Reply #83: STRAWMAN ALERT!!! [View All]

[IrateCitizen]

You think the oceans will reach boiling point in just 50 more years? A runaway greenhouse effect would occur if the water in the oceans vaporized. It's not going to happen!...at least not for a few million more years.

Where, oh where, did Minstrel Boy say anything about oceans boiling? Oh yeah, that's right -- HE DIDN'T.

What he DID say, however, is largely a scientific consensus -- that we will find the emerging global climate crisis reaching a "runaway effect" in which certain aspects of warming actually facilitate the release of more carbon into the atmosphere, accelerating the effect.

A prime example of this would be the methane that is trapped in permafrost near the Arctic Circle. So long as the permafrost remains frozen, the methane is trapped. But if global warming causes it to melt, the methane gas will be released, causing warming to accelerate further.

This also has been proven through experiment to happen to alpine meadows that experience a warming of about 1 degree Fahrenheit. Native plant species are replaced by sagebrush, and soil samples exhibit a lower carbon content. That carbon is released into the atmosphere, fueling more warming.

Talk about dishonest debate, MacCovern!