If global warming is real, should we really fear it?

Answer 1

Global warming theory-- earth will slowly heat up, the ice caps will eventually melt and we'll all drown

If you're a Christian then the Bible has told us how the world will end. (Revelation)
No more water (or ice caps) but fire next time.
Armageddon will not involve the ice caps.

(Have you seen March of the Penguins? y'all remember how cold it was way down there?) For the temperature of earth to rise enough for the caps to melt, we will have already experienced temperature so incredibly much hotter than our average Texan-110-degree days, that we'll be dying by heat, or moving north in exoduses the magnitude and nature of those during Katrina.
Both scientifically and religiously, we're gonna burn before we get the chance to drown.

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Answer 2

To the guy above me, I don't know where you are getting your data. I live in Texas. It has only been over 100 two times this summer. Last summer it was over 100 for weeks straight.. If there was a problem with "Global Warming" there would be a constantly increasing climate change. We do not see that. The U.S. is still having record breaking lows in the winter. "Global Warming" is a THEORY not a fact. It has been politicized because of recent weather patterns. And politicians push the theory of "Global Warming" into issues to get a vote out of you. If these effects are true it will take 50-100 years to see any kind of difference in real climate change. And even then they predict it will be mild. Those who support the THEORY of "Global Warming" look through 1000's of forecast models and pick the most drastic ones as "proof" to the claim it is real.

Answer 3

Global warming, caused by human pollution, is a universially accepted theory by the scientific community. The only dissention comes from people who get paid by the energy companies (Exxon alone has paid millions to rogue scientists). There has NEVER been a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal doubting the existance and human cause of global warming.

See the links below for some of the evidence.

The big problems are:

1. Sea-level rise. Major metroplitain areas (New York, Miami, Calcutta, etc.) are only a few feet above sea level. These cities could potentially drown.

2. Weather. As climate patterns change, storms/hurricanes which thrive on warm water will gain frequency (allready proven, third link) and possibly gain strength.

3. Climate. While no one knows for sure, climate changes could make certyain places dryer, wetter, hotter, and even colder depending on patterns. One theory states that global warming could shut down the gulf stream and make Europe actually colder (fourth link).

Talk to real scientists. They will warn you of the danger. Too many people here are fighting for their agenda.

Answer 4

There is some cause for concern, in that sea levels would rise, posing problems for people living on the coast. But global warming has gotten far more attention from the public press than it deserves: the earth's temperature has been changing throughout its history, and will no doubt continue to do so, whether or not mankind does anything to try to intervene. (Remember the Ice Ages?) Furthermore, the process is slow enough that there need be no hurry in trying to do something about it (even if one supposed that there were something effective that one could do about it), so, since resources are always limited, it makes much more sense to spend them on current problems such as malaria and AIDS.

Answer 5

It all depends on your worldview. If you care more about the planet than humanity, then no, we shouldn't fear it. If you care about humanity more than anything else, yes, we should be cautious of it.

Global warming isn't uniformly consistent across the face of the earth - some places will warm up while others may cool down. It's just the average world surface temperatures that will go up. People take things like that too literally sometimes.

Answer 6

Reactions to it are mostly based on moral. So some people take that into account and behave differently, others do not care. Because related moral things are not transferred to laws and rules, not obedience to which would be punished. Once they were transferred, we could talk about fear.

The Bible and similar books do not speak about contribution to global warming as a sin, so most people do not have traditional mental barriers, some of which could be fear. Many tribes who thought differently, lived in harmony with nature were converted to "civilized" or exterminated or have no power to propagate their believes.

Some communities do not speculate about fears, but act. E.g. efforts to count approximately impact of lifestyles of each member/family on nature, like one Swedish software, which takes into account production and transportation of goods, which are bought using credit cards per year, including heating type, use of car or public transport. Such things raise awareness of participants.

Answer 7

Once the polar ice caps melt, cities on both coasts of both oceans will experience massive flooding, horrendous hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Yes, it's real - it's just a matter of time. It's something that needs to be feared - and it's an issue that needs to be addressed by countries of the world instead of all this bull**it bickering and warring among nations.
-RKO-

Answer 8

Global warming is for real. When glacier park was first named there was 27 glaciers. Now there are only 7 left, due to ice melt.
Hope

Answer 9

Well, apparently now, global warming = ice age. (I don't know how, but that's what's said) At first, I figured I'd just break out the SPF30 and hang out on the Connecticut shore. Now, with this Ice Age stuff, I'm thinkin' St. Thomas or something.. Who's with me!?

Answer 10

believe me u ud prefer a warmer day than a cold blizzard it s a good thing the the earth is warming up but the bad thing is that it is doing so very quickly due to human intervention.

for better understanding read the june issue of the Readers Digest magazine.