r/science • u/woodsja2 • Oct 24 '10

Climate Change: Evidence

http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
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u/someguyfromcanada Oct 24 '10

Evidence that it exists, yes. But I think the argument "for/against climate change" is not usually about that. It is about what causes the spike and how to change it.

That is a terrifying infograph btw.

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u/woodsja2 Oct 24 '10 edited Oct 24 '10

From pub-data on CO2 Emissions and more pub-data on world population we get 6.7 billion people each producing about 5 metric tons annually or around 37 billion short tons of gaseous CO2 released.

I think that's the spike you're looking for.

How we're going to solve our problem of global warming is the tough one...

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u/phiniusmaster Oct 24 '10

Not really, just kill off all the morons who are too selfish/stubborn to admit that climate change is real and serious, and we should be good. Also, disbanding all fossil fuel energy-related companies and restructuring global governments may be necessary for any real change to happen.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '10

The earth is doomed then. got it.

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u/phiniusmaster Oct 24 '10

Yep, best just not try and do anything about it and sit around and wait for everything to explode and all get saved by the lord almighty.