tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post4003574653363553212..comments2023-12-14T05:23:48.176-08:00Comments on Unfamiliar Lines: Understanding the Other Side: Bipasha Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580139308427837056noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post-59618755449136542672015-08-15T10:34:31.356-07:002015-08-15T10:34:31.356-07:00Here's a very interesting and shocking article...Here's a very interesting and shocking article:<br />http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-point-of-no-return-climate-change-nightmares-are-already-here-20150805<br /><br /><br />Bipasha Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580139308427837056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post-45755362583941555702015-08-15T10:27:36.690-07:002015-08-15T10:27:36.690-07:00Vandana, thanks for your thoughts. I have no doubt...Vandana, thanks for your thoughts. I have no doubts about climate change, so be assured that I am not being mislead. I feel to tackle a problem, one needs to understand who your opponents are....this post was just about that. However I do feel (still) that Climate Change has now become an economic and political issue for most countries and turned away from the real issue of environmental degradation and mankind's future. So in that sense, for both parties, its a game.....an economic tug of war. The losers are people like us anyway. Bipasha Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580139308427837056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post-31575534558981246732015-08-14T19:36:11.709-07:002015-08-14T19:36:11.709-07:00Alas, climate change is all too real. The NIPCC i...Alas, climate change is all too real. The NIPCC is funded by the fossil fuel lobby. There is a long paper trail of evidence of fossil fuel companies funding climate denial in the US in a manner similar to the obfuscation of the truth about tobacco's harmful effects by the tobacco industry (physicist Fred Singer was involved in that also). Read the book Merchants of Doubt by historian of science Naomi Oreskes or this article in the Washington post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/12/27/a-dark-money-challenge-on-climate-change/. If the IPCC is accused of being funded by government money and therefore vested interests, how much more is that the case with teh fossil fuel companies! Currently 97% of climate scientists believe climate change is real and caused by humans, based on what we know about the properties of CO2 since the 1850s, plus other factors. Under the 'natural causes' scenario, we should be in a cooling period. Natural causes are not the cause of current warming. Please be wary of misinformation on the subject of climate change. Because it threatens the powers that be, there is plenty of obfuscation going on. Vandana Singhhttp://www.climatechange4perspectives.worldpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post-89920067845030158162014-07-07T03:11:39.909-07:002014-07-07T03:11:39.909-07:00The 'non believers' fail to take into acco...The 'non believers' fail to take into account figures that were non-existent 10'000 years ago. The global population today is roughly 7.4billion, over 40% of this population live close-proximity to a coastline. Would you say that our coastlines are under greater stress due to the coastal migration than what they were 1'000 years ago? With this greater stress placed on our coastlines comes an increased frequency & intensity of coastal storms due to the warming of ocean temperatures, mainly because of the melting of major glaciers. The melting of major glaciers has meant a very slow sea level rise but it doesn't take much to cause damage. Think about it.... A sea level rise of only 5-10cm combined with an usually large storm or hurricane will cause widespread destruction to low-lying over-populated areas that have traditionally been threatened from previous smaller storms. Increased storm surge will cause severe coastal erosion & damage, destroying local communities & placing burdens on national economies. TheZebraAbroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07218022891620023190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post-61535760358620694652013-11-24T06:54:44.361-08:002013-11-24T06:54:44.361-08:00abhi....u r right. we definitely are good at screw...abhi....u r right. we definitely are good at screwing up the planet :-DBipasha Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580139308427837056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post-57132267741537450912013-11-21T16:40:18.636-08:002013-11-21T16:40:18.636-08:00Mind = scrambled. Shame on you, Bips.
But seriou...Mind = scrambled. Shame on you, Bips. <br /><br />But seriously, how can this almighty infestation of humans not be screwing the planet? We've gotta be good at something, right!Abhiroop Banerjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994022363557622103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post-67603691137419360282013-11-04T06:03:37.447-08:002013-11-04T06:03:37.447-08:00Hey Aparna. Here's the thing.....I do like to ...Hey Aparna. Here's the thing.....I do like to listen to the other side but I am not even convinced one bit about the argument of the other side. I 100% belief that we are destroying nature at a very alarming rate. But if you have to win an argument, you should always know what the other side has to say, isn't it? :-). as for Bangalore....yes i do have a avgue memory of a very green city when I had first visited it way back in the 80s. yes, nothing of that city is left any more! :-(Bipasha Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580139308427837056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194257788954366266.post-68573876377760704452013-11-03T09:01:53.758-08:002013-11-03T09:01:53.758-08:00Nice one, Bipasha :-) I'm no expert either but...Nice one, Bipasha :-) I'm no expert either but I must say that human beings are aggressively encroaching on more than their fair share of earth's resources and the consequences are plain for everyone to see. The lifestyles we choose certainly have consequences - both at the granular level and the macro level. Like you, I'm willing to allow that climate change may just be a natural cyclic phenomenon but I think we can all agree that mankind is helping to accelerate the process :-) You're SO right about no afternoon rains in Bangalore but that's the least of it - my city is destroyed beyond recognition today. I so miss the gentle polite charming city I grew up in.Aparna Muralidharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860240891462450056noreply@blogger.com