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The Great Carbon Bubble

truthdig -- If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon bubble, whose bursting someday will make the housing bubble of 2007 look like a lark. As yet—as we shall see—it’s unfortunately largely invisible to us.

In compensation, though, we have some truly beautiful images made possible by new technology. Last month, for instance, NASA updated the most iconic photograph in our civilization’s gallery: “Blue Marble,” originally taken from Apollo 17 in 1972. The spectacular new high-def image shows a picture of the Americas on January 4th, a good day for snapping photos because there weren’t many clouds.

It was also a good day because of the striking way it could demonstrate to us just how much the p

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:15,989 Points:1,250,075 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2012 8:49:18 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse GoGo: at least in what scientists can read, there has never been such a drastic overall rise in the climate's overall temperature. At the rate we're going, lots of places will be underwater in our lifetimes. Remember Kevin Costner...
1006 Champion Author Birmingham Posts:1,022 Points:1,108,855 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2012 8:23:09 AM Ignore 1006 Report Abuse what is it you mean
sparky808 Champion Author Honolulu Posts:1,235 Points:244,300 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 1:31:46 PM Ignore sparky808 Report Abuse LOL niceguytx.
niceguytx Champion Author Houston Posts:11,937 Points:2,357,915 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 11:00:17 AM Ignore niceguytx Report Abuse I hope it bursts soon.
pbug101 All-Star Author Georgia Posts:817 Points:239,995 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 8:59:35 AM Ignore pbug101 Report Abuse ok
mrpc90 Champion Author Illinois Posts:6,328 Points:1,573,440 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 8:47:20 AM Ignore mrpc90 Report Abuse Yet another Obama hoax.
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cbuck80 All-Star Author Tulsa Posts:602 Points:89,950 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 2:39:42 AM Ignore cbuck80 Report Abuse ok
TWS658 Champion Author Portland Posts:3,526 Points:749,525 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 2:17:32 AM Ignore TWS658 Report Abuse We are in the warming part of the cycle.
GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,035 Points:309,190 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 12:35:13 AM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse So is this anything like the Great Real Estate Bubble? On a serious note; The earth's environment has changed many time over millions of years and science has already shown that this happens in regular and predictable cycles. What if the changes we are seeing now are just the next cycle? Maybe our use of fossil fuels contributes a bit to this but what if the weather changes we see are the next unavoidable cycle? If so, how are we to prevent the planet from doing what it has done so predictably many times before?
badspots Champion Author Houston Posts:1,563 Points:412,920 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 12:13:12 AM Ignore badspots Report Abuse Ok.
OGW Champion Author London Posts:3,752 Points:1,203,060 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 12:13:11 AM Ignore OGW Report Abuse The oil and the tobacco industry are not comparable in the same way!
jetskijerry Champion Author North Carolina Posts:2,110 Points:420,295 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 12:11:03 AM Ignore jetskijerry Report Abuse oil will sink us all.
DOS All-Star Author Illinois Posts:574 Points:911,565 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 12:07:27 AM Ignore DOS Report Abuse McGibbon asked rhetorically, "Why doesn’t it [the oil industry] fold the way the tobacco industry eventually did? I'm surprised he doesn't already know the answer, since he seems to have read Naomi Oreskes book, "Merchants of Doubt." The Tobacco Industry didn't just decide to "do the right thing" one day. They didn't have much choice. Most of the largest tobacco companies were found "guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud--massive and on going fraud to deceive the American public about the health effects of smoking." - "Merchants of DOUBT" page 15 The Tobacco companies had even hired public relations firms to help spread their lies and misconceptions; to attack the Science that established the links between tobacco smoking and cancer and other ill-health effects. The "Strategy" used by the Tobacco industry, to mislead the public was proven in a court of Law. Some of the same folks that designed the "Tobacco Strategy" also lead the attacks on Climate Science, but the Oil Industry just hasn't been convicted of Fraud...Yet. The Tobacco Industry was able to keep up its charade for almost half a century, before it web of deceit was finally uncovered, no telling how long the Oil industry will be able to do the same thing. The Financial Industry was able to wreck the economy, with little to no legal ramifications, I imagine the energy industry is at least as well connected.
jdc17327 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,411 Points:142,970 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 12:06:33 AM Ignore jdc17327 Report Abuse okay great
tampacrvdriver Champion Author Tampa Posts:1,736 Points:363,325 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 12:01:13 AM Ignore tampacrvdriver Report Abuse Good read.
