Well, let's clear this up everyone. The Earth over its whole lifetime have been going through continues cycles of heating, cooling, polar reversal and axis detanglement. It is the only way for the Earth to natural recharge itself. By recharge, i mean maintain a steady polar charge at its north and south pole and and maintain a steady temperature in the earths core.
The earth has already begun to shift again, wobbling on its axis and shifting it polar arrangements again. This time, it will not be warming but instead cooling. Remember a few weeks ago when the Alaskan front came south without warming up at all before it reached the West side of the U.S. and we got freeze warnings, snow in Malibu, and all time low temperatures. Get ready for more of those because the earth is due for a cool down because extensive research have found our internal core temp is getting higher. When this happens the external hemispheres begin to shift and the world begins to cool. DON'T WORRY, i highly doubt its gonna be another ice age. But get ready for some cold summers. Want to know something really fun. Remember the Sumatran earthquake. It wasn't a rumor when they said that it threw off the earths rotation by .002 seconds. What kind of a difference does that make, a difference of 1000 years in a cycle the earth has been going through over its existence. Keep chugging along Sher, you're on the right track on the world. Kudos!
2007-02-02 17:33:43
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answered by Alchemist 2
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Yes on both counts. However, I am hugely disappointed at the coordinated attempt recently to convince everyone that the sky is falling. To put it into perspective, they said the same thing back in the 70's as well and we seemed to make it to the new millennium without problem. As with the 70's brand of fire brand environmentalism I suspect that the motives behind the recent fervor are far more political than truly environmental in nature, patricularly given that this issue seems to be heating up at the *exact* time that the larger partisin political machines are josteling to set the agenda for the next presidential election.
Global climate change is nothing new. Basic geology makes it abundantly clear that the climatic conditions on our planet are quite dynamic. We have been through many periods of relative warming (the middle ages, for example) and relative cold (the ice age, for example). Of course, it is hard to ignore the impacts of our industrialized world and it is very important that we do what we can to reduce that impact. However, the current hoopla seems to be designed to imply that we are immediately doomed. I very much doubt that, although we should not outright dismiss that possibility.
As for polar shift, once again science tells us that there have been several such events in the history of the planet. My take on this is "so what". There's not a whole heck of a lot we can do about it. The only big problem I see is that we will have to update any of our devices that use the Earth's magnetic field to determine direction.
2007-02-01 07:07:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Global warming occurs as does global cooling. It is mostly a figment of the far Left that every person who lights a candle is warming the atmosphere, however.
Like most things involving the Left, the entire idea of Global warming is simply an attempt to shut down industrial production in capitalist countries. It is also an attempt to control the lives of people. They want to ban light bulbs, make you buy a $100,000 hydrogen automobile when there are no filling stations and the cost per same amount of fuel per mile will be over $5. It is not logical, nor does it have to be. It is "The sky is falling" mentality, coupled with "Capitalism is evil" mumbo jumbo.
Proof positive of this fact is that back in the 70's the Liberals were predicting a "Global ice age"--what happened?
Many scientists are on the bandwagon for a simple reason--money. If you say there is no global warming threat then you have to forgo any grant to study the "problem".
2007-02-01 06:53:07
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answered by Eric K 5
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Once carbon fuel cells are profitable, no one will even bother to argue this point. Carbon fuel cells remove carbon from the environment, can be 70% efficient and will run on carbonized biomass. (today's cars are about 15% efficient)
The hydrogen economy is just nearly impossible and will never likely compete with fossil fuels. Direct-carbon-fuel-cells CAN! And in every way. In the next 10 to 20 years, every mile we drive will actually CLEAN the atmosphere!
Search: Dr. Michael Antal University of Hawaii
and: Direct Carbon Fuel Cells
and: Carbon Fuel Cell
and: Flash Carbonization
Really. There's no need to be EITHER pro-environment OR pro-business. We just need to be more PRO-fessional and scientistic.
Polar reversal is just as real, though, and I'm not sure what we can do about it. Ever see the movie "Core"? It's about this team that sends a nuclear warhead to the center of the earth to retain current polarity. Cool!
As for the human factor, the reports being released by the scientific community appear to be conclusive. So, yep, we're contributing.
qwerty
2007-02-01 07:14:51
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answered by Anonymous
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There is compelling evidence that the earth has gone through relatively warm and cold periods throughout its history with no intervention by humans. There is also compelling evidence that CO2 traps heat in the environment and that humans are producing a lot of it. There is also compelling evidence that the average temperature has been increasing. The only thing that remains to be clearly demonstrated is the relative proportion of heat increase that comes from human activity vs. natural activity. For that there is little compelling evidence. But that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be taken seriously.
2007-02-01 06:50:01
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answered by Gene 3
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Well, since it has been proven that the earth is warming up, I'd have to say that yes, I believe that global warming is real. I don't buy into the theory that it is man made, however. There is not nearly enough evidence yet to determine whether man is contributing to it or not. We won't know for hundreds of years, and by then, mankind will probably have killed each other out anyway.
2007-02-01 06:49:41
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answered by Tikimaskedman 7
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The Earth is not static. Continents shift. Volcanos erupt. Ocean currents shift course. Sun flares occur. All of these things cause climate change. The climate of the Earth has changed many times in the past. It is only lately that some of this change has been laid to Human activity. Personally, when I see pictures or TV shots of cars and trucks on the highway billowing fumes [easy to see in the right conditions] or see photographs or videos of factories spewing out black smoke, I don't question what is causing it lately.
2007-02-01 07:01:11
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answered by william a 6
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Global Warming. There was indisputable proof from 130 countries on the news today. As if we didn't know that 20 years ago.
2007-02-01 06:49:15
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answered by andy in greece 6
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I believe in global warming......and global cooling....just that it is not caused by man. The earth has been going through periods of warmer than normal, and cooler than normal temps since it all began. What do you think caused the ice to melt a billion years ago?
No man, no factories, no smog, but all the ice melted, didn't it?
2007-02-01 06:49:08
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answered by not4u2c_yet 4
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2016-11-23 20:49:45
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answered by ? 3
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