HIV, winner of a defamation case against George Monbiot and writer of a peer-reviewed article.
Monckton is a staunch supporter of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and has claimed that President Obama's birth certificate is fraudulent[40]. In September 2012 Monckton claimed the odds that President Obama's birth certificate was real were "One in 62,500,000,000,000,000,000"
More good stuff here:Monckton, who married in middle age and has no children, and whose coat of arms features a pink portcullis, has made a series of inflammatory homophobic statements about gay people.
He claimed that gay men have up to 20,000 sexual partners over their "short, miserable lives" (surveys show that they have the same number of sexual partners, on average, as straight people, viz. six)[42]
He called AIDS and other diseases the "wages" of gay promiscuity
He called for the regular screening of the population for AIDS and the life-long quarantine of all carriers.[43]
He dismissively referred to LGBT people as "QWERTYs" after the letters on the keyboard.
He claimed that gays only want to get married so that they can adopt children, which is unfair to children.
Wow, you're reaching back a long way in this thread.dubshow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 1:59 pmwap wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:20 pm
The loudest sound ever heard by humans, yeah. Massive tsunami's across the Mediterranean. 10's of meters of ash buried the island, including a whole city, much like Pompeii, but over 1700 years earlier than Pompeii. You can visit this town today. I've been there twice. It was just discovered in 1967 and will likely take another 10-200 years to fully excavate. Every home that has been uncovered so far has been 2-3 stories tall with interior staircases, which was very rare for the 2nd millennium BC, with beautiful frescos on most interior walls, and, get this, running water and flushing toilets and a municipal sewage system. Likely wiped out the Minoan civilization, or at least crippled it to the point that they were easily conquered by the Mycenaeans. Also quite possibly the origin of the Atlantis myth and some say it was the cause of the Red Sea parting for Moses and the column of fire, if you remember from the movie 10 Commandments.
Fascinating stuff. If you're interested, this is a 5/7 book on the subject.
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classic logical fallacy attacking the character instead of discussing thewap wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:14 pmUnpopular opinion (in this thread anyway) time:
This made me wonder who is this expert Christopher Monckton? Oh, he doesn't have a degree in climate science or anything and appears to be quite aartist and a generally awful person:
Monckton is the third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley and reportedly a former advisor to the policy unit of the British government during the 1980s; he is employed as Chief Policy Adviser for the denier lobby group, Science and Public Policy Institute.[3].
Monckton is also Scotland Leader of the right-wing nationalist party United Kingdom Independence Party.
His critics, including The Guardian writer George Monbiot, point out that Monckton has only a "degree in classics and a diploma in journalism and...no further qualifications."Monckton has made various false claims in the past such as that he is a member of the British House of Lords.[2], a Nobel Prize winner, inventor of a cure for HIV, winner of a defamation case against George Monbiot and writer of a peer-reviewed article.Monckton is a staunch supporter of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and has claimed that President Obama's birth certificate is fraudulent[40]. In September 2012 Monckton claimed the odds that President Obama's birth certificate was real were "One in 62,500,000,000,000,000,000"More good stuff here:Monckton, who married in middle age and has no children, and whose coat of arms features a pink portcullis, has made a series of inflammatory homophobic statements about gay people.
He claimed that gay men have up to 20,000 sexual partners over their "short, miserable lives" (surveys show that they have the same number of sexual partners, on average, as straight people, viz. six)[42]
He called AIDS and other diseases the "wages" of gay promiscuity
He called for the regular screening of the population for AIDS and the life-long quarantine of all carriers.[43]
He dismissively referred to LGBT people as "QWERTYs" after the letters on the keyboard.
He claimed that gays only want to get married so that they can adopt children, which is unfair to children.
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/C ... r_Monckton
Kinda hard to take this guy seriously.
Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:31 pmclassic logical fallacy attacking the character instead of discussing thewap wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:14 pm
Unpopular opinion (in this thread anyway) time:
This made me wonder who is this expert Christopher Monckton? Oh, he doesn't have a degree in climate science or anything and appears to be quite aartist and a generally awful person:
More good stuff here:
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/C ... r_Monckton
Kinda hard to take this guy seriously.![]()
Valid point.wap wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:42 pmBig Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:31 pm
classic logical fallacy attacking the character instead of discussing the![]()
expected response was expected.
