I hate to tell you that there are still people out there who don't believe global warming is as bad as all that. Tell that to a polar bear when the ice melts and he can't find any food because he can't hunt seals. Tell that to farmers because the weather has gone wacko and their crops are failing.
What puzzles me is that people use that idea to continue to sit on their rear ends and do nothing. Even if global warming is not as dire as some scientists are saying there are still other huge problems going on. I'm not saying the world is gonna end tomorrow but if you've heard the 59th minute analogy you'd be worried. The earth is a closed system. We can use a model to replicate population growth and the one some scientists have used is the test tube model. We can estimate global population growth and use those numbers on our simulated test tube. If we use bacteria as our human equivalent and population grows exponentially we'll see that the population of bacteria in the test tube is fine until the 59th minute. Yet it's only half full at the 59th minute. But after that minute the test tube is full and all the food is gone. Are humans really going to wait until the 59th minute before they attempt to do anything about all the damage they've done to the environment? Goodness I hope not because at the 59th minute it's too late!
I only hope that Nature is more forgiving and resilient than we know and people aren't as dumb as they were on Easter Island.
What puzzles me is that people use that idea to continue to sit on their rear ends and do nothing. Even if global warming is not as dire as some scientists are saying there are still other huge problems going on. I'm not saying the world is gonna end tomorrow but if you've heard the 59th minute analogy you'd be worried. The earth is a closed system. We can use a model to replicate population growth and the one some scientists have used is the test tube model. We can estimate global population growth and use those numbers on our simulated test tube. If we use bacteria as our human equivalent and population grows exponentially we'll see that the population of bacteria in the test tube is fine until the 59th minute. Yet it's only half full at the 59th minute. But after that minute the test tube is full and all the food is gone. Are humans really going to wait until the 59th minute before they attempt to do anything about all the damage they've done to the environment? Goodness I hope not because at the 59th minute it's too late!
I only hope that Nature is more forgiving and resilient than we know and people aren't as dumb as they were on Easter Island.
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Post pictures of what your create Erin. I'm sure they won't be horrible!
-Staci
Of course, these freak rains and floods and storms that we've never had before aren't related, now are they? Hmmmm?
Such ignorance is scary. I find that those that do not believe that global warming is happening are usually not very literate or informed on most topics. Talk about sticking your head in the sand.
Sue, it sounds like you have your hands full with your son's inlaws.