Those who believe in global warming:?

Question

Do u think it will have a big effect on our generation? Y or y not? (its just so warm everywhere)

Answer 1

yea.
why would you want to spend winter in the caribbean when its just as warm on the jersey shore?

Answer 2

What do you mean "our generation" there are several generations alive now and I'm not sure I share your generation at age 50.

Global warming is now a fact, although it is still disputed whether it is a natural cycle or man created or something in between.

Its going to have a big effect in the next 50 years for sure--we've already seen icebergs breaking off from the Arctic and Antarctic (New Zealand is seeing icebergs for the first time in 38 years); glaciers are melting; the gulf stream is said to be slowing down; animals are moving northward; the polar bear may go extinct shortly; birds are nesting earlier; species are dying off faster (70% of a certain variety of frogs have died because of habitat warming).

I would say the effects are already starting and will be like a snowball rolling down a hill, as time progresses, they will become more pronounced and have more effect on our day to day lives.

So yes it will have a big effect.

The guy who mentioned T-Rex driving a diesel (great imagery) is right, the earth has been warmer than now and there have been more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere too--I am sure that life will survive, but that may still mean major disruption for we humans and it may still mean the dying off of many valued and familiar species.

Also global warming is not the half of it, we still have overpopulation, pollution and things like overtaxing our natural resources to contend with--look at the report that commercial fishing may collapse in the next couple of decades (because we overfish and have become extremely precise and efficient at catching certain species).

Global warming is also going to do something that you may not have thought about--Venice will be underwater entirely, New York will look like Venice and most coastal cities in the world will have a fate similar to these two cities. It won't take a hurricane to sink New Orleans which already sits below sea level. The bright side is it may eliminate some of our overpopulation problem!

And by the way, I think we have created this warming period or at least contributed to it AND I don't believe we have enough time to stop it.....so I am pessimistic about the prospects. Kyoto or similar attempts at remedy will be too little too late.

The gases that warm the atmosphere persist for sometimes decades...if we could stop what we put into it now, it would still take a long time for the atmosphere to "clean up" and cool down.
And face it, the world economy is dependent upon hydrocarbon energy which emits these gases. Even Kyoto doesn't stop the addition of gasses to the atmosphere, just caps the amount and allocates who can continue to emit gasses...not much of a fix.

We need to brace for some radical changes, including the possible collapse of the world economy.

Answer 3

Global warming is a fact of nature not caused by man, in fact science tells us that the earth has warmed and cooled hundreds of times over the centuries. The period we are in now compared to other periods is quite average in its extreme. Not too hot, not too cold. Some leftist political groups have latched on to this fact of nature, turned it around and used it to scare people for political gain. Namely to arrest the spread of capitalism around the globe. This does not mean that man cannot damage the environment, he can, but stopping this slight warm up in the atmosphere is like stopping a train with a toothpick. William E is an extremist, I'll bet you william that your predictions do not come true wanna bet?

Answer 4

Ah... the global warming debate. All I know is that it's REAL and that the people of planet earth need to be prepared. The worst is yet to come. Personally, I don't like putting up Xmas decorations outside wearing shorts and a tee-shirt....... but that's exactly what I did on Sunday in central Missouri. It just felt "wrong."

Answer 5

It will certainly impact people in areas like Canada, the South Pacific, and Tibet in teh next generation. villages in Tibet have depended for ages on water runoff from glaciers. The rate of glacier melt has sped to the point that there are real concerns for these people's future. Streams are running unusually high right now with the meltoff. then will come flooding. Then will come drought. One South Pacific sland village has already been relocated due to higher tides and permanent water levels in the Pacific. The forecast for around 2050 is that with glacier meltoff there will be an open seaway north of Canada.

Answer 6

Global warming as a natural phenomenon. We make it worse, but it happens every few thousand years anyway. Did you know that when dinosaurs were around, the Earth was on average 20 degrees warmer than it is today? I don't think T-Rex was driving a diesel.

Answer 7

I think it will have a big effect on the next generation.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

I feel it will right now the ice is melting so fast the Polar bears are have known to swim 70 miles in search of food, really they are starving to death.

Answer 10

I'll leave you to the imagination when the ice caps starts melting and tropical dieases becomes more widepsread