Will global warming come to its climax in the next generation?

Question

I say yes, but only if our economy keeps going how its going. I would like your opinion.

Answer 1

I would think that would depend on what generation you're part of wouldn't it? My Mom is 89, I'm 60, my son is 33, and my daughter is 26. That's the "Greatest Generation", the "Baby Boomers" "Generation X" and "Generation Y", so take your pick.

I plan for the worst case scenario where I can, because I don't like unpleasant surprises, or being caught unprepared. Because of that, I'm preparing in case it comes in my time (which it could). If not, Some of what I do will benefit my children, or the baby my son's wife is carrying.

And no Virginia, hurricanes are controlled by whether surface currents are warm or cold. Warm currents are sometimes deep, and sometimes right on the surface. When they're on the surface, you get hurricanes. Another term for this is El Nino and La Nina.

It is the NET temperature of the oceans that controls the number and size of the storms. That's been increasing, and is expected to continue to increase.

Answer 2

No. It will take much longer than that. Even if our economy stopped growing right now, warming would continue for many years. And if the economy keeps growing, and if it grows by emitting more CO2, then obviously the warming would continue even longer. At some point, there will be counter acting effects. The first one will be in less than 100 years when the world runs out of oil. The next one will be in 500 years when the world runs out of coal. There may be other effects we cannot predict, like increased plant growth caused by warmer climate and greater CO2 in the air, and there may be artificial counter acting effects, like people developing fusion power of other alternative energy, and even people figuring out how to remove CO2 from the air artificially. But as it stands now, if nothing changes, the world runs out of oil in 100 years and out of coal in 500 years, and then the Earth takes an unknown amount of time to readjust to all the CO2. Maybe re-absorbing it into rock over the next 50,000 years or whatever.

Answer 3

No. 2 years ago, you had never heard of global warming and there's a reason for that. It wasn't politically profitable. You have to seperate the hype from the facts. Ask yourself where are the predicted hurricanes this year or last? For the most part, people are trying to scare you into voting for them. hey, it worked for the republicans in 2004. Why wouldn't the democrats try it in 2008?
You can't look at the earth's climate changes in terms of human lifespan.

Answer 4

Global warming will kill the Economy ,political stability,potable water supplies ,most if not all of the food production,the ice and a lot of millions of people long before it reaches its climax.
its gonna be a lonely Orgasm for Global warming

Answer 5

That's impossible to say. It's been happening on and off for millions of years... and it will continue to happen for millions more. It seems unlikely that this current cycle will result in the high temperature peak that has or will ever happen... but it's possible.