Not looking for a political argument. I need facts. I am in no way a climate change denier, but I had a conversation with someone who told me the average increase is only 2°F over the past 100 years. That doesn’t seem like a lot and would support the argument that the climate goes through waves of changes naturally over time.
I’m going to run into him tomorrow and I need some ammo to support the climate change argument. Is it the rate of change that’s increasing that makes it dangerous? Is 2° enough to cause a lot of polar ice caps to melt? I need some facts to counter his. Thanks!
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Imagine you have a teacup full of water that you want to raise by 2°F. You could probably do that by holding a lighter under it. Not a lot of energy. Now imagine you want to raise a pot of water by 2°F. A gas stove could do it in about the same time. That’s a lot more energy though. What about a bathtub? To raise a whole bathtub of water by 2°F, the lighter and the gas stove wouldn’t be enough energy. You’d need a pretty large fire. That’s a *lot* of energy.
Now… think of how much energy you’d need to raise an entire planet 2°F. That’s how much extra energy is within the system.
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