pretty exciting info you shared..drsurf wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:59 pmCurrently on Australia's East Coast where I live and kite we have an unprecedented number of bushfires which have been occurring for a number of months. This is in late winter, early spring, summer is still a month away. Usually we get the heavy lift firefighting choppers etc from the USA fire season on lease because our fire season would start when California's fire season ended. Now the fire season is happening simultaneously in Australia and the USA
One of the causes of this extreme fire incidence is the driest period on record that large swathes of eastern Australia have ever experienced. Inland towns and cities in NSW are facing a summer with virtually no water supply. Dams are empty, our longest river no longer runs and the water holes left on that river are becoming places for fish to die and poisonous algae to proliferate.
Meanwhile in the north east of Australia , one of the worlds largest natural wonders, The Great Barrier Reef, is dying as the coral reef succumbs to unprecedented high water temperatures.
Still our Government in it's infinite wisdom believes the future of Australia lies in mining and exporting more coal as well as burning it for electricity here. The fact that we have the worlds best solar and wind resources as well as lithium and other battery manufacturing materials seems to be ignored.
When you can experience what scientists have been saying for years is likely to happen with climate change, you wonder how people can believe otherwise. But they do, they see the proof to their beliefs sitting in front of the TV watching Fox News or similar denial media. They don't get out and see where the change is happening.
Meanwhile at my local beach the water level is rising a few mm every year and the sand is moving...
are the fires burning in california a natural event? man made? (or a little of both..?)
are forest fires, imo, something that happens naturally in california? (or really anywhere?)
There is no debate that global warming is happening or what is causing it. The only real debate is how fast the climate is being fucked. IPCC says 12 years. I reckon it's probably less, but that's from my ancedotal evidence. Most importantly, I'm not a climate scientist, so I should just listen to what the people with multiple degrees and years of research say.Windigo1 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:30 pmI don't want to get into the whole climate debate but I don't think this thread or the other super long one bring much value and useful information to the kiting community. It's a good idea to reduce our impact on this planet that feeds us but this is more of a discussion about the well being of mankind not a kiting related topic!
Clowns.IPCC says 12 years
THiS... is a perfect example of the mob/herb mentality that makes*not* debating EVERYTHING......including global warming.Blackened wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:18 pmThere is no debate that global warming is happening or what is causing it. The only real debate is how fast the climate is being fucked. IPCC says 12 years. I reckon it's probably less, but that's from my ancedotal evidence. Most importantly, I'm not a climate scientist, so I should just listen to what the people with multiple degrees and years of research say.Windigo1 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:30 pmI don't want to get into the whole climate debate but I don't think this thread or the other super long one bring much value and useful information to the kiting community. It's a good idea to reduce our impact on this planet that feeds us but this is more of a discussion about the well being of mankind not a kiting related topic!
Personally, I don't mind there are roughly 85% less sharks in the water or 75% less insect biomass, but it's really not good for the overall ecosystem we sorta depend on.
Only in the USA is science politicized ... the land where the environment is politically left or right, you know, just like gravity is 'left' or electricity is 'right' .... lol
Wow, you are super angry. Maybe you need to take some time off kiteforum?fernmanus wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:07 amIf you think climate change is the most serious issue facing the human race and you really think that you can do much about it, you have your head up your butt. You are not God. You don’t have the ability to change the climate individually nor collectively do we have that ability as kiters. Kiters represent less than 5 million people worldwide out of a population of over 7 billion people. So tell me I am an ignorant or worse if you want, but let’s face it, if you are so arrogant that you think you are doing any good by flaming me, you are the idiot, not me. Oh and by the way, I have solar panels on my home that powers all of my electricity, do you? Or are you using coal-powered electricity to light your place you hypocrite?