Balance of nature: global warming related to CO2 (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, January 10, 2025, 22:43 (12 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: presented to balance the hype about global warming. […] How much should we interfere with the processes?

dhw: Is global warming being “hyped”? Lay people like myself can only make judgements in accordance with the information we are given. Here, then, is the contrary view to David’s. [I shan’t repeat the facts and statistics with which experts justify their belief in the reality of climate change.)

dhw: Every rise will affect the environment, and the melting of the glaciers is one obvious and extremely dangerous warning sign. Human activity is generally recognized as being the cause of this rapid acceleration. Climate changes that took Nature millions of years may only require a few decades if action is not taken now. We are already “interfering with the processes”. That seems to be the cause of the problem.

DAVID: The bold is the problem. You want force-fed 'facts'. Read Watts Up With That
website and learn from weather/climate experts.

dhw: You are illustrating the point made by my bold! You and I are lay people. Anthony Watts is a meteorologist who runs a popular anti climate change blog, and you accept his views. I don’t know what you mean by “force-fed facts”. Are you then saying that all the other “experts” who present us with facts supporting climate change are liars, charlatans, ignoramuses? Laymen like us are in no position to know the truth if the so-called experts disagree among themselves. You have stated categorically that global warming is hype. I have presented the contrary view, although I must admit that I do take it very seriously indeed.

This, however, is just one of the threats to life on earth. You ask "How much should we interfere with the processes?" I would suggest it would be far more pertinent to demand that we stop interfering with the processes. It is we humans who are polluting our rivers and oceans, poisoning our air and our food, endangering or killing off species after species...
I think you will agree.

DAVID: I agree we do things that damage. My argument as a 'lay' weather-interested person, look at what is presented and make intelligent choices with the 'experts' presentations. See both sides clearly. Then pick one. My pick is logical.

dhw: Both views are logical if the information and the interpretation of that information are accurate. You agree that we are already causing damage to ourselves and our planet. Would you also agree that we need to take steps now to stop those interferences from increasing the damage? As regards climate change, do you agree that if your logical pick is wrong, the results of inaction now will be catastrophic for us and our planet?

NEWSFLASH: Last year was the hottest on record, beating the previous record set in 2023. The ten warmest days on record have all been in the last decade. Do you regard this as evidence against global warming?

How do you know this newsflash is true??? Most of them are debunked on watts up with that.