Reply To: T-shirt designers unite and take over

[Tasmodevil44]

You have a manmade forcing of climate with the steady buildup of anthropogenic CO2 …… and then you have all the other unexpected, random and unpredictable factors superimposed upon it. Such as a volcanic explosion here on Earth …… or an explosion on the surface of the violent Sun.

Take for example, the dust bowl years of the 1930’s. They had some of the hottest years on record. American agriculture simply dried – up and blew away, further compounding the severity of the Great Depression. The CO2 levels in ppm (parts per million) were certainly much lower then than they are now. What caused the severe heat waves and drought back then? Solar output variability? Changes in jet stream? Alteration of El Nino?

We are looking at a truly monumental task of trying to make the switch to non – carbon emitting sources of energy. Especially considering how wasteful and inefficient U.S. infrastructure is …… and the fact that some people have to commute to a job everyday as much as 100 miles from their home.

Even more daunting is how to drastically reduce CO2 emissions without harming the global economy. The energy appetite of humanity has reached far too much forward momentum to put the brakes on CO2 very fast anytime soon. And in spite of any efforts by the United States …… China and India and many other developing countries are still rapidly ramping – up CO2 emissions. The population of cars in Asian countries is growing even faster than people these days. Not to mention that China and India complete construction of another coal – fired plant just about every two or three days. Absolutely phenomenal growth.

Having said all that, I still don’t think we should just throw our hands up in the air and give – up the good fight. The continual, ongoing manmade forcing of climate by CO2 emissions will eventually reach a tipping point far greater than all the other random, intermittent natural causes. I think we should at least try to mitigate the damage so as not to be as severe (if we can’t stop it). Many developing countries will do nothing unless the United States sets an example for the rest of the world to follow