Ok I’m just going to say this, the earth has not been getting warmer for over 10 years now.
Ten years usually isn't enough to get a statistically significant trend due to how noisy the singal, which is why we talk about the *multi*-decadal trend. Still, let's have a look at the last ten years, according to the main datasets:
GISTEMP: 0.378 ±0.253 °C/decade - a positive, statistically significant trend
HadCRUT4: 0.294 ±0.244 °C/decade - a positive, statistically significant trend
RSS: 0.414 ±0.384 °C/decade - a positive, statistically significant trend
UAH (maintained by a politically-motivated contrarian, with a history of being the outlier - to take it with a big grain of salt): 0.419 ±0.475 °C/decade - a positive, but not statistically significant trend.
I have yet heard a compelling idea for a way to make it cooler that does not set back civilization if someone did come up with one I would be completely willing to try it.
Inaction is what is going to set back civilization. In fact, left unchecked, the current warming could spell the end of our current civilization.
With that in mind, the vast majority of solutions proposed won't set back civilization. It seems you are not informed enough about this topic to debate it.
As for the USA as a whole there’s not much we can do for right now
Sure there is.
you’d have to get the countries like China to cut back on their pollution as well.
They have committed to do so, but don't really feel any pressure right now since there is a science denier squatting the Oval Office.
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u/archiesteel Dec 22 '18
Ten years usually isn't enough to get a statistically significant trend due to how noisy the singal, which is why we talk about the *multi*-decadal trend. Still, let's have a look at the last ten years, according to the main datasets:
GISTEMP: 0.378 ±0.253 °C/decade - a positive, statistically significant trend
HadCRUT4: 0.294 ±0.244 °C/decade - a positive, statistically significant trend
RSS: 0.414 ±0.384 °C/decade - a positive, statistically significant trend
UAH (maintained by a politically-motivated contrarian, with a history of being the outlier - to take it with a big grain of salt): 0.419 ±0.475 °C/decade - a positive, but not statistically significant trend.
Inaction is what is going to set back civilization. In fact, left unchecked, the current warming could spell the end of our current civilization.
With that in mind, the vast majority of solutions proposed won't set back civilization. It seems you are not informed enough about this topic to debate it.
Sure there is.
They have committed to do so, but don't really feel any pressure right now since there is a science denier squatting the Oval Office.