NASA: Big Oil is 'hiding a planet in crisis'

Sys1 · Intermediate Crude Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Posts: 606

I have the feeling that Global warming is nothing in regard to Peak oil. If there's something hidden, it's Peak oil, not global warming with which medias are speaking all day long.

It's hard to accept (especially for the FED) that capitalism is game over -Insert coin- (no dollar, it worths nothing)
Easier to cry about some polar bear sinking in the north or poor people dying from bad crops in Africa.

Finally, we don't give a sh*t as long as business as usual remains the norm.

KevO · Expert Joined: May 24, 2005 Posts: 2333

I used to think that global warming was just a bit of tidal change but we're talking akin to a nuclear holocaust as far a survival goes and for as long
check out
6 steps to Hell

and Nasa are saying, 'we're here'

scary. the quicker oil peaks the better.
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MacG · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 1169

Great news. Oil will not peak anytime soon. Time to shut down this site.

dukey · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Feb 20, 2005 Posts: 1996

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Gandalf_the_White · Intermediate Crude Joined: Nov 21, 2007 Posts: 511

I'm certain that I have dropped Jim an e-mail with the words 'peak oil' in it. Shows how close we are, he probably did not even read it.

Ironically though a climate change response could mitigate both problems, the both arise from how we use fossil fuels.
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As far as "Climate Change" goes (the term Global Warming is so 1980's) over here in the UK we are brow beaten constantly to reduce FF consumption in order to save the planet.

Now if you were a tree hugger then I can see you going for this and the logic is sound. Reduce Carbon Emissions, save the World. The polar bears live happily ever after. Now read behind the lines and conveniently we can see a little beneficial result of reducing Carbon Emissions. As making those FF's last that bit longer allows the Wheels of Industry keep turning.

Now I'm going top slap on my "Conspiracy Theory" hat at this point, but can anyone else here see the hidden agenda?

Are governments really that altruistic when it comes to saving the planet, or are they trying to kid us once again.
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MacG · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 1169

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nasa release today

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

Leslie McCarthy
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, N.Y.
212-678-5507
lnolan@giss.nasa.gov

May 14, 2008 RELEASE : 08-127 NASA Study Links Earth Impacts to Human-Caused Climate Change WASHINGTON -- A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity in Africa.

Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science in New York and scientists at 10 other institutions have linked physical and biological impacts since 1970 with rises in temperatures during that period. The study, to be published May 15 in the journal Nature, concludes human-caused warming is resulting in a broad range of impacts across the globe.

"This is the first study to link global temperature data sets, climate model results, and observed changes in a broad range of physical and biological systems to show the link between humans, climate, and impacts," said Rosenzweig, lead author of the study.

Rosenzweig and colleagues also found the link between human-caused climate change and observed impacts on Earth holds true at the scale of individual continents, particularly in North America, Europe, and Asia.

To arrive at the link, the authors built and analyzed a database of more than 29,000 data series pertaining to observed impacts on Earth's natural systems. The data were collected from about 80 studies, each with at least 20 years of records between 1970 and 2004.

Observed impacts included changes to physical systems, such as glaciers shrinking, permafrost melting, and lakes and rivers warming. Biological systems also were impacted in a variety of ways, such as leaves unfolding and flowers blooming earlier in the spring, birds arriving earlier during migration periods, and plant and animal species moving toward Earth's poles and higher in elevation. In aquatic environments such as oceans, lakes, and rivers, plankton and fish are shifting from cold-adapted to warm-adapted communities.

The team conducted a "joint attribution" study. They showed that at the global scale, about 90 percent of observed changes in diverse physical and biological systems are consistent with warming. Other driving forces, such as land use change from forest to agriculture, were ruled out as having significant influence on the observed impacts.

Next, the scientists conducted statistical tests and found the spatial patterns of observed impacts closely match temperature trends across the globe, to a degree beyond what can be attributed to natural variability. The team concluded observed global-scale impacts are very likely because of human-caused warming.

"Humans are influencing climate through increasing greenhouse gas emissions," Rosenzweig said. "The warming is causing impacts on physical and biological systems that are now attributable at the global scale and in North America, Europe, and Asia."

On some continents, including Africa, South America, and Australia, documentation of observed changes in physical and biological systems is still sparse despite warming trends attributable to human causes. The authors concluded environmental systems on these continents need additional research, especially in tropical and subtropical areas where there is a lack of impact data and published studies.

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