We are all familiar with the basics of climate change on this forum I think. There is little doubt that the main drivers of climate change are beyond human control, (Milankovitch cycles, solar activity etc.) and that the climate history of the planet has shown that life can exist with much higher CO2 levels and temperatures. (but not necessarily very much lower than today?) It also seems likely that this pattern will continue, and we are about to head into a new ice age. I can`t see what will really change that. (unless it`s God`s will to do so)
However, the basic science of climatology seems to suggest that there is a causal link between CO2 emissions and rising temperatures. Normally this is a mechanism driven mostly by astronomical events like the mentioned natural cycles of the solar system. But there are also biological reasons that this occurs at times. Grasslands (grass species) have the ability to sequester carbon into the soil in large amounts, and humans can affect that process by the way that we tend the land, and the type of farming practices that we employ. So less grasslands with the natural ecosystems that are involved with ruminants grazing and so on will mean less carbon into the soil and more released into the atmosphere. The more monocropping and tillage to produce industrial foods, the worse this situation will get. This will also affect human health and biodiversity to a great extent.
According to the WTO (and they have little incentive to lie about this) there has been an increase in the global CO2 emissions of 36.4 percent in the period from 1997-2011. What`s interesting is that about 30 percent of this has come from developing economies. Read; China, India and other Asian countries mostly. The West has remained quite stable, and China has been the biggest CO2 producing country since 2011 in fact. (twice that of the US currently) https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/gtdw_e/wkshop16_e/francois_e.pd
All that being said, I think that we should consider a different stance on this subject maybe. If there really is a human component to an increase in temperature on the planet, then it seems that we have all the best solutions! Regenerative agriculture/permaculture. (Joel Salatin, Allan Savory style) (1) Go to war against big food and monocropping etc. Also, attack the richest people on the planet where it hurts the most by going after global free trade and production of goods in developing countries, using their own tools against them. (CO2 emissions/global warming/pollution, job outsourcing, US poverty/meth use, a case for sensible nationalism etc.)
We might literally and metaphorically get burned in the coming years if there really is an increase in temperature, that will cause more of the events that are unfolding as we speak. That doesn`t mean that we have to be wrong, but we might be perceived as being wrong if we insist on the; "there is no global warming at all" thing. There might be some anthropogenic global warming, and it`s the fault of the most greedy amongst us. And it`s interconnected with human health, biodiversity and a whole host of other things as well.
However, the basic science of climatology seems to suggest that there is a causal link between CO2 emissions and rising temperatures. Normally this is a mechanism driven mostly by astronomical events like the mentioned natural cycles of the solar system. But there are also biological reasons that this occurs at times. Grasslands (grass species) have the ability to sequester carbon into the soil in large amounts, and humans can affect that process by the way that we tend the land, and the type of farming practices that we employ. So less grasslands with the natural ecosystems that are involved with ruminants grazing and so on will mean less carbon into the soil and more released into the atmosphere. The more monocropping and tillage to produce industrial foods, the worse this situation will get. This will also affect human health and biodiversity to a great extent.
According to the WTO (and they have little incentive to lie about this) there has been an increase in the global CO2 emissions of 36.4 percent in the period from 1997-2011. What`s interesting is that about 30 percent of this has come from developing economies. Read; China, India and other Asian countries mostly. The West has remained quite stable, and China has been the biggest CO2 producing country since 2011 in fact. (twice that of the US currently) https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/gtdw_e/wkshop16_e/francois_e.pd
All that being said, I think that we should consider a different stance on this subject maybe. If there really is a human component to an increase in temperature on the planet, then it seems that we have all the best solutions! Regenerative agriculture/permaculture. (Joel Salatin, Allan Savory style) (1) Go to war against big food and monocropping etc. Also, attack the richest people on the planet where it hurts the most by going after global free trade and production of goods in developing countries, using their own tools against them. (CO2 emissions/global warming/pollution, job outsourcing, US poverty/meth use, a case for sensible nationalism etc.)
We might literally and metaphorically get burned in the coming years if there really is an increase in temperature, that will cause more of the events that are unfolding as we speak. That doesn`t mean that we have to be wrong, but we might be perceived as being wrong if we insist on the; "there is no global warming at all" thing. There might be some anthropogenic global warming, and it`s the fault of the most greedy amongst us. And it`s interconnected with human health, biodiversity and a whole host of other things as well.
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