A friend and I had a debate about global warming. He insisted it was real and was being caused by humans. What was so funny is every peice of evidence I brought out against it, he had a comeback so outrageous. I talked about how cold it has been, and he said that was a sign of global warming. I mentioned how back in the 70's the big scare was global cooling, he said that was the beginning. No matter what I said, he had an outlandish comeback. I even mentioned about passing gas being related to GW, as a joke of course, and he said yes, it is true, and he was sincere. I personally think that these tree-hugging bug lovers will grasp at anything, no matter how ridiculous it is, and relate it to GW. Perhaps when he catches a cold, he will say it is because of GW.
2007-02-09 22:48:42 · 6 answers · asked by TE 5 in Environment
If my house disappears, at least I will still be able to spell.
2007-02-09 23:12:09 · update #1
Global warming is at the fore front because politicians found how to use a new platform to get re-elected. The world leadersuse it because they found ways to make money at it. This is a made up problem just like Global Cooling in the 1970's. Wake up people. I agree we need to be more efficient with our resources, and we should fine and jail companies who are dumping into our rivers maliciously. I want to stop the raiforest destruction, but to say that global warming is a serious man made issue and we need to destroy the American economy and bow down to the rest of the world certainly does not float my boat. Follow the money on this one and you will see that it is all for political gain and grant money for those scientists who profit off of the government if global warming stays at the front of the issues. Look deep into the Keoto (sp?) Treaty, first of all they took jets to a non-central resort location. Not very environmentally concious. THen in the parameters of the treaty they have a clause that makes it so you can buy or sell polution credits. This is all about shifting wealth and breaking down the United States. This is painfully obvious, just look at peoples agenda. The earth's mean temperature has risen .6 degrees C in the past 125 years. Greenland's icecaps have gotten colder in the past 10 years. The Scientists who do not gain anything on their posisition will tell you that the earth has a natural progression and this is what we are seeing. The UN report is made up of POLITICIANS not a good spread of scientists. THere are as many or more scientists who believe that man in NOT the reason and it is over hyped, but their voice is not heard in the LIberal Mainstream Media. WAKE UP AMERICA, IT IS TIME TO BE AMERICANS. FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE. STOP THE LIES
2007-02-10 08:06:12 · answer #1 · answered by 4sanity 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is NO doubt we are in a period of global warming. That has almost universal recognition. The arguments comes from it's causes. There is NO consensus on just why global warming is occurring. People mistakenly believe that all the scientist agree that humans are causing global warming. That is NOT the fact. There is still NO total agreement as to what is causing global warming.
And associating local weather events with global warming is ridiculous and illogical. But many people are blaming severe cold and or severe hot weather on global warming. Just plain silly. Shows people just don't understand.
Like many things the media and politicians are using information improperly to support their own agenda. Newspapers wanna sell papers. Politicians wanna get elected.
What each of us should do is get acquainted with the facts. All the facts. This no easy chore. There is bias in the media. So using articles from the news is a waste. You have to go to the professional literature. You have to take the time to actually read papers. It's called being properly informed. Unfortunately in these times many people are not. They pick and choose things based on emotions. Big mistake. As all we Americans know by now.
2007-02-10 08:43:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Having studied climate and meteorology quite a bit in college, it boggles my mind how the polar ice is melting when you don't have any sun for half of the year. Some might say it's the ocean currents, but an equal number will say that the ice that is melting is on land. None of these apparent experts who throw their facts and figures out on Y!A have a bit of logic to their claims.
Of course there is more to it than just that, but it's also funny how we seldom, if ever, hear from the scientists who have been working the climate issues for decades (Dr William Gray comes to mind) and who say the GW issue being man made is bunk. why aren't we getting to hear rebuttal from the other side of the fence? This is just another case of the public being manipulated to address someones agenda. the sad part is that so many of us buy into it. The government will lie to us about WMD, terrorism, and God knows what, but not about GW?
2007-02-10 08:46:31 · answer #3 · answered by Spud55 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, as now all the world's top scientists have had this conference on climate change, under the banner of the United Nations, I guess there might be something in it. Whatever the cause, be it warming or cooling, something is causing a hell of a change in the global climate, and there's no going back. We will just have to adapt to it.
2007-02-10 06:59:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
the penguins are causing the global warming so that they can have their empire extended all the way down to mexico. the movies have predicted it. first there was the day after and then march of the penguins. it all makes perfect sense.
2007-02-10 07:00:39 · answer #5 · answered by misstress n 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I hope you are still laughing as your house dissapears under the water.
2007-02-10 07:00:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