Why does the UN want us to believe in global warming without any proof?

Question

If you believe the news reports, it is 90% proven that global warming is man made. However, none of these articles provide any of the evidence. How do they know what sun spots don't contribute to global warming? How do they know that the heat from cities doesn't affect the temperature readings, ect? How come the green house gasses from man are worse than those from forest fires and volcanoes? How come the USA is always blamed when China, Mexico and others produce much more pollution as a percentage of GDP? What about the ozone hole that was supposed to be so bad that it couldn't be reversed, isn't this the same sort of thing? Isn't global warming better than global cooling? All I hear is that USA has caused Global warming and we are the worst people on the planet. It all comes from those with a lot go gain from more regulations like smog check 2 and MTBE (cure worse than cause). How come those scientists who don't believe in man made global warming are not allowed to speak?

Answer 1

A number of scientists have already refuted these findings due to their lack of evidentiary support and due to who is supporting the findings. The U.N.'s group has more knowledge in the political realm than the scientific one. This U.N. group has ignored too many sources and quickly placed all the blame on mankind. If global warming were continuing on the same trend (as stated by the ever-so-knowledgeable Al Gore (note the sarcasm)), then we would have had an even worse hurricane season than the year before. The fact of the matter is that thses supposed scientists have not even considered natural climatological cycles, other sources of greenhouse gases and atmospheric carbon, and the random nature of nature itself.

Blaming the United States for these or any other problems is a typical multinational maneuver. These countries have no problem pointing the finger and trying to talk down to America, but when things hit the fan and the U.N. needs a nation to lead the way, who do they turn to? China and Mexico are major contributors to this environmental issue, as well as India, the Middle East (have you seen those oil refineries?), and Europe. God forbid that those nations admit their part in the issue.

This entire situation is politically driven. Those nations who continue to look at the U.S. as the sole criminal and propose such regulations and atmospheric safeguard implementations would benefit the most from their passage. Since we would not be able to meet such requirements (i.e. Kyoto Accords) that other nations could easily meet, we are automatically labeled as villainous. Meanwhile, we have spearheaded hybrid engines, biodiesel, ethanol engines, solar energy panels, alternative energy sources, etc. yet we are the bad guys in this situation.

Personally, the rest of the world needs to wake up and look itself in the mirror.

Answer 2

There is proof. The articles are summaries of consensus among scientists from over 131 countries (including the USA). Full details have been released in the past and continue to be released. They know (with greater than 90% assurance) because they are the smartest and most educated people in the field of climatology or in fields that may affect the climate (like volcanology, astrophysics, etc). All the things you mention are considered and factored in.

The USA is not always blamed for everything, though it may seem that way to you based on some US media coverage and pundits who don't know enough about climatology or who have their own, often paid, agendas.

Lead was removed from gasoline by legislation pushed through by a large California-based oil refiner (once they had a patent on the process). MBTE was added by the oil refiners because it was the cheapest way they could meet requirements for cleaner-burning gasoline.

Everyone is allowed to speak, but scientists adhere to a code (the Scientific Method) that requires research be peer-reviewed and results be replicable. If someone keeps coming to the table with the same old mumbo-jumbo, they'll eventually be ignored by reputable scientists.

Read the whole story. Go to multiple primary sources. Bear in mind that what this is all about is trying to figure out if something is wrong, what factors are causing it, and is there anything that can be done to reduce or eliminate harmful changes. None of it is 100%, but if you were told there was a 90% chance you'd win the lottery, I'm pretty sure you'd buy a ticket.

