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Rose

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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #105 on: August 07, 2009, 07:55:02 am »
Another issue is the fact that a rise in temperature will also cause more evaporation, thus lowering the sea level.
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #106 on: August 07, 2009, 08:21:05 am »
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Another issue is the fact that a rise in temperature will also cause more evaporation, thus lowering the sea level.
The water ain't going anywhere.  That would have a nasty effect on humidity levels.

Anyway, fossil fuels are basically carbon absorbed by ancient plants/ animals/ so on.  If we burn them, we're basically rolling the atmosphere back to what it was before... very quickly.  You may say "Rofl, I don't live near the sea, this won't affect me!".  But it will.  Millions of people will be made homeless by this, and they aren't just going to die happily.  They'll want somewhere to live, and will come flooding into habitable areas.  If they're rejected access?  We'll get wars started.
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #107 on: August 07, 2009, 08:44:29 am »
Quote from: Japa on August 07, 2009, 07:55:02 am
Another issue is the fact that a rise in temperature will also cause more evaporation, thus lowering the sea level.

But... but it's a cycle.  :(

Won't increased evaporation just lead to larger variance in water levels?
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #108 on: August 07, 2009, 08:47:49 am »
Quote from: Vester on August 07, 2009, 08:44:29 am
Quote from: Japa on August 07, 2009, 07:55:02 am
Another issue is the fact that a rise in temperature will also cause more evaporation, thus lowering the sea level.

But... but it's a cycle.  :(

Won't increased evaporation just lead to larger variance in water levels?

Not to mention all the crazy powerful storms.
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #109 on: August 07, 2009, 08:48:21 am »
Yeah, the increased humidity and heat could produce larger hurricanes.
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« Reply #110 on: August 07, 2009, 08:55:46 am »
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We'll get wars started...

Good. Make it quick. The more technology researched, the more people died, the better the war
 
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #111 on: August 07, 2009, 09:00:06 am »
Quote from: Aqizzar on August 07, 2009, 08:47:49 am
Quote from: Vester on August 07, 2009, 08:44:29 am
Quote from: Japa on August 07, 2009, 07:55:02 am
Another issue is the fact that a rise in temperature will also cause more evaporation, thus lowering the sea level.

But... but it's a cycle.  :(

Won't increased evaporation just lead to larger variance in water levels?

Not to mention all the crazy powerful storms.

Well, I've already seen those.  :-\

Apparently my country's been hit by three hurricanes in the past month. Used to be an average of 10 over six months.
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #112 on: August 07, 2009, 02:55:40 pm »
Quote from: IndonesiaWarMinister on August 07, 2009, 08:55:46 am
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We'll get wars started...

Good. Make it quick. The more technology researched, the more people died, the better the war
 
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We already have nuclear missiles capable of obliterating most of humanity.  It isn't going to get much worse.
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #113 on: August 07, 2009, 07:46:45 pm »
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Leela: "It got balanced out by nuclear winter."
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #114 on: August 07, 2009, 07:50:18 pm »
Quote from: Little on August 07, 2009, 07:46:45 pm
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Fry: "Whatever happened to global warming, anyways?"
Leela: "It got balanced out by nuclear winter."
I shall now sleep far safer at night.
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #115 on: August 08, 2009, 08:11:50 am »
What about that Futurama clip that appears in "An Inconvenient Truth" whereby they simply drop a huge icecube into the sea every year?
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #116 on: August 09, 2009, 02:42:28 am »
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Re: The unhealthy cynics were right all along.
« Reply #117 on: August 09, 2009, 09:41:27 am »
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