do you believe global warming is a reality?

Answer 1

Sure seems that way.

Answer 2

Yes, and no. Yes the world is warming. No doubt about it. But is man causing it. Nope. Scientists know the earth has cycles, where it warms and cools. We have iceages and other periods where things heat up. We are in the heat up stage now, 30 years ago the scientists were predicting iceage, imagine that.

My theory? Follow the money. Scientists care about getting paid, and who's paying them most often? The government. Many governments are for the idea of global warming so they can make new rules and give their countries an advantage. Notice china and other countries were exempt from Kyoto treaty? The USA would have been heavily penalized under the treaty, thus we didn't sign it. Why shoot urself in the foot? And the world didnt like the fact, and they told us so. But there are big money stakes in global warming for the scientists. I dont think they care one way or another, they just want to get their research grants and a steady paycheck.

Answer 3

Yes.

The best way to look at scientific issues, and probably all issues, is to look at the motivation behind people's opinions.

The US (federal government that is) are denying it because they consider that signing world treaties to recongise and deal with the problem goes against their interests. It is a threat to their economic prosperity. And the US is not particularly economically prosperous at the moment!!!

Therefore they have vested interest in taking that position - ie denial.

The best way is to look at research that is conducted, and data that is compiled, by independent researchers. It is hard to be impartial, but it is very easy to be more impartial than the US federal government.

Interestingly, I think only USA and Australia did not sign the treaty to reduce greenhouse emissions. What does that say about our countries??

As a side note there are many examples of UN treaties on human rights and important issues that were vetoed by the US, or where one or both of US and Australia have been the odd one's out. Look up information about the US and Australian voting records at the United Nations. Unfortunately this is not reported at all accurately in either country due to predominantly conservative owned media channels.

So look at independent research. It is best to rely upon information where the author or opinion holder does not have a financial or other vested interest in the matter.

As a footnote, it is interesting that many US states are trying to work towards sensible controls of emissions, and are applying pressure to the federal government to act more responsibly. My country (Australia) has not been taking many (any?) steps so far and I am ashamed of this.

Answer 4

Millions of years ago, when humans were not around, the Arctic was a Tropical Paradise. Since Mammals were around 25 mil. yrs ago, they must have caused the global warming. Must have been their farts that did it. Must of been the cavemen that caused the last Ice Age that ended 10,000 yrs. ago. Then they caused the Global Warming for the Glaciers to recede.

The Earth goes through Cycles of Climate Change. We will have Polar thawing and then another Ice Age in the future, and nothing AlGore, and his fellow Idiot Savants, can do to stop it.

Answer 5

Of course it is. Have you seen the pictures of Kilamonjaro recently? The snow is disapearing. The ice caps are thinning. Ask yourself... when was the biggest snowstorm you've ever seen? It was a looooong time ago, right? I mean, heck, it used to snow feet here years ago, but now it hardly snows at all and melts away very quickly.
The interesting question is really this: Are we causing this, or is this just a natural pattern? Perhaps it's a pattern we are accelerating. At any rate, I'm going to believe most things I read in National Geographic, and that issue was on the front cover.

Answer 6

if the temperature on the earth warms by 3-5 degrees (the maximum the most dramatic doomsayers predict) then the temperature around the polar caps would warm up from 50 degrees celsius below freezing to a chilly 45 degrees below freezing...

at that point all the ice would somehow melt, sea level would rise 100's of feet and the coastal cities would be catastrophically submerged. i guess the only problem with that theory is that ice doesn't melt at 45 degrees below zero.

Answer 7

Most definitely. The inconsistent weather patterns around the world and the melting ice caps are just the beginning. Protecting the environment from green house gases need to be addressed by all nations and all be unified on the issue but unfortunately it isn't a priority for some. They all talk the talk but only a few are walking the walk.

Answer 8

Yes. Pay closer attention to the changing weather patterns, and how those weather patterns are effecting land masses. More Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Severe Storms, Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Volcanic activity etc. The increased weather activity is a clear indicator that something is seriously wrong. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Ciao~

Answer 9

OH, YEAH. The whole east coast is flooding & has too much water, while the west coast is burning up. You tell me why . I live in Az. & today it is 106F. W/the same due point as Ill. I'd say something is wrong I've always been proud of my DRY heat. My monsoon season has changed by months,personally I'm starting to get a little worried.

Answer 10

Yes i do because i'm from Ireland and it used to never be too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter. But last year it droped to: minus16 C in one part and we also had a two week long heat wave that reached up to 25+C this summer. By the way if you don't know Ireland very well, thats very strange weather for us!!

Answer 11

yea i do because some of the effects that cause global warming have already occured and its not like we are doing anything to prevent it from happening when we could use what has aleady happened as a wake up call <--- great question!