Answer 3

Global warming probably is worse than global cooling. Think about it like this: in the case of global cooling, humans could simply survive by growing plants indoors, in green houses and such, and use heating to keep themselves warm. In the case of global warming, the ice caps are being melted away. There are two effects caused by this: 1) the water levels of the oceans are rising, so that flooding and hurricane/tsunami like weather conditions could be much worse. 2) the ice caps reflect much of the sun's heat/radiation, keeping the world healthier and cooler. Eventually, the outside world will get so bad and so hot and radioactive with UV that it would be suicidal to go out.
My next answer is that there is proof that humans, and especially Americans are to blame for Global Warming. Since the 70s, the amoung of CO2 in the atmosphere has grown almost exponentially. This is because of more factories, and the end of the "hippie age" where everyone wanted more eco-friendly ways. The United States also spends the most amount of money per capita on gas and electricity, and also expends the most per capita C02 than any other country.

Answer 4

There is a staggering amount of proof. Thousands upon thousands of different reports all arriving at the same conclusion including one of the biggest and most wide ranging reports written by 2000 scientists and published yesterday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6321351.stm.

Botanists, geologists, hyrdographers, climatologists, meteorologists, geographers and many other scientific disciplines have separately studied global warming. Individuals, universities, corporations, local and national governments, international associations have studied it and almost always the conclusions are the same. The only reports that don't concur are those produced by organisations with a vested interest such as the oil companies. There must have been at least a million studies over the years.

As a scientifically minded person with a comprehension of global warming and climate change I find it incomprehensible that there are people who are unable to accept the fact that it's happening despite overwhelming evidence. Of course, there are the sceptics and conspiracy theorists but if you believe them then you should also believe that Elvis is alive, 9/11 was the work of the government, Princess Diana was murdered by her own family and man never set foot on the moon.

Not one argument put forward by those who debunk global warming stands up to even basic scrutiny. The most favoured argument being the one about 27,000 scientists who signed a declaration denying global warming. There was no declaration, nothing was signed, the document in question was a fraudulent e-mail distributed by a little known and disrespected organisation, the subject was the Kyoto Protocol, it was made to appear it had been written by a respected scientist who has vehemently denied any association with it.

Anyway, to answer your specific points...

- 90% PROVEN -
No-one is saying 90% of global-warming is man made - quite the contrary. The scientists are saying man's activities contribute towards global warming. No-one knows how much for sure because no-one knows quite how much the world would warm of it’s own accord. Some reports suggest the figure could be as little as 4%. This may not sound much but even 4% could tip the scales. Imagine this... you drive a car which uses one gallon of gas every 25 miles. You fill the tank and drive 100 miles, you put in 4 gallons of gas - tank full again, you drive 200 miles, put in 8 gallons of gas - tank full again, you drive another 200 miles, put in 10 gallons of gas, result - the tank overflows and 2 gallons of gas spill on the floor. It's only a small percentage of the total amount of gas but it's enough to overflow the tank and make a real mess.

- SUNSPOTS -
Sunspots do contribute to global warming on a small and short-lived time scale. No-one denies this.

- HEAT FROM CITIES -
Cities do generate heat; this does contribute to global warming but only a tiny fraction of the overall effect. More important is the burning of fossil fuels to power the cities. Again, no-one denies this.

- GREENHOUSE GASES FROM MAN -
There are different greenhouse gases; the two main ones are methane and carbon-dioxide. Man produces these in vast quantities. Nature also produces them from volcanoes, rotting vegetation, forest fires etc but nature can also clean up it's own mess which it's been doing for billions of years. It's only capable of cleaning up so much mess and when mankind produces more than nature can handle then problems occur.

- USA GETS BLAMED -
The USA is the world's largest polluter. It has the ability to significantly reduce it's greenhouse emissions but has chosen not to do so and along with Australia was the only significant country not to sign up to the Kyoto Accord (Australians are very environmentally conscious anyway). Comparing pollution to GDP is meaningless as the two things are totally unrelated.

- OZONE HOLE -
One of many contributory factors, it's still there and getting bigger and you're right in that it can't be reversed.

- GLOBAL WARMING VS GLOBAL COOLING -
Both are catastrophic when there is a significant temperature change, as for which is better, it's like saying is it better break your leg falling out of a tree or falling off a roof - they're both bad.

