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==FAQ - Science== | ==FAQ - Science== | ||
;"Are you sure that people are to blame for climate change, and it's not just a natural phenomenon?" | ;"Are you sure that people are to blame for climate change, and it's not just a natural phenomenon?" | ||
: Yes. {{pn|1 degree per million years vs 1 degree per century}} {{talk|ALT question phrasing: "But are you really sure that climate change is caused by human activities?"}} | : Yes. {{pn|1 degree per million years vs 1 degree per century}} {{talk|ALT question phrasing: "But are you really sure that climate change is caused by human activities?"}} | ||
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;"In the 70s they said there would be an ice age? What happened?" | ;"In the 70s they said there would be an ice age? What happened?" | ||
: What, an ice age in a million years from now? Not the same as the relatively rapid warming caused by fossil fuel usage. {{talk|See also: Make a page to debunk that meme about "acid rain will destroy us all", "cfcs will destroy us all (no ozone layer)", "global warming will destroy us all"}} | : What, an ice age in a million years from now? Not the same as the relatively rapid warming caused by fossil fuel usage. {{talk|See also: Make a page to debunk that meme about "acid rain will destroy us all", "cfcs will destroy us all (no ozone layer)", "global warming will destroy us all". Maybe mention something about peak oil too}} | ||
;"But the Earth's temperatures go through natural cycles (ice ages etc), I thought nature can adapt?" | ;"But the Earth's temperatures go through natural cycles (ice ages etc), I thought nature can adapt?" | ||
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;"But volcanoes emit more carbon?" | ;"But volcanoes emit more carbon?" | ||
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;"But people breathe out CO2" | |||
: {{pn|TODO: quantify. Simplest comparison: Food calories vs fossil fuel calories burned. Same ratio for CO2 emitted, because food and fuel emit roughly the same amount of carbon per unit of energy}} | |||
;"But people have always emitted co2?" | |||
: "Recent data reveals that global CO2 emissions were 182 times higher in 2022 than they were in 1850, around the time the Industrial Revolution was underway." - [Jun 3, 2024 - The History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions](https://www.wri.org/insights/history-carbon-dioxide-emissions) | |||
;"But H2O (water vapor) is a greenhouse gas too, shouldn't you ban water emissions or something?" | ;"But H2O (water vapor) is a greenhouse gas too, shouldn't you ban water emissions or something?" | ||
: No. If you were to somehow put more water in the atmosphere, it wouldn't stay there for long - it condenses and becomes rain. | : No. If you were to somehow put more water in the atmosphere, it wouldn't stay there for long - it condenses and becomes rain. | ||
==FAQ - "Why should we reduce our carbon footprint when it's rich corporations' fault?"== | |||
==FAQ - Politics== | |||
;"Why blame America when China emits so much?" | |||
: Most of China's emissions are in manufacturing things that people in USA/Canada/Europe buy. {{talk|also say something about ''per capita''? or leave that for elsewhere?}} | |||
===(subsection) "Why should we reduce our carbon footprint when it's rich corporations' fault?"=== | |||
{{pn|TO DO: Use the content from '''[[Carbon footprint and wealth inequality]]'''.}} | {{pn|TO DO: Use the content from '''[[Carbon footprint and wealth inequality]]'''.}} | ||