I don't think the Administration is convinced it isn't happening, I think it is a matter of it not be convenient for them to agree there is global warming because enacting laws to counter-act this problem will hit the "bottom line" of many businesses who have large contracts with the government, have powerful lobbies, and whose stock many government officals own large amounts of. If you have seen "An Inconvenient Truth", you will understand my meaning. If you have not seen this film, I highly recommend it to you.
2007-01-08 14:08:46
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answer #1
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answered by harpertara 7
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Anyone who lives in New England ought to understand that Global Warming is affecting our environment.
Some Spring flowers are sprouting.
Migratory birds arent't migrating.
Bears aren't hybernating.
Ice fishing isn't.
Sudden Wetland dieback.
Elsewhere, the Northwest Passage will soon become a reality, and with it, a territorial dispute in Northern Canada. It's already been opened at times with U.S. Nave Icebreakers.
Glaciers are disappearning almost everywhere. Kilimanjaro will no longer have snow in a few years.
The only new glacial ice recently is in the shadow of the crater on Mt. Saint Hellen's.
What happens next? Perhaps the Gulf Stream may shut down. The last time this happened it created a mini - Ice Age. That's how George Washington was able to cross the Pottomac. The problem is that the amount of greenhouse gasses back then was miniscule. No-one knows at all what will happen if the gulf stream shuts down this time.
We've screwed our environment and we'll have to either fix it or pay the piper. Here in New England, with the seasons so changed, there will surely be consequences. Trees, such as the Maple rely on a frozen season. What will happen to animals unable to hybernate? What will happen with birds no longer migrating? The problems are really huge, and we have no idea how to fix it at all.
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To answer fateridde.... In the words of Colonel Potter... Horse hockey.
The EARTH NEVER stopped spinning due to magnetic fields. Such an event would require more energy than the earth could generate. It would require an ejection of a great deal of MASS in a direction opposite to the spin of the earth. This would have to be precicely controlled to prevent a change in the orbital velocity of the Earth as well.
The poles changing is a possibility, and there is a record of this happening. The magnetic field of the Earth is varying, and if North became south, East would become West. The Sun would rise in the West, but it would still be in the same physical place; it's just that what was East will be West. In other words, if you live on the East coast of the U.S. the Sun will continue to rise over the Atlantic, it's just that that direction will be magnetically "West".
The Earth cannot physically stop or start without an unimaginable amount of EXTERNAL energy causing it to do so. In order to do such a thing in 5 years time, it would require such an event as a MASSIVE collision with a large item from space, and the resultant disruption would kill every living thing on the planet.
2007-01-08 22:23:46
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answered by Deirdre H 7
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There may be Global Warming. It has to be doing something!
The question that I ask and have never got an answer for is;
What is the Earth supposed to be doing?
1) Getting hotter.
2) Getting colder.
3) Staying the same.
What's your source?
So I view the Global Warming message as being propaganda. It's a political ploy by certain activists, some of them being politicians, in order to divert the balance of power in the political world.
And so is the Ozone hole.
So, tell Denver Colorado that there is Global warming. There are other parts of the World that are colder than usual. There are some parts of the world that are hotter than usual. The fact is that the Earth goes through cyclical changes, and it has done so for eons.
So I don't have a problem with those who think that there is Global Warming! It's just that they can't seem to answer the question; What is it supposed to be doing?
The reason why there was Global Warming in the early part of the 20th century was because the sun got hotter. So what if the Earth is getting heated because of the cyclical changes that have been going on for the life of the Earth?
That makes more sense to me.
2007-01-08 22:06:20
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answer #3
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answered by Christian Sinner 7
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There is indeed Global Warming. This is due to the Sun burning hotter. There is even evidence of Global Warming on Mars.
The Sun goes in cycles, and in 20 years, when it burns a little cooler than now, we'll read abou how we're intering a new Ice Age...just like we did back in the late 70's/early 80's when I was a kid.
2007-01-08 21:59:13
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answered by The Notorious Doctor Zoom Zoom 6
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What evidence is there that it is anything but a natural cycle which has repeated many times?
How many ice ages have come and gone in the history of the planet? The earth still receives MANY times more energy from the sun than ALL human contributions to heat in the environment... Human activity can ONLY change a tiny fraction of the heat in the environment since MOST of it would be there even if there were NO humans on the planet.
2007-01-08 21:59:29
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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Only a small minority of scientist who study weather believe there is global warming. And most of them have something to gain by that belief.
Scientifically it is just not an issue. There is money and bad politics behind the hype over global warming.
