why do people like Al Gore go around saying how humans are to blame for global warming, since volcanoes do mor

Answer 1

POLITICAL MILEAGE

Answer 2

The Sun warms both Earth and Mars. Mars is also experiencing global warming, since NASA has photos of the Martian polar ice caps diminishing over the past thirty years or so. It isn't Earth pollution that's doing it! Gore is a politician and spins everything for his own benefit. I have taken him to task on this in my answer to his recent question about global warming; but I don't really expect that he'll ever actually read my answer. Or that he will be convinced to change his tune if he does.

Answer 3

GLOBAL WARMING/THE ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL

Any and I mean any environmental cause or approach must be grassroots in nature. Having PhD's talk about global warming and having those representing industry interests debunk these present theories is a high level and almost an entirely futile effort. Don't get me wrong, it is great that someone with Al Gore's connections and exposure is getting the word out. However, people are people they want to see results.

Yes, the expression is now trite but still true, "Thing Globally, Act Locally". Watching the sky over a city, town or even a more rural area become darkened by smog has local impact, people take note and actually see A PROBLEM. A problem that can measured in terms of air quality or perhaps an AIR QUALITY HEALTH INDEX like the one that the provincial government in Ontario, Canada is in the process of implementing. You can measure results (however small) in terms of air quality and the affect it has on the health care system (those with breathing problems, doctor's visits, etc). It certainly speaks to the advantage of a UNIVERSAL health care system (however, actually implemented) as it actually makes sense to improve the environment as it keeps people healthy (a humanitarian cause) and when health care it publicly funded it affects the public coffers when people become ill therefore it even makes better financial sense to keep the environment a top priority.

Plus any approach must be entire with a complete overall plan (the big picture). Including recycling initiatives, energy solutions (alternatives/renewables can now present a real potential financial threat to the big oil companies and even power companies...), government involvement at all levels, public transit, greener vehicles in general (Hybrid, Hydrogen, Conventional electric, bio-diesel, ethanol), conservation in all energy arenas, ETC!

Economic viability is the real sell as many of these solutions are just that economically sensible (ensuring we look at the entire picture). Yes as more people use solar, wind and other renewable energy sources the cheaper the technology will get. Two of the newest billionaires have earned a large portion through renewables Solar (India I believe) and Wind (China I believe). Yes in many ways developing nations and economies will be the first and early adopters of such renewable tech as they are just building much of their infrastructure.

So what do we all need to do? GET INVOLVED ! Contact your local government about improving your recycling program, contact provincial/state/federal government about the adopting of these new technologies (renewables such as solar/wind), buy gas with ethanol in it and demand it, use and demand bio diesel, buy products with less packaging and demand manufacturers to reduce packaging and to offer a price break as a result. More ECONOMIC VIABILITY! After all energy diversity just like economic diversity is the safest and best bet for good long term results and return on investment.

Joe...


KEEP IT UP MR. GORE THE POLAR BEARS NEED YOU FIRST **GRIN**.

Answer 4

Voila! an concepts-blowing topic in which complication-free floor between 2 very diverse issues might want to be got here upon. even if you've self belief in global Warming or not the actuality nonetheless continues to be temperatures are increasing and the polar ice caps are melting. you'll might want to blind or stay lower than a rock to not observe this stuff. the significant reason i imagine that many people placed this off as fiction is because in the adventure that they agree and keep on with technological expertise this time it makes them seem undesirable for putting different issues off that technological expertise has also undeniable actuality (evolution, huge bang theory, etc.). they don't wanna facet with it now to stay away from searching undesirable interior the destiny that is undemanding BS. that is wintry climate the following in Florida and we are dealing with 80 degree climate! I propose that is continually warm, no lie, yet wintry climate is many times the time the position it drops to a minimal of 60. Why people can't placed their beliefs aside to comprehend our planet is in deep complication is previous me. both way Christianity has continually finished the option of what that is supposedly meant to do....

Answer 5

It's the sun.
I think that because the global warming issue and politics revolves around the oil and the need to make it less available to the regular persons just like you and me so they can ride more comfortably in their limos on the highway, so when they push the oil prices up everybody at least will think that by doing so they're contributing to less emissions. I think that if anyone is to blame about rising temperatures that will be the sun bursting and radiating more energy into us, the sun radiating energy is not constant, it has cycles and many people think we're now in of one those cycles when the earth is receiving more heat than before. Please read my reference I totally agree with it despite the discovery channel making us think we're the ones to blame.

Answer 6

Volcanoes do very little damage. It is hardly noticeable against the polution caused by man.

Global warming is challenged by as many other scientists who say an Ice age is just as likely.

Most scientists, politicians and media now refer to climate change instead.

Answer 7

CO2 levels are higher now than they have been for the past 500,000 years, and it may be longer if the record was better. This includes some very large eruptions like Tambora, Toba, and Mazama, which did little relative to humans' pollution.

Answer 8

Volcano's have been here forever and the planet has never warmed as fast as it is now.

Answer 9

volcanoes are naturally occurring phenomena, and thus are part of the natural balance between how much co2 the earth creates and how much it consumes... humans have thrown that balance off in a major way.

Answer 10

apparently water vapor is the biggest green house gas as well...i don't know...al gore is al gore...trying to raise awareness in the issues that we as humans are able to prevent but don't necessarily take the initiative to.

Answer 11

because u stop people from dumping waste but u can't stop volcanoes from erupting b/c they're apart of nature