Even if you don't think global warming is real how come you don't want to protect the environment anyway just in case it is real?
2007-02-11 12:18:42 · 21 answers · asked by Gemini Girl 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
They think it cuts into short term profits.
It would mean that people would have to take responsibility for their actions.
I think it is real, at least the world is going through global climate change. I think we can continue at the current level of civilization, and even higher, but we should have started to do something about it 30 years ago. However, it is not too late to start now.
2007-02-11 12:30:43 · answer #1 · answered by Paul K 6 · 3⤊ 5⤋
The real question is why does this have to be politicized in the first place? Even if global warming does exist, just compare these two numbers: Over the past 100 years, the Earth's temp has increased .7 degrees. But the economy has increased 1800 percent.
Also, keep in mind that as a child of the 70's, I lived through all the talk of another ice age coming. There just is not enough science to definitively say that global warming exists. And, even if it does, the playing field has to be level to get it under control. The only way to level the playing field is to get China to sign the Kyoto treaty to reduce Greenhouse emissions. They are planning to build another 4000 coal fired power plants in the next 20 years. And that, will go completely unchecked while the global community hawks the USA to keep ours in check.
Scratching my head on that one!
2007-02-11 12:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm for protection, but some of our environmental policies are just absolutely stupid. Look at the wildfires California has had - if loggers had been able to thin out the forests, that wouldn't have happened. For goodness sakes, people can't even go into burned areas in Oregon to reclaim any salvageable wood! Yeah, far better to just let it burn again.
I *do* think global warming is real. Heck, if I could, I'd take the bus to work - but the closest bus stop to my house is the building next to the one I work in. We have people here who ride their bikes all year - even at -40. THAT is dedication - I'm not that hardcore.
I'm all for environmental MANAGEMENT - but to just stop all logging, for example, is a bad idea. We can either keep the forest healthy, or Mother Nature will do it herself.
2007-02-11 12:37:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jadis 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Who has said they're against protecting the environment? Regardless of whether global warming is real, we all have a duty to take care of the Earth. I doubt anyone is against that. Not consciously, anyway. But the issue as it applies to politics, involves government involvement and I am against putting any more US employers out of business.
2007-02-11 12:33:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Your local meteorologists can't even predict what the weather will be next week with any real accuracy, how do you expect them to know what our weather will be in 100 years. New York is experiencing record snowfalls this year, does any of this sound like global warming to you? Look im not close-minded to the possibility of a real problem, but I have not seen anything to convince me otherwise.
2007-02-11 12:40:36 · answer #5 · answered by yendor11 1 · 3⤊ 3⤋
There is no global warming only normal climate change. And even if there is global warming then you get me a job that will let me make a living and you can change what ever you like and by make a living I mean does not tax me to starvation to take care of the liberal agenda also.
2007-02-11 12:40:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Thoughtful people don't pollute. We throw garbage where it belongs. We dispose of oil and antifreeze properly. We don't litter.
At the same time, we are not about to change our way of life because of the latest doomsday scenario. We have heard it all before. We have been lied to countless times, and we just plain don't believe them.
2007-02-11 14:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've previously observed that it's now virtually impossible to be an orthodox Republican and believe in science. To be counted as one of the faithful, it's necessary to take a party-line view on scientific issues ranging from global warming to epidemiology to evolution. One aspect of this, which I've pointed to in the past, is the proliferation of "junk science' sites, which, while purporting to defend science, act like trial lawyers, selecting (and if necessary distorting) the evidence that supports the party line, while ignoring or libelling any researcher whose findings are politically inconvenient.
2007-02-11 12:29:31 · answer #8 · answered by dstr 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
-----People do the same thing for different reasons. There can be 150 people watching the same movie at the same time in the same theater, each for a different reason. ---Jim
2007-02-11 12:26:26 · answer #9 · answered by James M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You make a great point, even if we do not cause global climate change we should be trying to influence it and plan ahead for what might occur.
2007-02-11 12:23:58 · answer #10 · answered by ash 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