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25. I'm sure ya'll have seen stories of the Methane bubbling up

Tue Aug 26, 2014, 02:20 PM

Aug 2014

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form the ocean bed. Yea, that's next.

The methane stored in permafrost that's currently melting, is way worse than what cars are putting in the air. Enough of it and it's just run away global warming.

Been reading about this for a while in Scientific American, and in New Scientist. Several separate articles over the course of years, all saying the same thing.

Frankly the methane bubbles are sort of freaking me out.

We needed to doing something about this years and years ago but nope.

Hey, you see that missile coming at us, let's wait and see if it kills us.

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Breaking: Irreversible Damage Seen From Climate Change in UN Leak [View all] Hissyspit Aug 2014 OP

This is obvious, and it is folly to think we are going to change it back too. nt bemildred Aug 2014 #1

there are ways to sink carbon, etc. many people working on this KurtNYC Aug 2014 #4

You don't turn a planet around in short order. bemildred Aug 2014 #5

Mankind has done lots of things that naysayers said we couldn't do KurtNYC Aug 2014 #8

And we have failed to do lots of things that mindless technophiles have claimed were imminent too. bemildred Aug 2014 #13

Most people prefer mindless optimism to your mindless pessimism. closeupready Aug 2014 #14

Here: bemildred Aug 2014 #15

Wow. LOL Well suicide IS always an option, I suppose. closeupready Aug 2014 #28

You are a representative/true believer in denial imo closeupready-thats who you are. bobthedrummer Aug 2014 #38

I guess so, lol. closeupready Aug 2014 #39

My pessimism is quite well-informed, not mindless. GliderGuider Aug 2014 #40

The issue is, how does pessimism add value here? It doesn't. closeupready Aug 2014 #43

It's much like receiving a doctor's diagnosis of cancer. GliderGuider Aug 2014 #45

I cited several major countries -- China, Germany, Japan - that are actively deploying solutions. KurtNYC Aug 2014 #16

We geo-engineered ourselves into this mess (not on purpose) we will geo-engineer ourselves out. Exultant Democracy Aug 2014 #20

Please see post #15, note that the OP says "irreversible". nt bemildred Aug 2014 #22

So you have nothing. You are just making up numbers and posting cute pictures. KurtNYC Aug 2014 #27

Unreal, isn't it. How dare we look for solutions!!!!11!! closeupready Aug 2014 #30

The article does not say any existing damage is irreversible thesquanderer Aug 2014 #37

Oh please, you sound like those religious nut bags that believe earth is only 5000 years old. Calista241 Aug 2014 #57

Based on an examination of the Vostok ice core data GliderGuider Aug 2014 #35

Sweden sequestered a millon tonnes KurtNYC Aug 2014 #42

The world produces 35,000 times that much every year. GliderGuider Aug 2014 #46

yes but my point is we are developing more ways to stop carbon emissions KurtNYC Aug 2014 #47

And if we were to get carbon emissions under control GliderGuider Aug 2014 #51

The 2012 link you posted doesn't even contain the word "Sweden" much less your claims. Nihil Aug 2014 #55

And both Germany's and China's carbon emissions continue to rise, not fall NickB79 Aug 2014 #44

Stupid naysayers probably still think wars and hunger still exists... LanternWaste Aug 2014 #48

Nobody EVER said war, hunger, poverty, and disease could be eradicated. closeupready Aug 2014 #53

I would think as much. LanternWaste Aug 2014 #49

Mother Earth will be fine tavalon Aug 2014 #12

Since my life span is not 1 million years, and a hundred generations of my offspring, what you say Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #31

There are many things we could do mindwalker_i Aug 2014 #17

fortunately it is not up to republicans KurtNYC Aug 2014 #29

Time for another round of retroactive immunity? mindwalker_i Aug 2014 #52

Agreed. There are solutions to this. rosesaylavee Aug 2014 #26

We've been "working" on carbon cuts for decades, but things have only gotten worse NickB79 Aug 2014 #41

500 years from now, there will be a hell of a lot fewer of us Warpy Aug 2014 #32

That ebola outbreak is interesting, something is going on there, bemildred Aug 2014 #33

There are far more than 7 billion ants in just your city alone Reter Aug 2014 #58

I concur. n/t bobthedrummer Aug 2014 #34

Wish Congress Was Back In D.C. - It Would Be Interesting To Hear The Repubs Comments On.....nt global1 Aug 2014 #2

It might feel more urgent if they talk about some of the effects happening now and in the KurtNYC Aug 2014 #3

I cannot understand why we are so reluctant to move on this issue. And I am talking about the whole jwirr Aug 2014 #6

Yes! But, but, but... the FUX-news 'money-owners' say more money is more important for them 'cuz Amonester Aug 2014 #7

I know greed and materialism are a terrible combination. And it is what is going to drive all of us jwirr Aug 2014 #9

Yep. That's how I see it. Amonester Aug 2014 #10

It's the way we're wired. GliderGuider Aug 2014 #11

that's how we run foreign policy now--Foggy Bottom/Langley/Arlington think only 3 months in advance MisterP Aug 2014 #24

Yeah, the pattern is pretty stark when one begins to question the propaganda. [n/t] Maedhros Aug 2014 #36

it's not that complicated Adam051188 Aug 2014 #18

Stop fucking up the planet! Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #19

kick, kick, kick..... daleanime Aug 2014 #21

Yawn... SpankMe Aug 2014 #23

I'm sure ya'll have seen stories of the Methane bubbling up Phlem Aug 2014 #25

/\ This... deathrind Aug 2014 #54

sad. my prediction is NO ONE will do anything. librechik Aug 2014 #56

We need to communicate this in monetary terms so people get it. True Blue Door Aug 2014 #50