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Re: Ask YC: How will you solve the problem of climate change?

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Post by patrickg-zill » Tue, Apr 01, 2008, 7:46 PM UTC

If you mean "global warming", don't worry, it will be discredited soon enough, (for those who don't already know it is a pile of crap, and I mean that in the most rigorous mathematical sense).

I don't fear "climate change" as in most temperate zones climate changes every 6 months, just as it has for thousands of years.

Re: Ask YC: How will you solve the problem of climate change?

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Post by xirium » Tue, Apr 01, 2008, 7:53 PM UTC

Retric wrote: post #3

Paint all roads white.

Major urban areas, such as London, can be three degrees centigrade warmer than the surrounding region partly due to dark synthetic surfaces which absorb extra energy. Dark tarmac roads cover a significant proportion of urban areas and therefore contribute significantly to this effect.

Re: Ask YC: How will you solve the problem of climate change?

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Post by techbusiness » Tue, Apr 01, 2008, 9:22 PM UTC

what climate problem?

Re: Ask YC: How will you solve the problem of climate change?

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Post by simianstyle » Tue, Apr 01, 2008, 9:38 PM UTC

patrickg-zill wrote: post #11

If you mean "global warming", don't worry, it will be discredited soon enough, (for those who don't already know it is a pile of crap, and I mean that in the most rigorous mathematical sense). I don't fear "climate change" as in most temperate zones climate changes every 6 months, just as it has for thousands of years.

How do you discredit global warming mathematically?

Re: Ask YC: How will you solve the problem of climate change?

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Post by dangoldin » Tue, Apr 01, 2008, 9:39 PM UTC

Fly ice in from asteroids and dump them in the ocean. And they say you don't learn anything from television.

Re: Ask YC: How will you solve the problem of climate change?

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Post by Tichy » Tue, Apr 01, 2008, 9:46 PM UTC

patrickg-zill wrote: post #11

If you mean "global warming", don't worry, it will be discredited soon enough, (for those who don't already know it is a pile of crap, and I mean that in the most rigorous mathematical sense). I don't fear "climate change" as in most temperate zones climate changes every 6 months, just as it has for thousands of years.

Since your second sentence displays rather poor logic (poor analogy), I am biased against believing your first sentence.

Re: Ask YC: How will you solve the problem of climate change?

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Post by dmoo » Tue, Apr 01, 2008, 9:51 PM UTC

Just thinking, we are told oil, gas etc. are running out and also that these items are causing global warming. Now I reckon that all the economical carbon in fossil fuels is going to be used up and is going into the atmosphere anyway so is it not just a question of timing?