in south east asia its predicted that there will be a major drought in april-may which is going to be worst than in 1997 when there was el nino. what are the govts. of the world going to do to stop or slow down global warming!?
2007-02-20 01:19:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
well i live in malaysia and i remember how hard it was in 1997 when el nino first happened. water was short and because of that prices for other things rose too. it was a hard time and its going to happen again. whats going to happen if every year from now on drought happens. i think our govts and some people who say its a natural cycle need to ask themselves why are there all these signs? in malaysia we never had droughts like the one in 1997 before and the one this year is supposed to be worst.
2007-02-20 03:48:51 · update #1
Well, the answers are there, and they've been there for a long time. The governments of the world haven't acted on them for a number of reasons, most of which are excuses.
"Oh, our economy might have to adapt..." (Pity that an economy might evolve... we wouldn't want that.)
"It would drive unemployment!" (It wouldn't.)
"The scientists are just in it for themselves!" (Yet they cite oil company representatives when trying to prove this point. And the oil companies are in it for humanity? Wow that's backwards...)
"Scientists were wrong before so they'll be wrong again!" (Science is always evolving... and scientific beliefs are always changing.... all based on the evidence at hand.)
So what are the governments of the world going to do?
That depends on a much larger question: Are the governments of the world going to listen to science or superstition? What is the predominant force on this planet between those two? Are we in the midst of a dark age where science is tossed out the window for the personal gain of an elite few who are mindlessly followed by legions of the self-bonded? Or are we in an age of enlightenment where we have the foresight to change and avoid catastrophe?
People just don't think in the long-term. They're too concerned with short term gains. They refuse to pay an extra $5 on their electric bill today even if it nets them a $50 savings per bill two years from now.
And our politicians are largely bought and paid for by organizations that think in the short-term and pay for policies which benefit the short term.
So what are the governments going to do?
Absolutely nothing unless we silence the legion of uneducated fools who keep saying "it's all a myth!" and display no understanding of science and knowledge and unless we boot the oil companies from their ability to essentially write energy policy, we're not looking too good.
What's probably going to happen is that it's going to get bad enough where we won't be able to ignore it anymore... and the government will throw its hands up in the air and the we'll be relying on the market to fix things... the trouble being that the market is reactive, while the problem requires a proactive fix.
The global warming scenario is tied directly to the energy production scenario. We're going to reject the development of alternate energy sources because self-interested people say it's cheaper to burn off our reserves, and then turn around and run to the bank laughing as they raise the price of their product... explaining away price increases as "cost increases" all the while sending out press releases about their record profits that quarter.
... and their and our kids are going to pay, all because too many people don't double-check their sources and buy the opinions of evil, corrupt people...
2007-02-20 01:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by leftist1234 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drop giant ice cubes into the oceans.
That will be as effective as any other measure proposed.
People need to start realizing that we are living in an environment of climatic change. This has been going on for much longer than humans have been around.
The sooner people make this realization and stop politicizing the issue, the sooner we can start working on ways to adapt to the environmental changes we are facing. And I can tell you right now that the answer is NOT to pass measures that will cripple economies, particularly the developing economies of the poor countries we are so concerned about!
2007-02-20 01:24:57 · answer #2 · answered by Time to Shrug, Atlas 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well I reckon it will either warm up or cool down.
Either way, someday, somehow, sometime, our
species will probably die out. Christian types
know how to view this.
I think the argument should be on how to
understand what is going on (because, clearly, their is much public argument, no matter which side you take), convince the public of what exactly is going on, and do something about it so as
to minimize suffering.
It might be silly or not, but wouldn't it be great to understand it in a definitive and convincing way??
2007-02-20 01:55:14 · answer #3 · answered by farmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that "environmentalist" actually are a religion of sorts (if you can get past the fact that most of them are socialist/communist) and much of what they "believe" about "global warming" they have spent decades trying to get "science" to prove for them. Like any religion, the global warming enviro-fascists require a great deal of "faith" and make claims that your future will be entirely decided by how you deal with the belief system of a particular religion...Do _____ or you will go to hell. Enforce regulations or you will all die.
I spent some time researching "global warming" with a fairly open mind. I found out that the planet is warming a tiny bit, that it has cooled and warmed ALOT over a very long period of time. If it had not been for "global warming" in our geological history, no one would be living in Denver or the Great Lakes area...they used to be covered with ice and glaciers. Thank goodness for global warming huh? Oh, that all took place before anybody figured out how to make gasoline or a machine that would run on it. In fact, mankind was barely a factor at all.
So, I think the earth is very old. BILLIONS of years old. It goes through cycles of cooling and warming. I was not able to find any compelling science (one way or the other) that proves beyond doubt that man is influencing global warming or cooling to any real measureable degree whatsoever. Especially in the "nano-second" that the last 30 (or 100) years comprise in earths evolutionary clock.
So why all the "hullabaloo" about global warming when there is so little to base the bruhaha on? Back to any earlier paragraph...the environmentalist "movement" is comprised of socialist/communist that HATE the free market system and are desperately trying to do with mis-information and fear mongering what they couldn't do with nukes. Paralyze American free enterprise through the imposition of rediculously heavy regulations that increasingly limit their ability to exist.
What do you think Ollie?
2007-02-20 03:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing, because aparently, according to cons, it doesn't exist and that liberals who talk about the environment are "full of hot air."
2007-02-20 01:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by Groovy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What can be done? The earth has been warming for centuries. Our only solution would be to reduce the population of the earth and stop all industrial activities. The earth would still warm.
2007-02-20 01:25:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
al Gore is going to invent a machine that stops the burning of fossil fuels and wins elections. Oh, wait, no he's not.
2007-02-20 01:26:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
basically the over dramatic but truth is were all guna die. well not us but our kids kids kids kids etc..
2007-02-20 01:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by bee 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
same thing that happened with Y2K
2007-02-20 01:26:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They can not.
2007-02-20 01:22:14 · answer #10 · answered by Reported for insulting my belief 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