Do you think global warming is a problem in the United States?

Question

I'm writing a paper for school on global warming and I wanted to find out how many people out there actually feel that global warming is a problem?

Answer 1

Only the most important problem that mankind has ever faced.

Answer 2

If your paper is about the perception of people about global warming this is a very good way to do it, if it is on what global warming is and what it does you should consider some other form of research.

I don't think there is any conclusive proof that global warming is a problem in the USA but the very real danger is that we will only realize it once it is to late. Just imagine half of Florida underwater by the time your children are going to collage?

Climate science is a very difficult with a great amount of variables and it is true that the earth has been hotter and colder during its history. The difference is that those changes took places over thousands of years and not in a couple of decades as is the case now. A common perception is that global warming means hotter temperatures but it also means an increase in extreme weather like blizzards, floods, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes etc..

The sad truth is that people are lazy by nature and the right thing to do will only be done when it is the cheapest thing to do. So once billions of dollars have to be spend to protect cities like New Orleans and Miami only then will we look back and say "You know we should have started earlier"

Good luck with your paper.

Answer 3

If you're looking for something for school, go look on a reputable pollster's website(Gallup, Zogby, etc.) and see if they've done a poll on the response to global warming. A poll here is unscientific at best and completely inaccurate at worst.

On to the question: Is global warming a problem in the States? It's a change, neither inherently good nor inherently bad. It can be bad if people fail to adapt to the changes, but it can provide some unforeseen benefit if it happens.

One thing is for sure: too much is being blamed on global warming, just as every strange weather event possible was blamed on the unusually warm El Nino back in 1996. I'd say that so far, global warming is not a problem for the United States. It might become one, but we should have the technology to either pull the carbon out of the atmosphere or decrease Earth's temperature artificially by the time it is a problem.

Answer 4

Here is something to think about don't believe me check this stuff out...

1.Water(H2O) is the only element known to man to expand when it freezes every other element contracts when it freezes so that is the first fact. For example fill a milk jugg with water, now stick it in the freezer... come back later and it will have exploded from preassure of freezing water.

2.Icebergs are massive chunks of ice, only a few percent of the ice is above water, which means the rest of the ice is underwater.

3.The ice underwater because water expands when it freezes is displacing the liquid water. So when that iceberg melts all the ice under the water will contract and fill a smaller space, so the level of the water will be less now because the ice which was displacing the liquid water is unfrozen and now occupies a less amount of space.

4.Scientific models show that if all the ice on this planet melted we would see a 3" DROP in ocean levels NOT a rise but a DROP.

Now isn't that interesting.

Now for the greenhouse gasses.

1.Plants LOVE a carbon dioxide rich air supply.

2.The more carbon dioxide their is the faster they grow.

3.Plants use photosynthesis to get their food so they can grow.

4.When the plants sense a higher level of carbon dioxide they will make up for it by sucking up more and more and one of the products of photosynthesis is OXYGEN!!

5.So no matter how much CARBON DIOXIDE there is the plants will COMPENSATE and suck up more and grow faster and bigger. and the bigger the plant is the more OXYGEN it produces through photosynthesis

Answer 5

right here's how america operates. to well known a topic exists skill human beings will assume action. which will be complicated and severe priced. this is more lower priced to in straight forward words overlook about it, no longer that any of this is going away. Or use the alternative buzzwords: jobs and, over regulation. Then even as this is too huge to ignore slap a band-help on it. listed right here are some examples: The Brooklyn bridge became in disrepair and Mayor Giuliani omitted the problem claiming each little thing became fantastic. until eventually a cable snapped and killed a vacationer. Miraculously upkeep were made. At 10 cases the money of known upkeep. Bush Jr became warned about the monetary device tanking and he omitted it. all of us comprehend how that became out. the present deficit took over 10 years to create and became omitted now that is a topic and a band-help became slapped on it. 1973 Nixon became President and usa of america had an oil problem. Nixon omitted it. Ford omitted it. Carter had lengthy gas lines to teach a topic existed, Reagan stated there became no such problem. Bush Sr did no longer something and toddler Bush stated drill extra. we've now "Fracking" this is like squeezing the perfect drop of water out of a sponge. assume a band-help any day now. international warming is an similar aspect. Texas has a severe drought and became already burning even as Rick Perry danced round claiming international warming is a hoax. this is less difficult to ignore a topic. it really is the yank way.

Answer 6

If global warming DOES exist, it would not be a fault of the human race. Think about it... climate changes happen as they always have for tens of thousands to millions of years ago.
In all actuality, geologists are claiming the polar opposite - the planet is slowl sinking into the next ice age (sorry I don't have the online sources to prove it).

Global warming is simply an excuse to point a finger at numerous entities.

Answer 7

The wheather is global and will have impact everywhere - in unpredictable ways. There is enough documentation and potential bad-case scenarios in global warming that it should have us very worried!... and reflect on the meaning of life. Is it really just to make that extra dollar, and spend it on some stuff from the mall. Or to get away with saving that dollar by not filtering fumes from smokestacks or refusing to pay 2cent per kilowatt in green taxes that could make people adjust their energy recklessness or ignorance.... look at your kids, or any toddler around, and imagine today's burn of energy to continue until they are 50... smoke and smog and wheels turning faster, its not a pretty picture. Again, what is anyway so great about cutting vegetation and burning fossil fuels, and why can we not just agree to live GREENER - instead of throwing mud due to opinions on politicians? Start educating yourself, form an opinion and go green.

Answer 8

No, global warming's not a problem. The current period of global warming is just temporary. The Earth's atmosphere will undergo global cooling again after that.

Answer 9

I love people who say "it didn't rain at my house last week so that is definite evidents of global warming!" MORONS. Has the earth ever been colder than it is now? YES has the earth ever been hotter than it is now? YES Does the earth change temperature on it's own? YES If global warming is happening the evidents would be so tiny you could not notice. Why don't we just put witches on trial for it? Or blame it on flying saucers?

Answer 10

Whether or not you believe in global warming, wouldn't it seem smart to burn as little fuel as possible, create as little waste as possible anyway. All the things you should do to fight global warming, you should be doing anyway because they save you money.

Answer 11

the planet has natural cycles its dumb to assume that we are changing the climate just because its hotter next year could be different smog is the problem u should be concerned with its alot bigger problem than global warming in the us and it has direct consequences to your health