SparkieMi Champion Author Kalamazoo Posts:1,473 Points:239,405 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:59:47 PM Ignore SparkieMi Report Abuse Interesting..
njerald Champion Author Seattle Posts:6,019 Points:1,272,525 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:59:24 PM Ignore njerald Report Abuse What drivel.....
DustyHorse Champion Author Virginia Posts:4,505 Points:1,076,220 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:59:13 PM Ignore DustyHorse Report Abuse I hope the carbon bubble bursts soon.
Dodge_Me Champion Author Atlanta Posts:1,121 Points:238,600 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:58:10 PM Ignore Dodge_Me Report Abuse Interesting
Wierbe Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:2,012 Points:764,815 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:57:29 PM Ignore Wierbe Report Abuse Nice.
Throroughbred Champion Author Cleveland Posts:1,031 Points:1,210,745 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:57:28 PM Ignore Throroughbred Report Abuse There is NO globAl warming or climate change, whatever you want to cAll it. Another snake oil sAlesman at it Along with Al Gore.
johnnyg1200 Champion Author St. Louis Posts:1,519 Points:306,210 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:56:47 PM Ignore johnnyg1200 Report Abuse So was little red riding hood.
JesseJack52 All-Star Author Virginia Beach Posts:612 Points:124,640 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:54:28 PM Ignore JesseJack52 Report Abuse Good reading.
johnnyg1200 Champion Author St. Louis Posts:1,519 Points:306,210 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:52:14 PM Ignore johnnyg1200 Report Abuse Here is my take on this 1.If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles = Rose colored glasses. 2. “The U.S. and Canada are virtually snow-free and cloud-free, which is extremely rare for a January day. = Don’t look at the record cold and earliest snow falls in Europe at the same time. 3. It was nothing but a mash-up of long-since-disproved arguments by people who turned out mostly not to be climate scientists at all, quoting other scientists who immediately said their actual work showed just the opposite. = Believe my scientists and ignore the fact that the hockey stick graph was a result of bad math, ignore the fact the “hot spot in the troposphere is not there as predicted and ignore the fact that none of the climate models have been even close. We also need to ignore the fact that most of the authors of the IPCC’s final report where NOT climate scientists. 4. At the last Republican debate in Florida, Rick Santorum insisted that he should be the nominee because he’d caught on earlier than Newt or Mitt to the global warming “hoax.” = Don’t look to closely at Al Gore he’s our man. 5. It’s no secret where this denialism comes from: the fossil fuel industry pays for it. (Of the 16 authors of the Journal article, for instance, five had had ties to Exxon.) =. Scientists who use climate change to explain environmental changes improve their chances of getting research grants from foundations, corporations – and US government programs that budget a whopping $6.5 billion for global warming in 2007. They also increase the likelihood of getting headlines and quotes in news stories: "Climate change threatens extinction of rare frogs, scientist says." Climate disaster skeptics face an uphill battle on grants, headlines and quotes. I could go on but I think I have made my point.
tippybuddy Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,364 Points:183,735 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:51:32 PM Ignore tippybuddy Report Abuse very good
Beaveronparade All-Star Author Hartford Posts:984 Points:296,250 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:39:11 PM Ignore Beaveronparade Report Abuse Very interesting. Definitely need more information to form an opinion though.
FrankTA2 Champion Author New York Posts:2,765 Points:756,100 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:38:26 PM Ignore FrankTA2 Report Abuse Cars are polluting less & less.
ysmc Champion Author Providence Posts:8,757 Points:1,694,685 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:36:36 PM Ignore ysmc Report Abuse Gore wants to make money from carbon dioxide. Does he plan to charge plants and vegetables for using it?