2007-01-08 21:59:32
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answer #6
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answered by DATA DROID 4
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well i researched global warming it took me a while and i wanted to know people's opinion , well here it is -
global warming - well actually the truth of global warming
in this piece { and yes i like calling it that , it gives it a sense of importance } you will learn how global warming started , y global warming is a myth { however the symptoms of global warming are not , not in the wildest imagination } u will also learn what are actually causing these so called symptoms , so keep reading .
to understand global warming we have to go back in time { so slip in the new clay aiken cd , because a thousand days and a thousand nights are not enough } and off we go . welcome to february 1972 where an article sponsored by the world association of world federalists appeared in a magazine titled the humanist { the magazine of the american humanist association } in this article the world association of world federalists said and i quote -
" world federalists belive that the environmental crisis facing planet earth is a global problem and therefore call for a global solution - a worldwide united nations environmental agency with the power to make decisions stick . wawf has submitted a proposal for just such an agency to be considered at the 1972 u.n. environmental conference to be held in stockholm . "
the momentum gathered from the u.n. environmental conference and because of the power the wawf held led to { u guessed it } the united nations environmental program or unep { which officially started the global warming movement and debate } . the first executive director of unep was the canadian millionaire who made his money in oil - maurice strong , the man who was the secretary general of the stockholm conference . anyway lets move on , in 1990 in a speech addressing the global forum conference mikhail gorbachev said and i quote -
" the ecological crisis we are experiencing today - from ozone depletion to deforestation and disastrous air pollution is tragic , but convincing proof that the world we all live in is interrelated and interdependent . this means that we need an appropriate international policy in the field of ecology . only if we formulate such a policy shall we be able to avert catastrophe . true , the elaboration of such a policy poses unconventional and difficult problems that will affect the sovereignty of states . "
then in 1991 a good friend of maurice strong named lester r. brown a member of the council on foreign relations { cfr } , put out a report which stated and i quote -
" the battle to save the planet will replace the battle over ideology as the organizing theme of the new world order , with the end of the ideological conflict that dominated a generation of international affairs , a new world order , shaped by a new agenda , will emerge . "
then in 1992 came the united nations earth summit which was held in rio de janerio and brought together the world governments and the best known environmentalists and who was the secretary general at this conference { yes u guessed it , gold star for you } maurice strong . at this very conference came a speech from the former secretary of state of the united states under richard nixon - henry kissinger - which stated and i quote -
" today americans would be outraged if u.n. troops entered los angeles to restore order , tomorrow they will greatfull. this is epically true if they were told that there were an outside threat from beyond , whether real of promulgated , that threatened our very existence . it is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil . the one thing every man fears is the unknown . when presented with this scenario , individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government . "
i'm sure ur thinking what is the point of all this , well the point is if u haven't noticed my little green bugs of displeasing , that global warming was started to control , period . that is its purpose . there is no truth what so ever to global warming , it was , is and will probably always be , used to control other countries , average peoples lives and everything in between , its that simple . it has nothing to do with particles of dust in the air . if it did then how come people cant see the hollywood sign in california and can clearly see straight ahead in new york , the answer - because the earth is self sufficient . the politicians who constantly talk about global warming know this , that is the only reason they are pushing this , unless of course they are totally brainless and the media pushes it because they do what there told , and the celebrities who push global warming either don't know and are being manipulated or actually belive that they are doing a good thing . so now lets get down to the symptoms of global warming which u most likely won't see on the news and the u.n. , politician's , etc. has known about for years .
hold onto your hats and strap in those seat belts because here we go - the symptoms of global warming is caused by { get ready } - the earths energy field { yes u read that right } , we are now according to a number of scientists experiencing a cycle called procession something that happens every 26,000 years where the earth will stop spining and half the earth will be left in darkness for a number of days - just let me explain . the earth is a giant magnet with different levels rotating to create a magnetic field . however the earth is spining faster and faster and the more powerful it spins the more dense the magnetic field . two thousand years ago the earths rotations reached its peak according to a california scientist named gregg braden and has been falling ever since . the earths rotation called base resonant frequency or schumann cavity resonance was first identified in 1899 . between 1899 and the mid 1990's the earth maintained a constant pulse of around 7.8 hertz or 7 cycles a second . by the end of 1995 it had increased to 8.6 last i checked it was 12 and still rising . gregg braden says that the earth is spinning out of control and will indeed stop , he say's this will happen he belives on december 12 , 2012 . he calls this zero point when the earths magnetic field will disappear because the planets rotation will have stopped . however before u go jump out that window my friend this does not mean we will fall off the earth as gravity is a different energy all together . the earth will spin again , however the other way around and east will become west and west will become east . this has happened in history at least 14 times in the last 4.5 million years , the last one is said to have happened in about 11 - 13,000 bc . this is essentially what is causing floods , famine , the melting of the polar icecaps , ozone depletion and terrible weather around the globe - the earths rotation or lack there of . this according to gregg braden and many scientists who have been told to shut up and keep quiet when they present this fact to government officials who don't want to hear it , y ? well scroll up and read y and next time try and pay attention .
2007-01-08 21:56:45
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answered by Anonymous
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People should see "An inconvienent truth" about Global Warming. It's real people. It's not a political issue, it's a moral one. It's unethical for us not to act. For our children.
2007-01-08 21:59:15
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answered by skunkgrease 5
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I personally believe that global warming is currently taking place.
The growing amount of evidence is to large to ignore!
2007-01-08 21:57:56
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answered by Tim 2
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Why are you asking on this topic?
Do you have a google? Try it. You'll find scientists universally agree global warming is real.
2007-01-08 21:56:44
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answered by STFU Dude 6
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