How can you take what this clown says asif he's a proven yuuuuge liar?
I've gone through the exercise of fact checking some of his older data, and it checks out, so I'm more inclined to take newer stuff on a little more faith.wap wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:42 pmBig Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:31 pm
classic logical fallacy attacking the character instead of discussing the![]()
expected response was expected.
How can you take what this clown says asif he's a proven yuuuuge liar?
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:23 am Nothing like trusting a random liar on the internet rather than scientists!
I only listen to people who say what I believe.[user not found] wrote:I've heard that scientists have an agenda but internet liars definitely don't
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:23 am Nothing like trusting a random liar on the internet rather than scientists!
And[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:25 am I've heard that scientists have an agenda but internet liars definitely don't
again with the logical fallacy.[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:26 pmSerious comment but a bit off topic:Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:21 pm ok, let's talk about where power come from.
https://youtu.be/7fIkA-dpiZk
The Heartland Institute should be charged with voluntary manslaughter for what they did to spread disinformation about smoking.
Try a better source.
your think tank comes right out and says they hate my think tank soley based on the finding source. of course they will shit on them. this coin has two sides bendy[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:41 pmSigh....Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:38 pm
again with the logical fallacy.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150419004 ... about-kids
on the surface most of that passes my sniff test for logical conclusion.
https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12 ... king-risks
They are NOT a libertarian organization, they are corporatists.
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sigh.[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:47 pm This bullshit representation of corporatists pretending to be libertarians really pisses me off.
Fake libertarian Corporatists: global warming isn't human made or isn't real at all *rabble rabble*
True libertians: the science absolutely indicates that global warming is real and we need to ensure consumers have appropriate access to information so they can make informed choices and the market can properly function
I have a engineering degree from an ABET certified school. I know how to read a graph with error bars and interpret experimental data.[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:53 pmWhere is your doctorate from? Since you make such well informed analysises I'm sure your thesis was well received?Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:49 pm
sigh.
I've actually dug into the science in the ipcc reports. it's shit. I'm not simply ecoing a think tank.
Seeding distrust academia of the FIRST move that corporatists make. Once those pesky academics are out of the way then you can so whatever you want.
You are wrong here bendy. You are not even familiar with how a technical reasech paper is written... they tell you explecidly why and how they do things so others can repeat it aka peer review... and that's part of the problem with ippc, its. not. peer. reviewed.[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:30 pmSo you know what this symbol means:Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:29 pm
I have a engineering degree from an ABET certified school. I know how to read a graph with error bars and interpret experimental data.
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[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:41 pmActually you're hitting the nail on the head on why I'm right. I ABSOLUTELY AM NOT QUALIFIED AND NEITHER ARE YOU. You're not an environmental scientists. Being able to read a paper doesn't make you one and never will make you one.Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:34 pm
You are wrong here bendy. You are not even familiar with how a technical reasech paper is written... they tell you explecidly why and how they do things so others can repeat it aka peer review... and that's part of the problem with ippc, its. not. peer. reviewed.
and when people like me or others go point out those own mistakes where they didn't even do their own fucking math right, we are the crazy science deniers.
we will have to simply agree to disagree here.... I have forgotten more than you will ever know about this subject.
It's a shame, you're a *really* bright guy, one of the brightest on here. Sadly you've been hoodeinked. You're a stooge for Corporatists.
Suppression and distortion of information is, by definition, interference of the market and anti-libertarian.
where are you advocating a market solution.[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:49 pm I love how I'm the one advocating for the market to solve the problem and I'm the one that's out to lunch.
The world has truly gone crazy.
so, nukes or bust. got it.[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 2:08 pm[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:47 pm This bullshit representation of corporatists pretending to be libertarians really pisses me off.
Fake libertarian Corporatists: global warming isn't human made or isn't real at all *rabble rabble*
True libertians: the science absolutely indicates that global warming is real and we need to ensure consumers have appropriate access to information so they can make informed choices and the market can properly function
Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 2:02 pmwhere are you advocating a market solution.[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:49 pm I love how I'm the one advocating for the market to solve the problem and I'm the one that's out to lunch.
The world has truly gone crazy.