What do you think it will take to convince Rush Slimebaugh that global warming is real?

Question

I would say that a majority of the planet thinks it is a human caused phenomena, and you may say that "the entire planet used to think the earth was flat" but the difference is that belief didnt have the power to destroy the human race.

SO: 1. do you believe it?
2.what do you think should be done about it?
3. most important, how can we get Rush's attention?

interestingly enough i commute to work about 10 miles a day and 3 of those day are by bicycle

and why is it that conservatives always howl about the "liberal media" and then rally behind Rush, Sean Hannity and Fox news?
How many countries signed Kyoto?
How many scientists agree with the idea of CO2 emissions raising the earths temperature?

Answer 1

Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation into the future.

Global average near-surface atmospheric temperature rose 0.6 ± 0.2 °Celsius (1.1 ± 0.4 °Fahrenheit) in the 20th century. The prevailing scientific opinion on climate change is that "most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities."[1] The main cause of the human-induced component of warming is the increased atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), which leads to warming of the surface and lower atmosphere by increasing the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases are released by activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, and agriculture.

Models referenced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predict that global temperatures may increase by 1.4 to 5.8 °C (2.5 to 10.5 °F) between 1990 and 2100. The uncertainty in this range results from both the difficulty of predicting the volume of future greenhouse gas emissions and uncertainty about climate sensitivity.

An increase in global temperatures can in turn cause other changes, including a rising sea level and changes in the amount and pattern of precipitation. These changes may increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts, heat waves, hurricanes, and tornados. Other consequences include higher or lower agricultural yields, glacier retreat, reduced summer streamflows, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors. Warming is expected to affect the number and magnitude of these events; however, it is difficult to connect particular events to global warming. Although most studies focus on the period up to 2100, even if no further greenhouse gases were released after this date, warming (and sea level) would be expected to continue to rise since CO2 has a long average atmospheric lifetime.

Remaining scientific uncertainty comes from the exact degree of climate change expected in the future and particularly how changes will vary from region to region across the globe. A hotly contested political and public debate has yet to be resolved, regarding whether anything should be done, and what could be cost-effectively done to reduce or reverse future warming, or to deal with the expected consequences. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at combatting global warming.

Rep. Edward Markey (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., a senior member of House panels on energy and natural resources, said that "for those who are still trying to determine responsibility for global warming, this new U.N. report on climate change is a scientific smoking gun."

The White House issued a statement less than four hours after the report's release defending Bush's six-year record on global climate change, beginning with his acknowledgment in 2001 that the increase in greenhouse gases is due largely to human activity.

Answer 2

Actually, the entire population of the planet does NOT think global warming is caused by humans. Mostly that thought line is reserved for typically liberal-leaning folk who enjoy having the news media direct their thought processes, if one could call that process thought. Does the combustion of fossil fuel contribute to what's currently called global warming? Yup. But so do several warm days in a row, as well as many other things. Talk to a geologist some time, or take some other measure to learn about the subject. When you become knowledgeable, then you, Rush and I will become convinced global warming is caused, wholly, by people, at roughly the same time......or not.

Answer 3

Hmm...I'll assume that you mean anthopogenic global warming in your question. If so, the answers are:

1. No
2. Nothing
3. Provide some reasonable scientific evidence. The best data presented so far is the Vostok ice core data that, contrary to the proponents interpretation, shows that CO2 has *never* been responsible for global temperature changes in over 400,000 years. You will have to provide science a little better than the interpretation that the level of mercury in a thermometer controls the temperature in a room.

Answer 4

1. Of course.

2. Conserve energy, develop alternative energy sources, do research on capturing (sequestering) carbon dioxide.

3. You cannot change the mind of a committed global warming denier. I don't think it's the "most important" thing.

Answer 5

Rush might sit up and take notice when he sees you moving back into town from Lilywhiteville instead of commuting 60 miles round trip every day.

Answer 6

Start killing all the big mouth liberals will fix it.