Why should less money be spent on global warming?

Question

I need this for an essay for school.....at least one page.
Do you have an answer or website that could help me out. I've been surfing around, but can't even understand what the articles mean. I'm in 6th grade. Thanks

Answer 1

Less money should be spent on debating the subject and more on the solution.

Answer 2

First, I think it's important to know how much money is currently being spent on research into global warming to put everything in perspective: 25 billion dollars since 1990! Money makes the world go around and that is the major motivation behind the myths being sold to the population. If the scientists being funded from the bottomless pit of funding created by the hysteria, were to say "We've discovered that man has very little to do with this and instead it's just the way the earth works" how much money do you think they'd get to continue researching?

Instead we have the masses proclaiming Bush to be the anti-Christ because he didn't sign the Kyoto treaty! That treaty would have been devastating to our economy and others and even its supporters admit that with compliance the temperature would still increase.

Another thought for you to consider: the temperature has increased .6 of a degree Celsius since 1900. However, the biggest portion of that increase took place between 1900 and 1945. Thus, the burning of fossil fuels could not be the singular cause as we, of course, burn more fuel now than we did 100 years ago.

I hope this helps you understand why you should calm down about all the hype being sold about global warming, and know that even if there are some changes that take place we will adapt. Good luck.

Answer 3

I would suppose that many people would disagree with your premise; perhaps you do too. I suspect that the purpose of your assignment is to research a subject and present an opposing view whether you agree with it or not.

There are two reasons that I am aware of to spend money on solving global warming (I assume that is your subject, spending less money on solving global warming doesn;t make sense to me).
1) Those people or companies or countries that have an interest in a product or economic reason for supporting global warming will search for and support reasons to ignor it. Such groups include petroleum companies, coal related companies, auto companies, transportation companies, industrial conpanies and countries who support these products and companies, whose products, when burned, increase the carbon dioxide levels. People say and do bizarre things when their fortunes are at stake.
2) There is a valid opinion that enough is not known about the cause of carbon dioxide buildup and that throwing too much money into solving a minor problem may be useless overkill, while leaving the major cause unresolved. This view would be to spend wisely. As an example, if the USA were to legislate the omission of gas burning engines to cleaner fuels such as hydrogen, it would cost billions. Would it solve global warming? Perhaps it wouldn;t scratch the surface if the real cause of global warming is gas from cows and cow manure, flue gas from power plants and chemical plants and the use of spray cans.
The cause is likely a combination of all these things, by the way. But the point is, where should be the money be spent? and by who? and when?

There is some opinions that the current phenoninon is caused by too many people on the earth. What is solution to that? and how could money be spent to solve it?

Answer 4

Actually the temperature of the earth has only increased 7/10 of 1 degree C since 1880. That is an increase of 1.08 degrees F in 125 years. Not really very much at all. See for yourself here:
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/2005/2005cal_fig1.gif

Most of you will not remember but back in the '70s I remember they were all talking about global cooling and another ice age was coming. They blamed pollution for that too. They said that all the pollution was darkening the skies and not as much sun was coming through so the earth was cooling off. There are some that always want to stir things up and scare people and this is just another attempt to do just that. We needed waste our money trying to "solve" this one either. We have many other major problems.

Answer 5

Why spends untold billions of dollars trying to stop a completely natural cycle of warming and cooling trend that we have had for millions of year.....you know ice age, warming period, another ice age, warming period, and on and on. Its more of a political agenda to bring the wealthier, more powerful countries down to the level of third workd countries by restrictions of their economies and taxation. Then we can all be equal, the same, and all live in Tijuana USA.

Answer 6

Less money should not be spent on it. More money should. We need to decrease our addiction to oil, and cut emissions in our industrial plants. Here is a general article about global warming and its causes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

Answer 7

There is no reason.

Unless you want to destroy human civilisation.

NB: junkscience.com has some relation to junk science but not what its webmaster would like you to think it has.

Answer 8

I agree with the Sheik.

Answer 9

go to www.junkscience.com. It has all you need to know. You may need your parents help to understand some it, but it is pretty straight forward.

You could also read Michael Criton's "state of fear". It is fiction, but has good references to non-fiction literature.

Answer 10

Because as Americans, it is our God given right, nay, duty to kill all life.