Record Temperatures

[ironmanDX]

crissindahouse said:

ironmanDX said:

Over 100,000 years ago? I wonder what caused it then? Obviously we are having an impact but I think there are certainly other factors at play.

Looking back, the world has gone under several changes, with or without humans.

I'm not a denier by any means but damn, the hysteria and the thinking that it's purely the fault of humans is a bit much. I heard a politician (AOC) say that the world will end in 12 years if we don't do something now. It really just distracts from the real issues by saying outrages things like that.

The difference is how fast it happens this time compared to every other time in the history of this planet. That isn't just like a "we may have something to do with it a little bit but most is just changes which this planet has seen plenty of times in the past". No scientist acts as if the world has never seen climate changes before. 

And she didn't mean that the world will end in 12 years but that it will take 12 years more until the damage will be irreversible. She just "quoted" the UN report which basically said that. You can decide for yourself if it means the end of the world if you won't be able to repair the damage you have done. It will obviously not mean that everyone will die from one to the next second but it should be obvious that this wasn't what she meant. 

So she was basically just missing the context? I'm in Australia so I don't particularity take too much notice of what people say over there. Her comment really stuck out though.

We don't really know how quickly it happened in the past though, do we? I'd like to read more into it actually.