What's the actual PROOF that the activities you seek to curtail are the proximate cause of the 1.1 degree F warming that, on average, the earth has experienced over the last 110-120 years?
Not "well a lot of smart people believe it" - that's not proof.
Not "you're stupid to question it" - the Emperor's New Clothes strategy won't work here.
Not "you hate the planet." Intimidation won't work here.
Not "do you work for big oil?" I don't, nor is motive relevant - if it were, it would have to work both ways and there aren't too many people on the AGW side who haven't sought to curtail fossil fuel use for countless other reasons including global cooling.
Not "it's warmer" - it's NOT warmer than it was 1000 or 5000 years ago and in both instances there was no fossil fuel use and atmospheric CO2 levels were lower than today. It's warmer than it was 100 years ago but the issue is whether we are the CAUSE of it.
I'll take "we can't afford to wait" as an admission.
2007-03-10 09:58:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You're talking about liberals.
They don't back up anything. They just scream.
2007-03-10 10:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
There's a couple things I'll say.
Global Warming is definitley real. Come up to Northern Canada or Northern Alaska and you'll see it. They predict in 20 years there's gonna be no glaciers North of 60, and the Greenland Ice sheet will have melted by about one third or even half. There's no debate on whether or not climate change is real.
Say this isn't caused by man made pollutatns... who likes these pollutants anyways? Don't you think it's a little irresonpsible to just keep destroying the environment just because it makes a buch? Not very sustainable or smart for future generations is it? What does that say about how we live? To me it means alot things have got to change. That's just my two cents.
2007-03-10 13:47:18 · answer #2 · answered by MattH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, here in central Alaska, last January was the coldest in about 35 years. Our mean average temperature was *down* last year, almost a full degree. This winter started pretty mildly, but we got hit with a HORRIBLE, late cold snap and just came out of the coldest February in 100 years.
Do I believe our climate is changing? Of course I do - I see signs of it all over the place. Does man have an impact? Certainly. But is it *entirely* man's fault? I don't buy that for a second.
Don't forget that these are the same type of people who were bleating gloom and doom not all that long ago about the looming Ice Age that was supposed to wipe out mankind. I refuse to buy into the hype.
2007-03-10 10:25:55 · answer #3 · answered by Jadis 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-01 21:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Scientists cannot recreate global warming in a controlled setting to test the hypothesis to either prove or disprove it.
2007-03-10 15:01:34 · answer #5 · answered by Jay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The evidence is there, you just choose not to see it. Have you even seen the graph and charts that show just what the lvl's of CO2 and CO are? (thats carbon dioxide and carbon monixide just incase you failed chemistry as well as life) There is a huge spike that is still spiking when you get to the part in human history when coal fires and cars come into play.
2007-03-10 10:04:16 · answer #6 · answered by man of questions 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
How about looking at scientific studies and observations? Here are some citations:
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0203-04.htm
2007-03-10 10:08:51 · answer #7 · answered by KCBA 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
They will need Goverment grant to find the answer.
2007-03-10 10:18:36 · answer #8 · answered by howard h 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Here's some links you might find interesting then
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/stateofknowledge.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/GlobalWarming/warming2.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html
http://www.mng.org.uk/green_house/threat/threat6.htm
2007-03-10 10:16:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
HIde your head in the sand and it might all go away. That's the American way.
2007-03-10 10:09:58 · answer #10 · answered by Ferret 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