# I'm sick of this Global Warming! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 16, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440 "2013-08-16T18:57:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/141 "2013-08-30T17:54:44Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > “As the climate has warmed during the past several decades, there has been a growing imbalance between record daily high temperatures in the contiguous U.S. and record daily lows.” > > And since the US is the world that means worldwide it is happening. You can’t deny it. And it has nothing to do with cities getting hotter. As goes a large US urban area, so goes the world. > > You know in your heart it is true. > > Global warming. It’s real, it’s here, and you are to blame for it. You know in your heart that you are an idiot FXMastermind… 😛 > **[Does Urban Heat Island effect exaggerate global warming trends?](https://skepticalscience.com/urban-heat-island-effect-intermediate.htm)** > > While urban areas are undoubtedly warmer than surrounding rural areas, this has had little to no impact on warming trends. > [@](#): > > \*\*\*What the science says… > > While urban areas are undoubtedly warmer than surrounding rural areas, this has had little to no impact on warming trends. \*\*\* > [@](#): > > That there are hardly any differences between the six series tells us several things. Small datasets of 40 stations show the same result as the 728 station dataset. In other words, for a region of this size, the average can be constructed from a limited number of sites, implying that for the 728 station network there is considerable redundancy. > > As the scale increases, the overall impact of homogeneity adjustments diminishes. This might be a bit heartbreaking for those hard working boffins who spend hundreds of hours pouring meticulously over station data, ensuring the data is all homogenised (but of course, they don’t do it just to calculate global trends). > > And of course, the most significant finding: the trend is the same for both urban and rural groups over any of the periods. Even in the case of developing urban areas, when averaged out over large areas, urban heat island has little impact on the warming trend. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/142 "2013-08-30T18:07:36Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > And since the US is the world that means worldwide it is happening. You can’t deny it. And it has nothing to do with cities getting hotter. “While urban areas are undoubtedly warmer than surrounding rural areas, this has had little to no impact on warming trends.” You just agreed with me! Don’t deny it. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/143 "2013-08-30T18:39:21Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > “While urban areas are undoubtedly warmer than surrounding rural areas, this has had little to no impact on warming trends.” > > You just agreed with me! Don’t deny it. Read the thread again, no one that is not already a denier clown is swallowing your pathetic “take to absurd levels” points in an attempt to discredit what scientists actually report. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/144 "2013-08-30T19:37:50Z")
Denier clowns are just one of the tremendous dangers due to global warming. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/145 "2013-08-30T19:45:56Z")
We know how to deal with denier clowns. [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/03/17/effective-world-government-will-still-be-needed-to-stave-off-climate-catastrophe/](http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/03/17/effective-world-government-will-still-be-needed-to-stave-off-climate-catastrophe/) > [@](#): > > Unfortunately, far more is needed. To be effective, **a new set of institutions would have to be imbued with heavy-handed, transnational enforcement powers**. There would have to be consideration of some way of embracing head-in-the-cloud answers to social problems that are usually dismissed by policymakers as academic naivete. In principle, species-wide alteration in basic human behaviors would be a sine qua non, but that kind of pronouncement also profoundly strains credibility in the chaos of the political sphere. > > Some of the things that would need to be contemplated: How do we overcome our hard-wired tendency to “discount” the future: valuing what we have today more than what we might receive tomorrow? Would any institution be capable of instilling **a permanent crisis mentality lasting decades** , if not centuries? **How do we create new institutions** with **enforcement powers way beyond the current mandate of the U.N.**? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/146 "2013-08-30T19:47:53Z")
You just wait you evil world killing deniers. It won’t be you laughing when the power goes off, and you find yourself in prison for killing the world. People like Gigobuster will be calling the shots, and he knows how to deal with the people who murdered the planet. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/147 "2013-08-30T20:33:01Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > You just wait you evil world killing deniers. It won’t be you laughing when the power goes off, and you find yourself in prison for killing the world. > > People like Gigobuster will be calling the shots, and he knows how to deal with the people who murdered the planet. Uh, the solution is reality to just pay the bill for the month for the carbon emissions, just like the clean water and sewage infrastructure was paid for. Of course this is once again a demonstration of your stupid efforts of still using “parody” in a sorry attempt at discrediting what the scientists and planners are recommending. After all none of the people that used stupid arguments to prevent the cleanup of the Thames in London was ever put to death, even though their inaction killed many with cholera and other diseases caused by the raw sewage in the water that many Londoners had to drink. So stop playing the idiot FXMastermind, because the only result is that everyone will think you are indeed one. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/148 "2013-08-30T20:38:19Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > People like Gigobuster will be calling the shots, and he knows how to deal with the people who murdered the planet. I’d much rather have him calling the shots than a complete moron like you. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/149 "2013-08-31T02:23:02Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I’d much rather have him calling the shots than a complete moron like you. Dunno Kimball, I think you’re being too harsh on FX. I know his posts read like a fucking moron’s writing them… But once he finishes detox, he might be capable of posting something _almost_ rational and coherent. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/150 "2013-08-31T14:58:45Z")
