Global Warming Is a Democrat Lie or Beware of Kudzu in Alaska

Humans are ready stupid animals.
We have spent three to four hundred years screwing up the climate and now many of us actually think it is an elitist plot or political ploy.

What a sorry state of affairs. So because Al Gore adopted it as his project we will turn a blind eye and wait til it is too late to effectively do anything about it?

As a Geographer I can guarantee we and our children will pay for this stupidity big time. Al Gore is a piker when it comes to telling what might happen.

Here is a very moderate list of what will occur in the near future from National Geographic Magazine: I say moderate in that they are trying not to be alarmist.

What's Going to Happen?

A follow-up report by the IPCC released in April 2007 warned that global warming could lead to large-scale food and water shortages and have catastrophic effects on wildlife.
• Sea level could rise between 7 and 23 inches (18 to 59 centimeters) by century's end, the IPCC's February 2007 report projects. Rises of just 4 inches (10 centimeters) could flood many South Seas islands and swamp large parts of Southeast Asia (Bangladesh for example).

• Some hundred million people live within 3 feet (1 meter) of mean sea level, and much of the world's population is concentrated in vulnerable coastal cities. In the U.S., Louisiana and Florida are especially at risk. (I'm going to laugh my ass off when large chunks of Antarctica float off of land and into the sea and New Orleans goes under.)

• Glaciers around the world could melt, causing sea levels to rise while creating water shortages in regions dependent on runoff for fresh water.

• Strong hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and other natural disasters may become commonplace in many parts of the world. The growth of deserts may also cause food shortages in many places. (think Chad and Dar-fur)

• More than a million species face extinction from disappearing habitat, changing ecosystems, and acidifying oceans.

• The ocean's circulation system, known as the ocean conveyor belt, could be permanently altered, causing a mini-ice age in Western Europe and other rapid changes. ( Now this one is the really scary one. If I lived in North Africa I would expect some European immigrants real soon.)

• At some point in the future, warming could become uncontrollable by creating a so-called positive feedback effect. Rising temperatures could release additional greenhouse gases by unlocking methane in permafrost and undersea deposits, freeing carbon trapped in sea ice, and causing increased evaporation of water. (It is most probable that methane release from the shallow shelves of the Arctic Ocean and melting permafrost will get us first).

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming_2.html

My advice is to forget the end of the century shit. Think 10-20-30-40 years instead. For you survivalist in audience, forget it, nowhere will be safe.

Have fun!