Comments on: Top Eight *Real* Existential Threats to Humanity http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/ Take no prisoners Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:23:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Carlos http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Carlos Fri, 06 May 2011 01:19:51 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/#comment-1743 Actually it will be the Fungi that will survive in the end.. Actually it will be the Fungi that will survive in the end..

]]> By: The War On Bullshit » Blog Archive » Imaginary Existential Threats http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 The War On Bullshit » Blog Archive » Imaginary Existential Threats Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:18:10 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/#comment-1320 [...] I described eight possible events that would likely destroy civilization as we know it. These include diseases, climate change and [...] [...] I described eight possible events that would likely destroy civilization as we know it. These include diseases, climate change and [...]

]]> By: Kavan Wolfe http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Kavan Wolfe Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:17:24 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/#comment-1319 @Brian, the answer to your question "Is there a suite of technologies that can dramatically cut emissions by say like 2040 or 2050?" is most certainly 'yes.' Unfortunately, there is not enough political will to enact the necessary changes. I recommend Thomas Friedman's book "Hot, Flat and Crowded" for a good discussion of the subject. Perhaps a list of carbon-reduction technologies would make a good blog post... @Badden, going for poetic? One of the realities we must accept is that people are neither logical nor rational... @Brian, the answer to your question “Is there a suite of technologies that can dramatically cut emissions by say like 2040 or 2050?” is most certainly ‘yes.’ Unfortunately, there is not enough political will to enact the necessary changes. I recommend Thomas Friedman’s book “Hot, Flat and Crowded” for a good discussion of the subject. Perhaps a list of carbon-reduction technologies would make a good blog post…

@Badden, going for poetic? One of the realities we must accept is that people are neither logical nor rational…

]]> By: Badden http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Badden Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:25:12 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/#comment-1318 Fuck the borders and the economic sanctions imposed upon any nation. The world needs to grow. Democracy is a failed system. Accept reality. Logic. Rational behavior. Confidence and discretion. Discipline Respect. Music, global domination. Honor Loyalty. >>> Positive Momentum Fuck the borders and the economic sanctions imposed upon any nation.

The world needs to grow.

Democracy is a failed system.

Accept reality.

Logic. Rational behavior.

Confidence and discretion.

Discipline Respect.

Music, global domination.

Honor Loyalty.

>>>

Positive Momentum

]]> By: Brian S. http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 Brian S. Sun, 31 May 2009 19:44:03 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/#comment-1317 Im not saying i don't believe in climate change but that the worst case scenarios seems to be a fit far fetched. Here is a list of scientists who agree: http://www.cato.org/special/climatechange/ClimateAd_ChicagoTrib_Rev.pdf. In al gore's movie An inconvenient truth there was a scenario put forth that the sea levels would rise 20 ft if Greenland which has 10% of the worlds ice would loose it in a rapid ice loss. The IPCC (intergovernmental panel on climate change) which got a nobel prize with gore in 07 projected the sea level to rise 9 - 19 inches and cited that the estimate does not assume rapid ice loss because there was no scientific support for that analysis. since then several scientific papers have been published saying rapid ice loss is unlikely. On a sort of unrelated matter congress is to incompetent to even be able to make good policy to combat global warming anyways. I mean they can barley run the damn post office. We also have no money, and printing more money is never a good idea. My question would be: Is there a suite of technologies that can dramatically cut emissions by say like 2040 or 2050?(NO) It would be futile to spend money on such technologies with money that could be spent on the future of the united states or what ever country you are in. Im not saying i don’t believe in climate change but that the worst case scenarios seems to be a fit far fetched. Here is a list of scientists who agree: http://www.cato.org/special/climatechange/ClimateAd_ChicagoTrib_Rev.pdf.
In al gore’s movie An inconvenient truth there was a scenario put forth that the sea levels would rise 20 ft if Greenland which has 10% of the worlds ice would loose it in a rapid ice loss. The IPCC (intergovernmental panel on climate change) which got a nobel prize with gore in 07 projected the sea level to rise 9 – 19 inches and cited that the estimate does not assume rapid ice loss because there was no scientific support for that analysis. since then several scientific papers have been published saying rapid ice loss is unlikely. On a sort of unrelated matter congress is to incompetent to even be able to make good policy to combat global warming anyways. I mean they can barley run the damn post office. We also have no money, and printing more money is never a good idea. My question would be: Is there a suite of technologies that can dramatically cut emissions by say like 2040 or 2050?(NO) It would be futile to spend money on such technologies with money that could be spent on the future of the united states or what ever country you are in.

]]> By: Kavan Wolfe http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 Kavan Wolfe Sun, 31 May 2009 18:39:28 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/#comment-1316 @Brian, the most recent studies of climate change I'm aware of, the evidence is pointing firmly at the worst case scenario (see http://www.news10.net/news/green/story.aspx?storyid=59921&catid=62 for summary). Do you have any evidence that the touted scenarios are exaggerated, or are you simply unwilling to face the possibility of impending disaster? (I think I'll have to write a post about climate change soon). @Brian,

the most recent studies of climate change I’m aware of, the evidence is pointing firmly at the worst case scenario (see http://www.news10.net/news/green/story.aspx?storyid=59921&catid=62 for summary). Do you have any evidence that the touted scenarios are exaggerated, or are you simply unwilling to face the possibility of impending disaster? (I think I’ll have to write a post about climate change soon).

]]> By: Brian S. http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 Brian S. Sun, 31 May 2009 18:24:57 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2009/05/30/existential_threats/#comment-1315 Yeah if yellowstone went off we would be dead in a heartbeat. Right now i believe yes climate change is happening but not to the ridiculous extent its being portrayed. We our shaping the climate a bit yes, but there is such a thing as more sunspots then normal and anomaly's in weather patterns for a few years. I think all the doomsday scenarios are a bit far fetched Yeah if yellowstone went off we would be dead in a heartbeat. Right now i believe yes climate change is happening but not to the ridiculous extent its being portrayed. We our shaping the climate a bit yes, but there is such a thing as more sunspots then normal and anomaly’s in weather patterns for a few years. I think all the doomsday scenarios are a bit far fetched

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