We should all turn over our futures to people like sylmar, Kimballkid and of course Gigobuster. They show their compassion and concern with others in every post. And clearly they will save us from global warming. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/151 "2013-08-31T15:10:34Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > We should all turn over our futures to people like sylmar, Kimballkid and of course Gigobuster. They show their compassion and concern with others in every post. And clearly they will save us from global warming. Your [concern trolling](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Concern_troll) is bad [and you should feel bad!](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/your-musics-bad-and-you-should-feel-bad) ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/152 "2013-08-31T15:40:05Z")
The global warming this year is just making me sick. The hurricanes, the droughts, the record cold, it’s all unfolding just as we were warned about. Because we didn’t listen to great souls like Gigobuster, and we didn’t give world leaders enough money, the planet is striking back. > [@](#): > > At least three people have died as a result of heavy snowfall in Peru and Bolivia, the worst in a decade, officials say. > > Two other people were reported to have died of hypothermia in Paraguay, where cold weather was blamed for the \*\*deaths of 4,000 cattle \*\*and caused damage to **30 per cent of the country’s wheat crop**. [http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=901718](http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=901718) > [@](#): > > La Paz - **At least five people have died** due to a cold snap in South America, which has also killed thousands of cattle and damaged crops, authorities said on Wednesday. > > In Bolivia, heavy snowfall claimed at least three lives and thousands of families were reeling from a sudden dip in temperatures over the past week, according to regional officials. [http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/five-killed-in-south-america-cold-snap-1.1569874#.UiIL9tKsiSo](http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/five-killed-in-south-america-cold-snap-1.1569874#.UiIL9tKsiSo) > [@](#): > > Approximately **250,000 alpacas have died** as a result of the worst snowfall Peru has seen in a decade, and the unexpectedly intense blast of winter weather has claimed livestock and human life in other parts of South America as well. [Snow Blanketing South America Kills 250,000 Alpacas, at Least 5 People Dead [VIDEO]](http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/3729/20130829/snow-blanketing-south-america-kills-250-000-alpacas-5-people.htm) You see those deaths? That is actual suffering, on a vast scale. We need to send support now, and take responsibility for our part in causing such deadly weather. You know in your heart, it’s your fault. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/153 "2013-08-31T15:56:17Z")
And yes, he does not feel bad. Everyone should just read post #139 to see that FX “point” now is to concentrate on cold records in a sorry attempt at discrediting others while ignoring the overall picture. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16619187&postcount=139](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16619187&postcount=139) ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/154 "2013-08-31T15:58:41Z")
Oh FX… I know rehab facilities don’t allow outside contact so your continued posting would seem to indicate you blew it off. I have to admit I’m disappointed, but we can’t help you until you’re willing to help yourself. Seriously brah, stop embarassing yourself, put the keyboard ( Or Charlie Horse, whichever you have in your hand at the moment) down and make an effort to pull yourself together. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/155 "2013-08-31T19:26:57Z")
Compassion and caring, sylmar exemplifies the concerns of the green movement. It’s for our own good. They are saving us from ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/156 "2013-09-01T17:12:12Z")
It’s not just the Greenies. Us Browns and Greys also think you’re a total dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/157 "2013-09-01T17:48:17Z")
The important thing is you are right, and anyone who disagrees with you is evil and stupid. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/158 "2013-09-02T01:30:47Z")
Oh…disagreeing with me is no big deal FX. But continuing to disagree with 95% of the scientific community after the information has been baby fed to you and still no compelling explanation for why you believe they’re mistaken/wrong/perpetrating a hoax? Yeah. Idiot that really needs to lay off the joy juice. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/159 "2013-09-02T13:04:48Z")
> [@sylmar](#): > > But continuing to disagree with 95% of the scientific community Yes, **FX** , 95% of the scientific community agrees that 100 million people will die from global warming over the next 15 years if nothing is done. So I can sarcastically hope you are not being sarcastic 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/160 "2013-09-02T13:28:12Z")
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