/sci/ - Science & Math

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Most of this is OC.

Pretty much all of what I've dumped is OC. Enjoy. I dare not search my /b/ reaction face folder. It would take eons to sort through it all.

>climate change
Data I have seen suggest temperatures are going up. The lack of correlating solar data makes human emissions the most logical culprit. We should reduce fossil fuel usage to slow the process. I don't believe it will be as apocalyptic as some suggest (just that some deserts will get flooded with rain while some wet regions will become deserts or some such mixing and matching of global environments). Even if humans aren't the cause, reducing fossil fuel usage will lesson the blow of the loss of cheap oil... right or wrong I am still taking the right side.

>On nuclear winter?
Scientific American had an article a year or two ago presenting a rather bleak scenario. A war between India and Pakistan would lead to the immolation of 100 major cities due to nukes. The ash would be opaque in contrast to clear volcanic ash so it will stay up longer and block more sunlight. Cooler seasons and reduced sunlight will lead to reduced crop yields, which is a very bad thing considering 1 billion people don't have a reliable food supply. The entire thing could lead to a permanent economic depression that global society will never recover from. It very well may sign the the signing of homo sapiens' death warrant.

>On 'hippy bullshit' as the /k/ommandos put it?
How about environmentalism in general?
>environmentalism
The environment is not something that is inherently important. We don't have to protect a forest for the sake of protecting a forest. However the environment IS important to humanity. We are stuck living on Earth for the forseeable future so we damn well better not mess it up. One shouldn't pollute or cut down rainforests for the same reason you shouldn't shit in your bedroom or break a door off its hinges for a beer pong table.

Carl Sagan's spirit cometh.

It's been billions and billions of posts since the last Sagan Thread.