Global Warming

I've seen Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth. For the most part I find his argument very convincing. It's very hard to argue with those graphs showing the correlation of CO2 levels vs Temp levels over the course of time. Gore seems to suggest that the effects of global warming would effect the world almost in an instant - giving us little time to react to the changes... Im curious as to whether or not this is correct? Why wouldn't the sea level changes have a more slow onset - in which we could notice the problem and adjust accordingly?

2007-07-01 19:33:27 · 11 answers · asked by Scott S 2

The following notes taken from Dr Edward Blick writer of about 150 scientific papers and publications.
Acording to him we need CO2 for the growth of vegetation [trees to veggies]. Also everything can be blamed on the sunspots that causes global warming only for a season of time. He also listed 15 wrong assumptions made in the movie !!! Starting this year we will have the beginning lesser sunspot activity and the decrease of the warming trend !!!
What will Al Gore say then? A new movie, eh?

2007-07-01 16:25:38 · 10 answers · asked by rapturefuture 7

Have you considered the continual building on flood plains and the failure to dredge cannals and rivers?

2007-07-01 11:19:11 · 23 answers · asked by noeusuperstate 6

2007-07-01 10:59:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should I be thinking of building a big boat and start gathering up two of the local animals. People keep saying global warming is responsible for this great summer. I suppose the change in the planets weather is England's fault, everything else in the world is, what with our irresponsible industrial revolution and all.

Anyway, can I expect to keep the deck chairs in the garage this summer or will the floods, rain, Islamic terrorists and the increasing rise in cost of living put a dampner on things

2007-07-01 08:56:49 · 11 answers · asked by Enoch IV 2

While I DO think there are many enviomental issues that we need to address and find solutions for . . . I think most of what we are told about global warming is political hype, used to sway voters.

I think we should do everything we can to clean up our act but I think all the "drama-queen" approach will only turn people off to it.

Anyone else agree?

2007-07-01 07:02:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why global warming is a big problem? What can we do to prevent global warming?

2007-07-01 04:35:45 · 18 answers · asked by Veronica W 2

the enviromentals are all happy about the ipcc report saying that yes global warming is real...and that yes, it is attributed to man and nature.........but they are crying ddt because the ipcc report will not say it is an immediate danger.....they wanted more gloom and doom so they could advance their causes..which, by the way, if allowed, would bring the world to it's knees, millions upon millions of people would die...you want gloom and doom, just go green.....i will debate this with anybody, i know the facts..

2007-07-01 04:26:18 · 19 answers · asked by jstrmbill 3

Can you tell me in how many years it will affect us and do you care about it?

2007-07-01 04:18:03 · 9 answers · asked by Lizzie 1

Okay, once again, a serious question for a gw skeptic.

Why would you plant more trees?
Trees are seasonal, ie their leaves are only around for a short period of time. And for those of you that road the short bus to school, the leaves are what recycles co2 not the trunk or limbs.
Would it not make more sense to plant vine like plants such as kudzu or replace acers of forrest with grass?
You could make an statement about evergreens, however, a blade of grass is much thicker, so I doubt an evergreen needle is going to produce as much oxygen as a blade of grass.
Grass is like the floor in your house or better yet in a store. You don't pay any attention to it, but no matter what happens to the isles (shelves) it's always there and covers every inch, instead of a few random spots.

2007-07-01 00:27:54 · 26 answers · asked by crknapp79 5

http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/450392,CST-EDT-REF30b.article

2007-06-30 13:22:20 · 12 answers · asked by federalistcapers 2

http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/450392,CST-EDT-REF30b.article

The inconvienient truth is Al Gore is not a scientist, does not know what he is talking about and represents the Watermelon Political Movement (Green on the outside, pinko commie on the inside).

Al Gore is completely wrong and I am super serial.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4613654594455640503&q=manbearpig+south+park&total=52&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5

2007-06-30 12:23:44 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2

How hot was it in the Jurasic Period?

Think about it, logically, for just a moment. Dinosaurs are nothing more than giant reptiles. Now, with that in mind, we know reptiles are cold blooded animals and cannot survive in cold, or even cool climates. Dino bones have been found all over the globe, to include places that reptiles would have a small chance of survival. Espically large ones, which I would think, need more heat than say your common lizard.
I highly doubt that man, with his cave fires, was causing global warming then on such a scale to keep dinos alive. And look at how long that period of earth's history lasted.
The earth has had, who knows, how many cycles from ice age to heat wave. The big difference is, we're paying more attention to it than every before.

2007-06-30 11:53:54 · 19 answers · asked by crknapp79 5

temperatures go up and down all the time. how can they be certain it's carbon dioxide. i thinks these people have it all wrong. these people are alarmists.

2007-06-30 11:32:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

sea level as they were 30 years ago?

