Isn't global warming a big ado about nothing?

Answer 1

Yes.

Global warming is natural. Mankind MAY be contributing to it - but mankind is NOT the cause of global warming.

Cavemen were NOT driving SUVs, working in huge factories or chopping down the rainforests when the last ice age ended (the actual START of global warming).

Answer 2

Sadly, it can be a myth and also a frightening truth. Myth as in we as ordinary people would not really be able to see what side effects of global warming is doing to us , truth is we do feel that it's get warmer each year and the length of warm periods throughout the year is getting longer. Like a coin, there's 2 sides to everything.

Answer 3

Of course not. It is actually very serious. You might not realize the results now, but think of later on. The heat melts the polar ice caps, causing the seas to rise, to change the direction of the currents, haywire climatic changes, and of course, death to so many species of animals! Do you not care about this world? Just look at what happened a while ago! The tsunami that hit so many parts, including India. I was here when it hit us, and my family had been on the coasts just one day before it hit. Think of all those people's families that died! THink of all those animals that will become extinct, like the emperor penguin. This isn't a big ado about nothing. Ever seen The Day after Tomorrow (is that the name...? Never good at those sorts of things) I thought it a bit farfetched, but it present the overall idea VERY forcefully.

Answer 4

The earth's cycles are measured in thousands and millions of years. It is a bit premature to declare global warming caused by man in a just a few decades.

Answer 5

if you don't have to eat
if you don't live on earth

Haven't you seen the simulations regarding weather, flooding, food production?

I don't know how old you are. If you're past 70 then maybe you don't need to care.

Those in their 20ties are going to have full blown problems -- VERY SOON! HOW SOON?

Already less rain fall is affecting many countries at certain latitudes, Spain, China and others I am sure.

What do you think these recent excessive twisters problems and New Orleans type problems represent?

Answer 6

Hi Roberto,
Serious enough, that if we don't fix things now, we open the flood gates (almost literally lol) .. to a world-wide cataclysm : /
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It is a test if ever there was one, it will not affect the current leading generation, but it WILL affect the ones to follow VERY severely, if we don't all take action now, we will suffer, our children will suffer, and for all we know, our children's children might not ever exist...
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Not a very bright future we've set up for ourselves is it?
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It is truly an opportunity for us, to "shine as a species", to reach a true golden era... where we are unhindered in energy production, and can explore life to a much larger extent....
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Thanks, for the question!;)

My regards!

Take care!

Answer 7

global warming has happened many times in the Earth's past. the difference is that this time, it is the humans who are speeding up the natural cycle of the Earth. we are hastening changes that normally would take many more years.

Answer 8

all the wonder of the world is gone for sure

global warming is a big problem but not as big as the upcoming nuclear war and the coming of the anti christ i dont know if you picked up on it there but these guys are a little anti gay
i miss the o.c.

Answer 9

Dire predictions by scientists or dubious conjectures by would-prognosticators on ANSWERS.COM.... hmmm, lemme see, who should i believe. I'll go with the scientists, sorry.

Answer 10

hardly nothing for all the dead people

Is global warming a man-made menace?

not all there are natural cycles in the planets life
but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms

some home truths

politicians and scientists who work for politicians have downplayed the facts because solutions are expensive and means change and change effects many people income,and most of the world is kept in the dark of the real things that are going on.


in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification


in recent times thousands of people have died because of exessive heat,usually old people.in India ,Mexico and France,
deforestation causing desertification,the desert conditions causing very cold nights and scorching hot days

in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns and turned their lands into dessert,the globe where they were got to hot for them .
and instead of producing food they are now needing it from some where else,and they will drastically effect the world food prices when they start buying water in the form of grains ,at any cost destabalising governments, in some countries ,could be the result
(are you seeing more Chinese around interested in agricultural lands ,we do here in Mexico)

,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year
and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were no desserts.

collectively this planet is drying up because of bad farming practices like,over grazing and fertilizers,

as far as the food production is concerned, Global warming or some of its effects are serious,rising seas result in landloss

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

more landloss because of desertification every year,we have less areble land to produce food ,for an extra 70 million people ,

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,
and there are less and less farmers to do it..
who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers
who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,
because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing

RISING SEAS
The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.
this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter.

Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where.

SOLUTIONS
if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the destructive processes

reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

the protection of existing forrests.

stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb over´populaion

Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks

,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

recicling wastes,limit water use

i am a Permaculture Consultant for the department of Ecology for the regional government in Guerrero Mexico
http://spaces.msn.com/byderule

Source(s) Lester E Brown is the director and founder of the global institute of Environment in the United states .he has compiled a report based on all the satalite information available from NASA,and all the information that has
come from Universities and American embassies WORLD WIDE ,
his little book--a planet under stress , Plan B has been trans lated into 50 languages and won the best book award in 2003.