Recently I saw a documentary movie about Mars. The scientists talked about the past of the red planet and that the most probably impact of asteroid crash caused the significant changes in Martian magnetic field that led to the gradual loss of its atmosphere. Does the author really think that burning fossil fuels will lead to a catastrophic consequences for the Earth's climate? I do not say we should not take the steps to improve our environment and to decrease water and air pollution to live in cleaner and healthier planet. However, to think that the human impact on the Earth's climate is far more important then for instance cosmic forces, seems to be a far fetched. Furthermore, the strong fossil fuel lobby is certainly diminishing compared to a new green lobby. With big money, hedge funds etc. heavily invested in everything green, no wonder that climate alarmism became a big business (and politics) very few dare to question.
Just to complete my argument, the comment was not to deny that climate change is happening and that the human impact certainly plays its role in it, but rather to point out that the issue might be exaggerated to a large degree and that our policies and responses (in political and economic realms) cannot be questioned or contradicted in whatever meaningful way without being discredited as backward and reactionary.
See my answer above, but I do agree with you that the extreme left is by now just as bad as the extreme right. Both want to impose their opinion on everyone and don’t allow dissent.
Hm. About 25 years ago, I was working on my Ph.D. in theoretical solar physics. One of my colleagues was working on the question of climate change is caused by the sun getting hotter or by humans burning fossil fuels. Back then it was already clear that the human impact was a lot twice the size of all cosmos impacts put together.
I am not an expert in that field, just trying to critically think about these issues. In any case, thanks for sharing your thoughts and additional info on that.
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Recently I saw a documentary movie about Mars. The scientists talked about the past of the red planet and that the most probably impact of asteroid crash caused the significant changes in Martian magnetic field that led to the gradual loss of its atmosphere. Does the author really think that burning fossil fuels will lead to a catastrophic consequences for the Earth's climate? I do not say we should not take the steps to improve our environment and to decrease water and air pollution to live in cleaner and healthier planet. However, to think that the human impact on the Earth's climate is far more important then for instance cosmic forces, seems to be a far fetched. Furthermore, the strong fossil fuel lobby is certainly diminishing compared to a new green lobby. With big money, hedge funds etc. heavily invested in everything green, no wonder that climate alarmism became a big business (and politics) very few dare to question.
Just to complete my argument, the comment was not to deny that climate change is happening and that the human impact certainly plays its role in it, but rather to point out that the issue might be exaggerated to a large degree and that our policies and responses (in political and economic realms) cannot be questioned or contradicted in whatever meaningful way without being discredited as backward and reactionary.
See my answer above, but I do agree with you that the extreme left is by now just as bad as the extreme right. Both want to impose their opinion on everyone and don’t allow dissent.
Hm. About 25 years ago, I was working on my Ph.D. in theoretical solar physics. One of my colleagues was working on the question of climate change is caused by the sun getting hotter or by humans burning fossil fuels. Back then it was already clear that the human impact was a lot twice the size of all cosmos impacts put together.
And if you go back even further the oil companies I the 1980s already knew that climate change was man made and would rob them of a license to operate: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16092015/exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming/
I know there are cosmic influences on the climate but the evidence has been clear for decades now that the human factor is much bigger.
I am not an expert in that field, just trying to critically think about these issues. In any case, thanks for sharing your thoughts and additional info on that.