Why does Al Gore conveniently neglect to mention that the Earth has warmed and cooled millions of times over the years in a natural cycle?
Was he too busy inventing the internet to study the Ice Age?
2006-06-30 19:53:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
from 1880 (the first year accurate records were kept) to 1975, the earth COOLED dramatically, in fact some esteemed scientific experts were sounding the alarm for another ice age... From 1975 to 1998, the temps rose again... from 1998 to 2004 they fell again... from 2004 to now they've risen...
What does that tell us?
"Expert" is a title too often granted, but not earned.
2006-06-30 20:04:01 · update #1
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/temperature/
2006-06-30 20:09:54 · update #2
This is just another one of those issues where people take sides and believe what they are told rather than investigating whether it's the truth or not. There are so many questions unanswered about global warming, I don't see how anyone could be an expert.
2006-07-01 02:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by kathy059 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well yes, of course the earth has cooled and warmed - and through the very same greenhouse processes we're experiencing now! Why? Because carbon dioxide, CO2, is made of some of the most common elements on earth, and it is a relatively simple compound to produce. It is a natural part of the life cycle of all living things on earth. The problem now is that, for the first time in our 100,000 year history as a species, and the multi-billion year history of this earth, we are capable of artificially producing CO2 in sufficient quantities to significantly impact the earth. It's not just about "global warming" - it's about climate change.
The fact that the earth is a dynamic place which changed over time should not be a suprise to anyone - but the fact that, as a byproduct of our industry, we are able to impact the climate, to throw off the balance, to the point where the weather becomes more extreme and damaging - this is a fact which people need to be aware of, and that Al Gore tries to point out in his movie.
2006-07-01 03:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by j d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are just lazy and dont care about the planet. The planet has not heated and cooled MILLIONS of times. There would be NO life on it at all. This weather we are having is unnatural and is of a great concern to scientists all over the planet and has been for many years, AL GORE just used his popularity to broadcast it to all the idiots who dont know crap about science or the earth in an last ditch effort to get people off their lazy asses and change their ways of life. Read Carl Sagens Billions and Billions and then come tell me that the planet is just fine.
2006-07-01 03:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he wants to promote his own political agenda and make himself look smart and make us all look dumb. He says that he bases his study off facts and science, but he forgot to mention that little bit. By the way, who the hell made him a scientist anyway. We know his agenda and that is to get the nomination for Pres, and in order to do that he has to do something big, since he lost the first time. So what does he do? He hires abunch of people to promote his idea. Notice I said hires. So these people are being paid to tell him what he wants to hear. It's no different from when he wanted to look all important by saying he invented the internet. What a phoney bolagna.
2006-07-01 15:28:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Al did not INVENT the internet but he was the first person to COMPLETE the internet. He has visited every site.
If we are warming so fast...Why are we not setting new records. A few a year but less han 5 if that. Why are the oceans not rising. I know we are loosing beaches but that is erosion not raising ocean levels.
2006-07-02 08:43:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at the rate it's going!
And Al Gore did not invent the internet...*rolls eyes*
2006-07-01 02:57:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know he has been backed by most climatologists on that film. Could they all be wrong and you right? You sound like youre trying to be clever but perhaps just cleverly uninformed.
2006-07-01 03:03:57 · answer #7 · answered by Loka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
al gore didnt invent the internet
2006-07-01 02:57:20 · answer #8 · answered by seventhundersuttered 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you watch his movie or listen to him speak then you'll get your answer. Next time, do some research before you start bashing something that you obviously know nothing about.
2006-07-01 02:56:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
True it has, but it is doing so at an alarming rate this time due to pollution.
2006-07-01 02:56:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