- USA CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING -
No-one says that, the consensus is that the USA has contributed more to global warming than any other nation - nobody disputes this. Every nation has contributed to global warming.

- SCIENTISTS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK -
If they don't exist they can't speak. Who and where are these scientists? I've yet to meet one that's not been allowed to speak freely. 10, 20 years ago there were scientists who spoke out saying that global warming was a myth or was being exaggerated but faced with overwhelming evidence they've now conceded they were wrong. You'll be hard pressed to find a real scientist who disputes global warming.

If you want unbiased, uncensored information about global warming then go to the BBC
BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/
BBC Climate Change - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/portal/climate_change/default.stm

Answer 5

There's a ton of websites with proof. Here are two:

http://climate.weather.com/

http://www.ipcc.ch/

But the strongest proof will be the IPCC report. The scientists there considered all the other possible causes you list, and rejected them.

The IPCC report will be available in a few weeks. It will cost money, it's 1600 pages. But someone will put it up online at some point.

The IPCC report is the biggest scientific paper ever, with the most data, the nost authors, and the most peer review, in the history of science. It is the very pinnacle of hard scientific research. The last paper to hold that title was the last IPCC report in 2001. You can look at that one here.

http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/online.htm

Science does not get any solider than this.

Solid scientific evidence is why these conservatives have accepted global warming,

"The science of global warming is clear. We know enough to act now. We must act now."

James Rogers, CEO of Charlotte-based Duke Energy.

"The overwhelming majority of atmospheric scientists around the world and our own National Academy of Sciences are in essential agreement on the facts of global warming and the significant contribution of human activity to that trend."

Russell E. Train, former environmental official under Presidents Nixon and Ford

"Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming."

John McCain, Republican, Senator, Arizona

"These technologies will help us become better stewards of the environment - and they will help us to confront the serious challenge of global climate change."

President George Bush

Answer 6

The threat of the world ending due to humanity's carelessness is just the government's way of attempting to exercise control over the citizenry. Think about this: when did we start hearing about global warming? Do some research, and you'll find that it was shortly after the cold war ended. The cold war had a way of keeping people in fear...fear of nuclear attack, fear of WW3, fear of death, fear of the unknown. After The Soviet Union fell, the government had to find a new way to scare the sh*t of of people. Telling people that the air they breathe will soon be gone is a great way...hence the "hole in the ozone layer" Now, as an extension of the ozone layer thing...we have Global Warming! Do more research, and you'll discover that the overall temperature of the earth has actually DECREASED over the last 100 years. Some places get warmer, some places get cooler...and it all evens out.

Don't get caught up in the Al Gore hype. Global warming my patootie...where I live, it's going to be 16 degrees Monday. I'll take some warming RIGHT OVER HERE!

Answer 7

I think that the earth runs in cycles. We are in a warming cycle right now. As to why the US gets blamed? The US gets blamed for everything. We are a country to be envied, so we have a big bulls eye painted on us and everyone takes potshots at us. It sometimes feels like its the US against the world doesn't it. As to why those scientists who don't believe in man made global warming, the media won't give them any air time because its not gloom and doom news. Its much more newsy (in the medias mind) to report on the gloom and doom news than positive news. I did read an article in a newspaper where a scientist stated that he would much rather see the world warming than the world cooling. He said the alternative of another ice age would be absolutely catastrophic.

Answer 8

The UN wants power, plain and simple. Those that claim Global warming exist, claim there is overwhelming evidence.
The evidence is a "consensus of scientists believe........ "
Last I checked, thats not proof.
They will shout it over and over, but i dont think they are making headway. Lets hope for our childrens sake.

Answer 9

Someone nominated Al Gore for the Noble Prize for this. Do You remember when he said he invented the internet? I guess if you keep saying anything, some people will start to believe it.

Answer 10

The scientific community has presenented overwhelming proof. Why don't you get off the conspiracy and junk science sites once in a while and look at it?