So Americans now think Global Warming is a Myth!?

Question

Or just the Bush loving, brainless, real-public-kunts?

http://www.climatehotmap.org/

People in Alaska are starting to freak out. The retreat of the sea ice allows the oceans to pound the coast more, and villages there are suffering from the effects of that erosion. There is melting, roads are buckling, there are forests that have been infested with beetles because of a rise in temperatures. I think residents there feel it's visible more and more, more than any other place in the country.

Dan Lashof, a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council

It's ok World, when the **** hits the fan, just blame it on those pesky Americans. Who apparently, seem to be behaving like they live on a different planet then the rest of us.

=)

Answer 1

Just so everyone knows, if you post an answer that this guy doesn't like, he sends nasty emails. This is the gem I got for posting an answer:
Hello C*nt,
You must be another robotic bush wacker.

huh.
This guy is a real gentleman

Answer 2

Okay, before this gets into name calling, I am not a Republican, nor a Dem. I am an Independent, but all that aside. While there are some scientists who cry out global warming and that we are causing it, there are other scientists who say nope. Wrong answer. Start over. Lets look at the recent history of the Earth as we know it for a minute and use some common sense here okay. The Earth just got finished with a mini Ice Age. So naturally the Earth is warming up. Right? The Earth cycles through these warming and cooling periods. Oh, by the way, there is a test on Friday. lol
With, or without man on this planet, these cycles are going to happen. At least once in this planets history there were no ice caps, and we weren't even here then. Who's fault was it back then? God's? These scientists that are doom and gloom criers fail to tell you about the effect that volcanoes have on the climate. When they are confronted by other scientists that debunk them, they are left looking like idiots with an agenda of falsehoods.. Forget Al Gore and his cohorts. He is a nut job to start with. If it wasn't for his corrupt dad, he would have never gotten into politics. But I digress. No one knows how warm the Earth will get and there isn't really anything you can do about it. Unless of course you are God and can stop volcanoes all over the world. To give you a small example, there are over 1500 known volcanic eruptions every year. That is on land and underwater combined. Do our factories contribute? Yes. No doubt. But it would happen anyway, so what does it matter? Besides, eventually the cooling cycle will happen again and then people will wish the global warming would come back. The major Ice age of about 13,000 years ago was extremely cold and happened apparently real quick. But that is another story. If you want to take better care of the enviroment, I say, okay, good. But to go about crying the sky is falling is very irresponsible for a scientist to do knowing he is not telling the whole truth. Which to me is the same as telling a lie.

Answer 3

Look, you need to do some reading about the effects of ice ages on this planet. Of course we have global warming--the question is, "What is causing global warming." Just because "man" is now living here doesn't mean the planet is going to suddenly stabilize with no repeat of the geological occurrences evident in the geological record. Many scientists believe that we are in the warming phase of the current ice age. Most of the hysteria is the result of narrow minded individuals drawing conclusions about big important events without knowing all the facts. Science is too specialized. No one knows enough about what is going on in other fields. We need to be sure we are looking at the big picture before we get hysterical. The source I usually rely on and trust is "Scientific American." When scientists gather at a world conference and talk to each other and listen they usually are able to conclude that things are changing and they could be due to natural causes, but there are a few things we need to watch. They usually agree,too, that there is no absolute evidence that man has had a large impact on the earth.

Answer 4

Global Warming is another scare tactic created by liberals. There are virtually no scientists who SPECIALIZE in climate studies who are onboard with the theory.

The earth has had cycles of warm and cold patches and adjusts itself accordingly - computer outputs are not 'predictions', if a researcher plugs in worst case scenarios - the outputs are naturally going to be grim.

"Dr. Dick Morgan, former advisor to the World Meteorological Organization and climatology researcher at University of Exeter, U.K. gives the details, "There has been some decrease in ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic over the past 30 years but no melt down. The Canadian Ice Service records show that from 1971-1981 there was average, to above average, ice thickness. From 1981-1982 there was a sharp decrease of 15% but there was a quick recovery to average, to slightly above average, values from 1983-1995. A sharp drop of 30% occurred again 1996-1998 and since then there has been a steady increase to reach near normal conditions since 2001."

And this by a scientist in ENGLAND - apparently Americans aren't the only ones who think it a myth. Also, Dr. Morgan holds a degree in climatology unlike Dan Lashof.

Answer 5

This planet has been through ice ages before man was ever a factor.
Here's some math for you: The temperature of the glaciers at the poles is -12 degrees celsius. Ice melts at 0 degrees celsius. Environmentalists tell us that if the temperature rises just another 2 degrees on Earth, it will trigger the melting of the glaciers at the poles, causing massive flooding. How are these glaciers going to defy the laws of physics and melt at -10 degrees celsius?
You see the problem here?

And for the rest of you, if it wasn't for us, you'd all be German Or Japanese today. Just say thanks.

Answer 6

No ones saying the world isn't a bit hotter. But unless you can establish that Man is the one and only cause then your arguments seem to be a bit irrelevant. If you check out geological history you'll find that there were cyclic times of global warming and cooling millions of years before man existed. How do you establish that THIS TIME it must be man and not part of a normal cycle?

Answer 7

Well, the first place to look for pollution caused problems is certainly not the good ol' USA, but Asia where the pollution on the ocean is a hazard to navigation, and Eastern Europe.
The Rio Grande wasn't poisoned by the US, by the way.

Answer 8

I never had a problem that global warming could be real. It is evident the earth has had various periods of warming and cooling, even pre-dating human activity or consumption of fossil fuels.

Maybe people who have enjoyed beachfront property all these years might want to consider selling and investing inland and waiting for the seashore to come back to them, instead of sitting around waiting for FEMA to bail them out.

Answer 9

Let's say this UNPROVEN contention of global warming is true. If it's not Bushe's fault, it has to be the pesky Americans fault. What would you want to be done to correct the problem. Whining about it isn't going to do any good. When you present the cure for this, please let me know how you will do away with hurricanes, tornadoes,earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters.

Answer 10

Nobody has said that Global warming is a myth. Everybody has acknowledged Global warming. The differences come in regards to what is causing it. Credible Science says it climatic. Only some politicians and their paid experts say its manufactured. I am also going to ask you to not use that word any longer.