You mean liberals like these?
"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, Republican, former environmental official under Presidents Nixon and Ford
"We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late. The science is clear. The global warming debate is over."
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican, Governor, California
"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
2007-03-03 19:26:54
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answered by Bob 7
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I think you're out of luck, probably not a whole lot unless maybe you can think of a good way to trigger a super volcano? Something on the scale of Yellowstone perhaps.
As you said, we are not responsible for creating global warming and actually there is nothing we can do to stop global warming. We've been through several cycles of glaciation and subsequent melting in the last few million years (about every 40,000 to 100,000 years, driven by Earth's orbital cycles). The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago so we are in the early inter-glacial phase now (recently the frequency of glaciation has been closer to 100,000 yrs) with significant polar ice and glaciers remaining. Sea-level has been significantly higher during past interglacials than it is currently, so further warming and melting is definitely expected over the next 10 or 20,000 years whether we contribute to it or not. Of course, our contributions of greenhouse gases may speed things up a tiny bit, that remains to be seen. One interesting note though: 2 major volcanic eruptions alone (on the scale of Krakatoa or Vesuvius) contribute more greenhouse gases (CO2 mainly) to the atmosphere than all of human contributions throughout history so far. Fortunately, it gets reabsorbed in the oceans and much of it is eventually precipitated as carbonates.
2007-03-03 20:19:05
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answered by GatorGal 4
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Don't worry Gobal Warming WILL continue to increase even if people come to their senses today and starting cutting emissions. IF we won't don't come to our senses though this planet will become unhabitable by the human race. Maybe other smarter species will adapt but you can be sure we won't survive unless we start taking the issue seriously. Maybe you don't care but some of us would like to see a future for children.
2007-03-03 22:10:13
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answered by Shynney 2
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Ok, ill probably get a few thumbs down for this answer...i dont care. Itll be worth it if just 1 person gets something out of it.
1. The Greenhouse Effect is our atmosphere, it is GOOD. At day time, it keeps us protacted from most of the heat coming from the sun...at night, the heat that we do get during the day, gets trapped in the atmosphere and keeps us warm until day time again.
2. The atmosphere is mainly Nitrogen, Oxygen...with small amounts of Carbon DIoxide and other gasses. "Greenhouse Gasses". They are what keeps the heat in during night, and out during day. Insulation.
3. Global Warming is where the greenhouse gasses increase, therefore increasing the insulation around the planet. With more insulation, then the heat is retained better and we dont loose as much at night. The globe gets hotter.
So, it is possible to INCREASE global warming. By making more gasses, by burning more stuff. (like trees, and coal, and anything else you can get your hands on)
Well, if it is possible to increase Global warming, then, isnt it possible that we are contribing to it? Especially if we are burning all this stuff (coal, oil) that wasnt sposed to be burnt.
I do agree that "liberals" trying to win votes. But they have to do it somehow, dont they...might as well do it with the truth.
2007-03-03 20:29:51
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answered by Boggle Master 2
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Global Warming is a coverup that scientists made to cover up the fact that they were wrong when they ruled out that the earth is warming naturally.
2007-03-03 19:50:55
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answered by Andrew 2
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I am curious about what science you seem to know that others do not, but increasing global warming is easy.
We know for a fact its happening - records go back in the UK to 1649. We know its speeding up for a fact. We know that human activity can contribute. We just do not know exactly how much is down to human activity.
So increasing it is easy - everyone should adopt the US economic model and US style selfish behaviour, and temperatures should top 150 F by the end of the century.
2007-03-03 19:41:10
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answered by Anonymous
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The global warming theory is a joke.
Little known NASA data shows most of changes in the temperature of the earth are caused by changes in the sun.
Why Is Al Gore Spreading Lies?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArqQH25g0Zu5GRYp7.P4F53sy6IX?qid=20070301095528AAIsY27
Facts:
1) 6,000 years ago, the earth was hotter than it is today. 6,000 years is less than a second when compared with the age of the earth.
2) Temperatures dropped in the 1950's and 1990's when CO2 levels were increasing.
3) 140,000 years ago the earth had record CO2 levels and there were no gasoline powered cars.
4) 20,000 years ago, Canada was one big ice cube and half of the U.S. was covered with Ice. The grand canyon was formed by melting ice ages over 20 million years.
5) The temperature of the Earth has only increased by 0.65 of a degree in the last 110 years. There were faster increases in temperatures around 10,000 years ago and there were no gasoline powered cars during that time
7) NASA has said that great temperature changes are normal. Just 10,000 years ago, the earth warmed up extremely in less than 20 years. There were not many people around at that time.
NASA:
"Rapid changes between ice ages and warm periods (called interglacials) are recorded in the Greenland ice sheet. Occurring over ONE OR TWO DECADES, the warming of the Earth at the end of the last ice age "
NASA link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Paleoclimatology_Evidence/Images/gisp2_temperature.gif
8) NASA scientific data has shown most of the changes of temperature are due to changes in the Sun. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto all have global warming right now
9) Also, strong hurricanes are normal. Hundreds of years ago, they used to sink ships off of the coast of Florida.
THIS GLACIER DIDN'T EXIST 7,000 YEARS ago. And that was after the Ice Age. "A few thousand years ago, there were no glaciers here at all"..."Back then we would have been standing in the middle of a forest"
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,357366,00.html
2007-03-03 19:46:03
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answered by a bush family member 7
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Nothing.
Global Warming is a completely natural phenomenon. It occurred at the end of the last ice age. It occurred in the 12th & 13th century. It happens.
Man cannot change it.
Perhaps, if we set off all of our nukes at once, we might be able to alter global climate slightly, but humanity would not exist to enjoy the extra warmth.
2007-03-03 19:30:43
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answered by Anonymous
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Various scientific studies have shown that we couldn't increase the rate of global warming no matter how hard we tried, with the exception of a lot of thermonuclear devices - much in the same way that we couldn't decrease it if we tried..
2007-03-03 21:29:41
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answered by oracle128au 7
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why do you hate the planet? ice caps are meltig, sea levels are rising, coral reefs are dying, and deforestation only adds to the problem. Volcanos emit over 145 million tons of CO2 every year. humans emit 24 BILLION tons of CO2 every year. do you think that's not going to have an impact? what is wrong with you?
2007-03-04 01:09:59
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answered by Taylor(girl) 1
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