Global Warming/Runaway Greenhouse effect?

Question

I've done the looking up on google and yahoo, and now I want to hear from people who may know something about this (so please no more links from a search engine - been there lots).

1. How bad is the scenario?

2. How much time do we have before it's irrevocable?

3. What's it going to take to convince the money bottom-liners that our world is frying itself?

4. Do you think the earth is frying itself (with our help)?

5. What are your credentials?

6. Are you scared?

7. Finally, what do YOU do to make the world a better place for your children?

Answer 1

in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification


in recent times thousands of people have died because of exessive heat,usually old people.in India ,Mexico and France,
deforestation causing desertification,the desert conditions causing very cold nights and scorching hot days

in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns and turned their lands into dessert,the globe where they were got to hot for them .
and instead of producing food they are now needing it from some where else,and they will drastically effect the world food prices when they start buying water in the form of grains ,at any cost destabalising governments, in some countries ,could be the result
(are you seeing more Chinese around interested in agricultural lands ,we do here in Mexico)

this was man made global warming because of over grazing and fertilizers, and they are not the only ones
collectively this planet is drying up ,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year
and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were no desserts.

so as far as the food production is concerned Global warming or some of its effects are serious,rising seas result in landloss

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

more landloss because of desertification every year,we have less areble land to produce food ,for an extra 70 million people ,

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,
and there are less and less farmers to do it..
who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers
who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,
because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing

RISING SEAS
The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.
this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter.

Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where.

SOLUTIONS
if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the destructive processes

reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

the protection of existing forrests.

stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

education on environmental awareness

Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks

,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

recicling wastes,limit water use

i am a Permaculture Consultant for the department of Ecology for the regional government in Guerrero Mexico
http://spaces.msn.com/byderule

Answer 2

1. How bad is the scenario?
melting greenland (new scenario)
2. How much time do we have before it's irrevocable?
specialist say its enouph ???
3. What's it going to take to convince the money bottom-liners that our world is frying itself?
till 40-50 percent of green land is melted
4. Do you think the earth is frying itself (with our help)?
no.. its us.. with the help of the sun

5. What are your credentials?

6. Are you scared?
i will be if i live through it

7. Finally, what do YOU do to make the world a better place for your children?
become a scientist to show how things are going

Answer 3

There has been global warming ever since the Ice caps started to melt. They still are so we are still in the ice age. Until all the ice melts we will be in the ice age. We as humans have not the ability to create a green house effect. Many think that we can but that is because man in general is egotistical and conceded. One active volcano puts more pollutants in the atmosphere than man could even dream of. No I am not frightened at all.

Answer 4

1. It is getting worse and worse. Just on yahoo news today there was an article about how teh earth is at its hottest point in 2,000 years.
3. There is a movie with Al Gore called inconvenient truth. Tell them to watch it
7. No hummers!