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:16,118 Points:2,183,105 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:33:10 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse It's certainly understandable why the energy companies are funding the climate deniers - what's harder to understand is why the morons (many of whom have posted here) continue to believe this BS.
feistyfella All-Star Author Georgia Posts:515 Points:117,070 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:32:27 PM Ignore feistyfella Report Abuse nice
C.Carpets Sophomore Author Oakland Posts:104 Points:1,764,740 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:24:11 PM Ignore C.Carpets Report Abuse Back in the 70's they were telling us an Ice Age was coming. Weather here on Earth changes ALL THE TIME! And the SUN has more to do with it than anything else. And there hasn't been ANY Global Warming in 10 years. These morons tell us the Earth is in danger from too many cow farts, and carbon dioxide which we all exhale. Moronic BS.
EVBuddy Champion Author Nevada Posts:14,884 Points:2,675,740 Joined:Sep 2004	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:22:42 PM Ignore EVBuddy Report Abuse Our body is based on Carbon
mstearno Champion Author Dayton Posts:6,376 Points:1,390,440 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:20:11 PM Ignore mstearno Report Abuse if its so warm hows come Alaska couldn't get oil shipped in?
FlogNut Champion Author Chicago Posts:90,745 Points:1,649,975 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:15:44 PM Ignore FlogNut Report Abuse More BS from one of the High Priests of Global Warming.
Holly123 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:1,615 Points:443,185 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:15:40 PM Ignore Holly123 Report Abuse I can't imagine this happening. Fact or fiction?
bif65 All-Star Author Virginia Posts:792 Points:138,075 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:11:22 PM Ignore bif65 Report Abuse ok
theschmuck Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,991 Points:1,224,310 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:09:07 PM Ignore theschmuck Report Abuse I'll pass on this article and go to something interesting.
livedream Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,825 Points:397,270 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:07:52 PM Ignore livedream Report Abuse This (from the article) is also the reason we are paying so much for gasoline: "It’s no secret where this denialism comes from: the fossil fuel industry pays for it. (Of the 16 authors of the Journal article, for instance, five had had ties to Exxon.) Writers from Ross Gelbspan to Naomi Oreskes have made this case with such overwhelming power that no one even really tries denying it any more. The open question is why the industry persists in denial in the face of an endless body of fact showing climate change is the greatest danger we’ve ever faced. Why doesn’t it fold the way the tobacco industry eventually did? Why doesn’t it invest its riches in things like solar panels and so profit handsomely from the next generation of energy? As it happens, the answer is more interesting than you might think. Part of it’s simple enough: the giant energy companies are making so much money right now that they can’t stop gorging themselves. ExxonMobil, year after year, pulls in more money than any company in history. Chevron’s not far behind. Everyone in the business is swimming in money." IT'S JUST PURE GREED.
freerobert Champion Author California Posts:1,044 Points:988,765 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:07:47 PM Ignore freerobert Report Abuse No dought about all the things going on. Mother earth is trying to take care of herself and doing a lot of adjusting. Now, how many times before this also happened through millions of years.
craigsfrank Champion Author Arkansas Posts:1,748 Points:571,495 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:07:44 PM Ignore craigsfrank Report Abuse HMMMMM...... Yawn......
billy44bo Champion Author Mobile Posts:5,649 Points:1,147,460 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:06:58 PM Ignore billy44bo Report Abuse The sky is falling the sky is falling
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crowefamily1 All-Star Author Texas Posts:797 Points:293,755 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:02:53 PM Ignore crowefamily1 Report Abuse didn't see this coming.
John747 Champion Author Chicago Posts:439,395 Points:3,265,785 Joined:Aug 2001	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:02:33 PM Ignore John747 Report Abuse The author of this article is in lockstep with Al Gore when it comes to "Global Warming." This is an opinion piece presenting his side of the story.
gumbyrex Champion Author Fresno Posts:1,502 Points:401,220 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 10:58:39 PM Ignore gumbyrex Report Abuse I'm on the fence with this article. I need more information before I form an opinion.
carman11 Champion Author North Carolina Posts:1,475 Points:331,645 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 10:56:47 PM Ignore carman11 Report Abuse This article is so full of bull. Is this the best we can put out there for us to read???
ratones1 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,604 Points:396,030 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 10:51:35 PM Ignore ratones1 Report Abuse INTERESTING...
mrreferee All-Star Author Savannah Posts:652 Points:266,840 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 10:49:49 PM Ignore mrreferee Report Abuse makes one thing, for sure...