2007-06-30 09:52:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

example-a woman buy the light bulb that was to cut light usage and it broke. She had to get government okay to clean it up because it had mercury. She had to make 200 calls and pay a fee and close the door of the room never to be open again, unless the fine was paid to the health cleaning people from the government to come and remove the carpet and other stuff. There are others thing the government has put out the is total equal to this if we normal people do them.

2007-06-30 09:39:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

and go back to stone age?..

2007-06-30 09:26:29 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-30 08:47:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, so if the ice caps and the glaciers melt, they will fall in the ocean. The water in the ocean will elevate, thus causing the Global "Conveyor Belt:" to get flipped. Wouldn't this cause another ice age?

2007-06-30 08:47:01 · 4 answers · asked by pretty_kitty1698 2

EVERYONE EVERY DAY WE USE AND WASTE THINGS! OUR WORLD IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER BY THE NEXT GENERATION IF WE DON'T ACT NOW! SO EVERY ONE IF YOU PLEASE GIVE PEOPLE SOME TIPS TO HELP SAVE THE EARTH AND FOLLOW THOSE TIPS PEPOLE! GLOBAL WARMING IS AT STAKE HERE! (ALSO I SAW THIS THING ON T.V. IN ANTARTICA PENGUINS ARE DYING AND ALL THE ICE IS MELTING!) WHOW U CARE AND HELP. EVERY LITTLE THING COUNTS!

2007-06-30 04:41:11 · 12 answers · asked by Emma Stevenson 2

I can understand how a person might question global warming as the threat we need to be concerned about.

The certainties, the panic-stricken "What's new today on global warming?" questions might draw a laugh if they weren't such a troublesome indictment of the human intellect.

It's only fair to ask this question of those who are ENTIRELY CONVINCED global warming isn't happening:

I doubt there's a reputable scientist in the world who'd state emphatically, global waming doesn't exist. The same scientific data is available to both sides, and that data certainly doesn't deny the existence of global warming.

Scientists sort through what's available and try to reach meaningful conclusions from what they see. Many believe it 'probably' is not the problem.

I'd offer the observation that those here who are CERTAIN global warming "ain't" are guilty of the same sloppy thinking the they're condemning in those who do believe it.

Unfounded opinion is non-denominational?

2007-06-30 03:01:55 · 14 answers · asked by Jack P 7

why very less people bother about serious problems like 'Global warming' & air pollution, especially in our country?

2007-06-30 02:20:08 · 10 answers · asked by deepika d 1

2007-06-29 21:25:16 · 8 answers · asked by supa-star-lips 1

what types of industries emit the most greenhouse gases

2007-06-29 16:15:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

because i think its true but some of my friend's think it's fake

2007-06-29 14:16:14 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked a more generic question earlier, and got some terrific answers as to why most people who deny Global Warming do so. Interesting, and lots to think about. (See http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070629091646AACc4D6 for those answers.)

But I realized that the answers didn't discuss a couple of aspects. Therefore, here is one about the political motivation.

I realize that President Bush is an oil man, and he and his people might have financial reasons to want to maintain an oil economy, but that just doesn't seem enough to explain to me non-oil politicians being against trying to save humanity from extreme climate change problems.

My question is clear: I want to understand the political motivation to keep denying the human need to work on slowing Global Warming. Please don't lecture me on why my premise is wrong. If you believe my premise is wrong, but have a good explanation for the political motivation, describe the politics-don't flame me for my position.

2007-06-29 13:15:14 · 16 answers · asked by nojunk_9 3

2007-06-29 11:49:22 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

temperature at which polar ice caps ceased to exist. Although the last time was millions of years ago (before the advent of humans), scientists now claim that deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels are bringing our planet to this same condition. If we are *certain* that these past events occurred naturally and were not the result of dinosaurs or other prehistoric earth life developing clear-cutting techniques and burning organic matter for fuel, why do scientists claim that the global warming that is occurring *now* is man-made rather than natural?

2007-06-29 10:36:46 · 9 answers · asked by JimPettis 5

biofuels?
nuclear fuel?

2007-06-29 08:31:32 · 8 answers · asked by gr s 1

Global warming is FACT. It is not a theory.

It is caused by humans, and don't even TRY to mention that the polar ice caps of mars are melting, or that it is a natural cycle.

Global warming has happened in the past. Climate does change naturally. But the previous changes happened when the carbon dioxide levels were natural. Because of us, the atmospheric levels of CO2 are higher now than they ever were. We are now outside the realm of natural climate variation. More CO2 in the atmosphere leads to higher temperatures.

Given these facts, why do people ignore them and treat global warming like a theory? Why do they assume it's natural? IS IT REALLY THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND?

2007-06-29 07:47:03 · 20 answers · asked by tillbaka i tiden 4