Is it true about the you, Americans?

Question

I am referring to the following: do you, in general, think that the phenomenon called "global warming" is going on because it is, at first place, a God's will? Hence, human shall not "interfere" in such a will...

Is it true?

I heard that your politicians, including Sr. Bush, of course, think like that and that's why they do not agree with the "scientists" studies on that issue.

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What do you say about that?



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Answer 1

No. That's not what it's about. The US government has interfered with the reporting of scientific findings and has muddled the debate with questions of causality and whether the phenomenon is naturally ocurring for economic rather than religious reasons.

Answer 2

You treat the term America as though it only means the leadership. America is about much more and even Geo Bush has acknowledged global warming. The push in the US is to break the oil addiction and that means reductions in emissions. If you watch American news, you must be aware that all news is negative and if you accept the news without having the knowledge to interpret it you will have a negative view of the US. Come to the US and see for yourself. The US has many laws that regulate businesses, cars, industrial emissions, water poulltion etc and there is an ongoing struggle to succeed in the reduction of pollution and when people to the right, like Pres Bush, acknowledge that and direct funding toward green research we must be on the right path. Now the emerging industrial economies, including China, are accepting pollution as a trade off for economic expansion. Be more clever, more creative. Anyone can criticize the US, its chic. Learn more, read the EPA websites and see the work being done. Join the effort to reduce pollution and address global warming. Otherwise you become a barking dog, barking at the villain who is not there.

Answer 3

Of course that is what you "heard" but if you put a little effort into your thinking you would realize that Al Gore (once our VP) has been nominated for the Nobel prize for his work in this area..Most Americans are aware of global warming...and take individual steps to do what we can to help prevent it....that being said we also do not fall into the "scientist said it it must be true" category....thirty years ago the scientists were predicting an ice age by the end of the century....you must realize that there is a lot of money at stake in the global warming arena..on both sides of the issue...the truth probably falls in the middle...a result of both natural and man made causes...if it was simply "greenhouse gasses" why wouldn't they deploy a massive scrubber system like they use on the spacestation to reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere? There is probably Very little that man can do to reduce/eliminate global warming...and the effects will probably not be as severe as you are obviously worried about (remember the earth's temperatures were well above predictions during the jurrassic era...and there was plenty of land for the dinosaurs to roam around)..

Answer 4

I think the information you have is coming from innacurate and politically motivated sources who (1) hate our President and (2) hate wealth and technology. What you hear simply is not true. What is true is that, while most scientists agree that the earth is warming, unbiased scientific proof that it is caused by humans remains unclear.

If you don't believe this, just look at relatively recent history and think rationally about things. The earth experienced a documented warming trend during the middle ages (global temperatures were higher than they are today) ... certainly long before cars, engines and the like existed. Periods of cooling have also occured. In the 1970's, scientists were warning of the disasters of global cooling!

Should we make the earth cleaner? Of course! But should we stop human progress, no!

Answer 5

we do not all believe the same things.

personally, i think it's the height of arrogance to believe we are the cause of global warming. here's why: this planet is so old, that it has gone through numerous climate changes before. i learned in elementary school that the reason the dinosaurs were extinct is because of climate change. (they've since changed their minds and say it's not known. but i read books that said it was the climate.) since the planet has had this before, and men were not around, how can we be at fault?

then, there's that the other planets in this solar system are showing signs of warming, too. OTHER PLANETS ARE WARMING TOO. are you going to tell me their populations are the cause? pardon me whilst i laugh in your face. either there's noone there or we've been lied to for decades by the same scientific community you want me to believe about global warming. isn't it more likely something to do with the sun?

also, did you realize back in the 70's these same scientists were convinced we only had like 20 years to live because we were heading for another ice age and we'd all die? if they were wrong then, why can't they be wrong now?

sorry, i'm going to wait for a bit more proof, if it's all the same to you. thanks.

Answer 6

Nope. Not true. I, for one, have never heard Sr. Bush say that. There is a general feeling that:
1. The Earth's climatic changes are a part of the planet's natural cycle (the same that brought us the 'global warming' that brought us out of the ice age)- although I don't think we can deny that pollution may be expediting the process.
2. Even if the USA were to quit burning fossil fuels tomorrow, countries like China, India and Brazil would continue to build polluting power plants, drive old polluting cars and burn fields, leading to continued build up of green house gasses.

Is it true that you Brazilians, in general, won't stop cutting down rainforest trees, even though they are the Earth's natural way of revitalizing it's atmosphere, because you want to raise more cattle to eat?

Answer 7

Sorry to nitpick, but if you are from Brazil, doesn't that make you an American also? South American to be exact, but still an American. (I believe you mean United States).

Now...the answer is that there is a very small, but extremely loud and vocal group of people in the United States who believe that Global Warming isn't real because God wouldn't allow it. There is an even smaller group who WANT global warming because, tired of waiting for Jesus to come flying out of the sky and rescue them from us evil heathens, are attempting to purposely destroy the world to bring about God's will on their own. You'll find the latter also believe in a war against all of the Muslims in the middle East will help bring about this end as well. However, they tow the line with the first group to try to convince everyone else that "global warming isn't real".

Is G.W. Bush among them? I couldn't tell you. But considering he doesn't know that coal counts as a fossil fuel, I don't rely much upon his understanding of science.

Answer 8

That is not what all Americans think. Unfortunately, the most visible Americans right now give the rest of the world that impression. There is evidence that this administration has pressured the scientific community to downplay the severity of global warming. We do not think it is "God's will". We know it is a result of several factors (many of which caused by humans). Just look at the movie "An Inconvenient Truth". That was made by Americans.

Answer 9

Heck no! Not in my world. This American gives no credit to god. It's the smog...ha ha

Anyways, nah. I haven't heard Bush say any hoobla about that. And Americans in general are very varied and different from each other. You'll hardly get them all to agree about something. It's against our constitution. We shall debate! And we do at great cost. Wonderful system huh?

Answer 10

My guess is that is true for about 30% of the US population.

Another 30% are a bit more grounded in science and reason.

If there is a vocal minority (like that first 30%), it's tough to get the other 40% to know what is real or not. I wish more scientists would get on the soap box and address the facts.

Answer 11

I don't beleive in that global warming crap...I live in West Texas and we are having the coldest winter that I can ever remember. We have had more snow and sleet this winter than we have had in the last 5 years totalled together. So don't talk to me about global warming when I'm freezing my butt off!