Climate change, Most Americans dont know this...WHY?

Question

Thanks to Dave for his question which prompted this answer.
Now I ask you what shall we do about this?

100 years ago CO2 was at 250 parts per million in the atmosphere. It is NOW at 425 parts per million.
Climate change will start with the melting of the ice caps at 450 parts per million, global catastrophy will start at about 550 parts per million.
At 550 parts per million, the gulf stream will reverse, the UK and western Europe will become almost uninhabitable, tidal effect will change and sea edge land masses will be underwater.
East Coast USA will become a near desert and the world population will have to survive on about 30% of the usable landmass for farming that we have today.
The USA and China are the two dirtiest countries in the world for the dumping of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Do you think that Climate change and CO2 should be an important talking point in the next USA elections?

Answer 1

I do think it's an important talking point -- always.

Problem is that's there's so many things weighing on American's minds (Iraq, etc), that unfortunately, climate change takes a back seat.

Right or wrong, it's just the way it is.

Answer 2

What most Americans don't know is 50 million years ago the North Pole was not covered in ice. It was a tropical region with an average temperature of 74 degrees. This is proved by at least three independent studies. If the North Pole is SUPPOSED to be covered in ice, then what event happened to cause this warming? It wasn't SUV's and factories. It's a simple educated idea; the planet has an environmental cycle. How do we know this? Because 30 million years ago an ice age hit the planet, and we now have an ice cap that's melting away. What caused the ice age? Governments and environuts didn't cause Mr. Caveman to do away with his SUV.

And what's really sad is when the polar caps finally melt millions of years from now, and if mankind is still around, it will be those same kind of nut jobs that will blame man for not putting enough greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere and that's what's causing the global freezing. Sad... truly sad.

Answer 3

Actually it is 380 parts per million. Get your facts straight if your going to try to scare monger. CO2 is needed for plants and in fact the more CO2 the better its is for plants. Plants can survive with less water. Increased crop yeilds should reduce hunger. Since CO2 is not the only green house gas and such things as water vapor are more important, you have to ask yourself why this focus on CO2. The answer is that CO2 is produced by industry and that is what they hate. Be glad we are in a warming spell because if the sun were in a cooling spell, we wouldn't have the luxury of arguing about it. We would be much worse off, but still the current global warming zealots would then blame George Bush and big oil for the global cooling.

Ion you should not trust your source. This is an official site from Hawaii.

Because of the favorable site location, continuous monitoring, and careful selection and scrutiny of the data, the Mauna Loa record is considered to be a precise record and a reliable indicator of the regional trend in the concentrations of atmospheric CO2 in the middle layers of the troposphere. The Mauna Loa record shows a 19.4% increase in the mean annual concentration, from 315.98 parts per million by volume (ppmv) of dry air in 1959 to 377.38 ppmv in 2004. The 1997-1998 increase in the annual growth rate of 2.87 ppmv represets the largest single yearly jump since the Mauna Loa record began in 1958. This represents an average annual increase of 1.4 ppmv per year. This is smaller than the average annual increase at the other stations because of the longer record and inclusion of earlier (smaller) annual increases.

Answer 4

What maximum human beings don't understand is 50 million years in the past the North Pole became not coated in ice. It became a tropical area with an wide-unfold temperature of seventy 4 stages. it quite is proved via a minimum of three autonomous study. If the North Pole is meant to be coated in ice, then what adventure got here approximately to reason this warming? It wasn't SUV's and factories. it quite is an consumer-friendly knowledgeable concept; the planet has an environmental cycle. How do all of us understand this? because of the fact 30 million years in the past an ice age hit the planet, and we've an ice cap it is melting away. What brought about the ice age? Governments and environuts did not reason Mr. Caveman to do away along with his SUV. and what's quite unhappy is whilst the polar caps finally soften tens of millions of years from now, and if mankind remains around, it will be those comparable style of nut jobs which will blame guy for not putting adequate greenhouse gasses into the ambience and that's what's inflicting the international freezing. unhappy... quite unhappy.

Answer 5

The Republican oil addicts will tell you you are crazy for believing this. However you have the facts right and this is a far bigger threat to our long term survival than all the terrorists in the history of man. Unfortunately we are probably beyond the point of no return because the solution is to stop all CO2 emissions NOW and I doubt everybody is going to turn off the appliances and stop driving their cars. Even if we could stop all CO2 emissions now it would take years for the system to reach equilibrium.

The good news is that we will have a nuclear war sometime very soon prompting a major change in the whole world system.

Answer 6

It should be, but I wouldn't bet money that it will be.

The people in charge are only concerned with what is happening today. What happens in 10 or 20 years time will not be their concern.

Also, with the majority of US citizens believing in the Bible (or being told to believe in it), they seem to think that the end of the world is inevitable, so why try and change it?

After all, if they follow the rules laid down by a man who died thousands of years ago, then they'll spend eternity in paradise?

Right?

mmmm....

Did you know that the reason the Incas died out was because they believed in a prophesy that their people would be wiped out? When the Spanish came to invade their land, they just sat down and let themselves be slaughtered.

You would have thought that Humanity would learn lessons from its past.

Answer 7

YES. this is one of the most critical issues we are facing. this issue will require coming up with new solutions and using creativity and ingenuity -- something America used to be noted for! we can't solve new problems with the same old behaviors. we are all going to need to change our habits. we used to get around on horses and wagons -- surely we can switch from gas-guzzlers. we can use compact fluorescent light bulbs and other inventions to save electricity, we can make our houses energy efficient, we can recycle. the good news is that each person really can make a difference. but we have to start talking more and acting more -- or our children will live in a very different world.

Answer 8

No. There is no hard evidence, that man is the cause of global warming.
Besides, the most prevalent "greenhouse gas" is water vapor. Where is the fuss over that?

Answer 9

because there is no evidence to suggest what you say is true, infact, there is evidence against it, even to suggest that an ice age is coming,

of course, there are ways to fix all problems, but implemtation would be expensive and rather pointless.

Answer 10

In Uk and Europe it is already an important issue, but from what we hear you Government refuses to believe there is a problem.