The scientific community believes that humanity is contributing to global warming at an alarming rate. Does that bother you? Do you believe it? Does it influence the way you vote at all?
2006-07-30 15:27:13 · 14 answers · asked by clynnc0 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
For the sake of humanity, I hope those of you who believe global warming is a myth are correct. Otherwise, it'll be our children and our grandchildren who will pay for it. Wait, I mean, your children and grandchildren. I don't have any kids.
2006-07-30 15:40:25 · update #1
No, it will not affect my vote. 1st - no prove of global warming 2nd- only solution is for the extinction of humans or living in ice age type era 3rd - I doubt anything as large as Mother Earth can not protect herself from man.
Since I do not believe it to be more than a climate cycle , natural to the earth, I am not worried.
2006-07-30 15:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sort of. There may be global warming, not sure. By scientific community you mean the scientist in the community that all rely on government funding for their income. The community of scientist that do not rely on government funding aren't that sure about global warming itself, and say its very doubtful that anything humans are doing has anything to do with it.
Any politician that claims global warming is caused by human activity will not get my vote because to hold such a belief he must be uninformed or a moron and doesn't deserve to hold any office.
I does bother me that people are getting worked up over a hundred year forecast. When the weather man can tell me if its going to be raining or not next Wednesday at 2:00 pm. and be correct 100% of the time I'll consider a 100 year forecast of temperature.
The other thing I'm watching for is for the Vikings to start farming in Greenland again like they did about 1000 years ago. When guess what it was warmer than it is now.
2006-07-30 22:43:04 · answer #2 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does we mean that we don't vote at all?
Or vote for a Mr Nobody that doesn't believe in science.
Because no matter what we do we are contributing to the greenhouse gases. e.g. farting.
It'll end up being all the hippies tripping themselves over something they can't even get in control of as well. What else are you going to do? Stop using fridges and stop using microwaves completely?
Are the neo-capitalists government going to ban fridges and microwaves from being used? You think about it. There would be no government that would ever enforce such a thing, hence a nobody in the act of being voted for. All government want is power, they don't care how they get it, they just want it, and how they do it is by doing what the majority wants.
And since being a lazy world we live in now with our microwave dinners and so forth, we need our fridges and microwaves.
I hope that clarifies what you want to know.
2006-07-30 22:37:55 · answer #3 · answered by audio_soul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global warming IS real.
Yes it bothers me.
No, I don't "believe" in it. It's a fact. Save believing for fairy tales, Santa Claus, and Jesus. Scientific facts like global warming and evolution are UNDERSTOOD by a few people, and either "believed in" or "not believed in" by the people who don't understand them.
It won't influence my vote. Global warming has been going on for years, and has been understood (by a few people) for over 20 years. The politicians on both sides only talk about it. Even liberals won't actually get around to making the cuts in CO2 that we need to to get the job done. The problem will solve itself when we run out of petroleum in this generation and all of our petroleum-base economies collapse. There will be much less consumption then and CO2 emissions will drop drastically.
2006-07-30 22:35:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely believe it to be true, and I think Bush believes it as well. However, a dollar is more important to him than the environment. It bothers me a lot actually. It does influence the way I vote to a point, but I think at this point there are som many problems going on in the world...poiticians are going to tell us whatever we want to hear in 2008, so you can't trust anyone anymore. It's very, very sad.
2006-07-30 22:37:47 · answer #5 · answered by diyta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that we are engaging in a lot of behaviors that are bad for our environment. Every limit on these demonstrably bad behaviors is a step in the right direction. However, restrictions should always be examined according to their actual benifits vs their costs to society.
It affects my vote in that people who advocate blindly following every whim of environmental extremists will not be getting my vote.
2006-07-30 22:34:31 · answer #6 · answered by CHEVICK_1776 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely.
I would not vote for anyone who had a track record of voting on legislation that harmed the enviornment.
I support those that support research on alternative fuels and energy sources.
2006-07-30 22:33:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I am not the least bit concerned about global warming. The globe is always warming or cooling. It's no big deal. There is nothing we can do about it anyway.
2006-08-01 09:38:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I most definitely vote for the candidate with the more environmentally friendly view,however I don't wast my vote on the green party.
2006-07-30 22:44:27 · answer #9 · answered by Kid Pecatonica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe they are probably right since they are experts, but it doesn't really affect my vote. I usually look at education and the economy to help me decide who to vote for.
2006-07-30 22:32:54 · answer #10 · answered by Salem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