Quote from futurecurrents:
The record gain was from a near record low. But you don't understand these complexities do you?
Guess what. Al Gore's hockey stick chart? Absolutely proven true by multiple studies no doubt it is true. Al Gore was essentially (know that word) right. No doubt.
The world is not slowing down it's warming at all. Not even close. All the ice is melting. Sea level is rising. The weather is getting more extreme. The oceans are acidifying.
Now what did you say.?
I don't know... How about this...
Age of Earth: 4.2 Billion years
Temp extremes experienced: -200 degrees to +2 million degrees C
Purported GW changes: 1-2 degrees C over the last 40 years
Number of datapoints for every 100 years = 42 million
Number of datapoints for every 200 years = 21 million
Liberal recognition of verifiable temp readings on Earth - 50,000 years (250-500 datapoints)
Statistical significance (100 year datapoints) = 500/42,000,000
Statistical significance (200 year datapoints) = 250/21,000,000
Temp change significance = 2 degrees C / 2,200,000 degrees C
Conclusion #1 - any person with basic math skills can understand that the GW argument is statistically irrelevant.
Conclusion #2 - the argument that GW is "bad" for the planet is patently false. If humans were to disappear tomorrow, in less than 1,000 years, all evidence of our existence would be wiped out.
Conclusion #3 - the real concern is that as the human population continues at its current rate, then it stands that at some point, we'll run out of the resources needed for survival - water, food, shelter, ability to withstand/defend against newer, deadlier diseases, etc.
The reality is that Homo Sapiens are biological systems subject to the same conditions and challenges as other biological systems. Biological systems are in a constant battle to achieve equilibrium between population and resources. When resources are plentiful, populations increase. When resources become scarce, populations die off.
It's safe to say that the human population will greatly contract in the future. Be it from meteorite impacts, volcanic eruptions, disease, or lack of food and/or water. But it certainly won't be due to alleged GW due to fossil fuels.