# Climate change is not the immediate threat facing us today **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737 "2021-01-29T03:30:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/21 "2021-01-29T04:23:23Z")
**rboyce** , just so you know [trolling isn’t allowed in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-forum-rules-for-the-bbq-pit-read-this-before-posting/487209) either. Normally I give the benefit of the doubt, that one is ignorant or simply an idiot, and I do so here too. But you recently asked for clarification on what trolling is, you [admitted that you were banned from another site for trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/923621/76), and you [admitted to spamming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/923621/87) in the past. So I wanted to bring this to your attention, just in case. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/22 "2021-01-29T04:31:23Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > One might note that this steaming pile of bullshit was posted in the Pit because the OP probably knew he’d get warned for trolling if it was posted in a regular forum. I hope you contribute something useful while leaving your rants for another thread, unless you are afraid you might revel your ignorance? ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/23 "2021-01-29T04:32:56Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > **rboyce** , just so you know [trolling isn’t allowed in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-forum-rules-for-the-bbq-pit-read-this-before-posting/487209) either. Oh wise one, I’m not trolling, you are ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/24 "2021-01-29T04:33:09Z")
Did you swipe this statement from someone else responding to you on the other boards you got banned from? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/25 "2021-01-29T04:33:47Z")
What ARE you doing, then? ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/26 "2021-01-29T04:33:58Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Why do I get the feeling this is going to turn into a bible thing? I pray it does not ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/27 "2021-01-29T04:34:45Z")
Hey! Something we can agree on then! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/28 "2021-01-29T04:35:09Z")
If you aren’t trolling, why did you click the link? [![](https://i.imgur.com/hkQOabk.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/hkQOabk.png) ~Max ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/29 "2021-01-29T04:40:30Z")
> [@rboyce](#): > > I hope you contribute something useful while leaving your rants for another thread, unless you are afraid you might revel your ignorance? You’re the one who’s “reveling” in ignorance, you fetid pile of shit that can’t even spell. I’ve been posting extensively and at length on the science of climate change during my time on this board, especially in the early years when there were more deniers around. Your vapid display of blithering trolling stupidity isn’t worth anything but scorn. You have zero understanding of even the most rudimentary basics. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/30 "2021-01-29T04:55:01Z")
Nothing there contradicts what the science is telling us is happening now. There are other factors making the earth warmer now. [https://archive.epa.gov/epa/climate-change-science/causes-climate-change.html](https://archive.epa.gov/epa/climate-change-science/causes-climate-change.html) [![](https://archive.epa.gov/epa/sites/production/files/2016-07/models-observed-human-natural.png) ](https://archive.epa.gov/epa/sites/production/files/2016-07/models-observed-human-natural.png) Again, your ponderings relate to processes that changed climate during millions of years, human activity is overtaking the natural factors, if it was just nature, the earth would be cooling a bit now. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/31 "2021-01-29T05:25:07Z")
Dude! Have you ever read up on the TIP theory? Its hard to find online anymore because the lizard people are suppressing it, but remember that the [earth’s poles have reversed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal) several times. The reason for this is that the earth gets out of balance and when the ice cap melts or gets bigger, it changes the way the earth rotates. (Imagine spinning a cue ball while dropping glue on the top. Its going to start wobbling from the uneven weight.) The reason this is hidden is because the earth is [wobbling](https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/axial-tilt-obliquity.html) now. Think back to the cue ball, what happens when the weight is too much for the spin to overcome? Its going to TIP over and the pole (were you were dropping the glue) will become the equator. Because the wobble is getting worse, the lizard people are hiding the danger from their chattel. Its like an atomic bomb, there is nowhere to run. Might as well smoke the high grade shit now because if you save it for later, it might just go up in smoke. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/32 "2021-01-29T05:32:29Z")
@GIGObuster, don’t confuse him with facts. The earth came from another galaxy, and was once covered in ice. Therefore something something something, so climate change is a hoax. It’s all very simple once you open your mind, preferably with a crowbar, the way @rboyce did it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/33 "2021-01-29T06:57:30Z")
Any thoughts on what _is_ the immediate threat facing us today? I thought the OP was heading for a big reveal but nada. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/34 "2021-01-29T07:20:57Z")
> [@rboyce](#): > > > [@Kimstu](#): > > > > Were you… were you thinking that the name “snowball earth” implied that the earth came whizzing into the solar system from somewhere else, like a thrown snowball? > > But, but, but it did. Now it is your turn to prove me wrong. So why does the Earth have a circular orbit like the rest of the planets in the solar system instead of a more elongated orbit one would expect from an object that came from outside the solar system? It didn’t just apply the breaks once it past Mars. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/35 "2021-01-29T09:24:59Z")
There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe. “Those” people all turn out to be robots… ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/36 "2021-01-29T10:52:24Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > So why does the Earth have a circular orbit like the rest of the planets in the solar system instead of a more elongated orbit one would expect from an object that came from outside the solar system? Not only does it have a circular orbit, it also orbits on the same _plane_ as all the other planets. I guess it conveniently entered the solar system at exactly the right angle. Awfully decent of it, it makes all of our grade school science project models so much easier. This thread is pants-on-head stupid. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/37 "2021-01-29T10:56:44Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Any thoughts on what _is_ the immediate threat facing us today? Misinformation, lies and bullshit coupled with stupid fucking people. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/38 "2021-01-29T11:23:29Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Any thoughts on what _is_ the immediate threat facing us today? I thought the OP was heading for a big reveal but nada. Oh yeah. @rboyce come on, drop the wisdom. You’ve thrown the alley-oop with the “interstellar snowball something something AGW is a myth” idea, now it’s time for the slam dunk. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/39 "2021-01-29T11:37:47Z")
You are neither a Geologist, nor a Planetary Studies Specialist. You are, most likely, an obnoxious drunk. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737/40 "2021-01-29T14:25:08Z")
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