Do we need scientific proof of global warming?

Question

We don't need scientific evidence to see how destructive man is to this planet. Our pollution ruins rivers and lakes and
our pollution forever taints the ground into which it seeps or is poured into. The air we breath is full of pollutants. So much so some of us cannot live in those cities and cannot breathe.
Why on earth do we need science to tell us we are ruining this earth in every way. Common sense should prevail - pollution can change everything - including the climate.

I am impressed at the level of intelligence in almost all of these answers. I know now that most of the people that frequent this site are highly educated highly intelligent people.

Answer 1

I agree. The theories on why aren't really that important but we can see obvious signs of seriously damaging our ecosystem. The birds, bees, frogs, and many other species of wildlife seem to be vanishing. The contributors are many and people's minds are closed with naive thoughts of tree huggers. The cars, poisons, trash, construction, renovations, mining, deforestation, etc.. don't seem like a wise course if we want to enjoy Earth for another hundred years, much less any longer. People are multiplying like bacteria in a petri dish and not considerring the conciquences for fear of fear.

Answer 2

Global warming does exist. What ended the ice age? The debate should be about what, if any, is man's contribution. On that, many scientists disagree. It's true man has indeed polluted waterways, air, etc.
Living in L.A. for over 25 years, I can say from experience, with far more cars and people, the air is getting better. Science and stats bear this out. Compare today's stage two smog alerts to the 60's and 70's.
Pollutants inside your home, office and automobile can be far higher than outdoors. Do you use hair spray? Get your clothes dry cleaned? Drive to work? Do you use anything made of plastic? Where do you recycle your old computer components? Do you eat meat?
Do we need to do more? Of course. Are we? It depends. China has a huge problem and has polluted over 25% of it's drinking water. India and China were not part of the Kyoto protocol and Dem's agreed it was bad policy, until it could be a political wedge. Asian pollution was just recognized as the major contributor to more and more violent Pacific storms.
We need solutions, not rhetoric for political gain. I don't think it's only China, or India, or the US. The decimation of Brazillian rainforests is huge.
Cattle and other livestock are larger contributors of pollution (methane gas), than all the auto's in the world. You can't let people starve, though.
This is not a simple or easily solved problem. We didn't get here in a few years, and it will take take to solve.
Think about this, if you're this passionate about it, why not persue pollution solutions as a career. use technology to help clean the air. Pass laws to clean the environment. There's many doing it, be part of the solution.

Answer 3

yes, we do. we also need proof of the other ways we pollute the planet, because only hard evidence gets peoples attention.

but, global warming is nothing to be afraid of. the mass hysteria that the global warming activists have caused is exactly what they want.

global warming is nothing new to this planet, actually its part of a cyclic trend that keeps the earth "alive"

the earth has undergone countless climate shifts due to its orbit and its local characteristics, at one point in time Antarctica was actually a tropical forest, with an abundance of life, though this was because of its location on the map, it actually laid right on the equator.

scientific evidence has shown that the earth has been heating and cooling for its entire existence. the overall climate of the earth is not at risk, but yes, local areas will be changing, some cooler places are warming up, and some of the hot spots are cooling down, just as they have been for millions of years.

I am not advocating pollution, it is a very real problem that we should be looking into, more so Should have BEEN looking into since we have become industrious creatures, but money is NOW and we all die one day, so who cares about the future eh?

(that is the big business mentality)

Answer 4

We dont need scientific proof. Who said that? Have you ever seen the movie "The Day After Tomarrow"? It is really interesting and if you think about it, it could happen vary soon if we don't do something about the pollution. In the end of the movie it shows the Space Shuttle and the men in there looking at the Earth after the Climate Shift and they said that they have never seen the air so clear. Well, thats because after the Climate Shift and the Ice Age, everything became cleaner again and the ozone was almost as if it was brand new. Pretty soon, Global Warming will take over and we might even go into an Ice Age.

Answer 5

There will always be those who will say the earth is flat. No matter what evidence is staring you full in the face. The ones who deny or avoid the problem, do not want to make any changes that will cause them any inconvenience. Sorting recyclables take too much time, even though the landfills are taking up the countryside. Using florescent lighting is too costly at first, even though it has been shown you will save enough money to pay for it. No one wants to be too cold or too hot by adjusting the thermostat, or turn the lights off when you leave the room. Heaven forbid if you should keep your trash in the car and throw it away when you arrive home instead of pitching it out the window. Do not carpool when you can, or do all your errands all at once in the same area of town, it might accidentally save a little gas, and do not walk when you can or ride a bicycle as it might just make our air a little cleaner to breathe. I live in metro Houston, and you can cut our air with a knife on some days.

Answer 6

Mostly all scientists believe the Earth is warming but there are many different theories as to the causes. But to answer the question/comment climate models have detected a rise in temperature. There are many different theories as to the theories but to name a few there are human beliefs, El Nino, and changes in the movements of the Sun and the Earth are thought to create long term affects. Well I hope I helped. I know a lot about global warming because I did a report on it and there are many scary things that could happen if the Earth continues to warm. There could even be an ice age and also a lot harder hurricanes because storms get their energy from the warm weather. Well, I hope I helped! Good luck!

Answer 7

I don't require any proof that Global Warming exists, because I have accepted the fact that it does. What I require proof of is that it is predominantly man made. Science has not come close to proving this by any stretch of the imagination. As for pollution control, we should all strive to do our part for the environment, but reasonable efforts at pollution control are not what the global warming crowd desires. They desire a full scale destruction of the world industrial economic base. I for one am not willing to support such drastic measures without absolute indisputable proof of the fact that man is the majority cause of the problem.

Answer 8

Yeah youre right about the way things are...

The earth's natural course through the heavens creates intermittent ice ages, (we know this is true) and all scientists also say that we are supposed to be heading into an ice age now, (it'l take a long long time of course). The thing is, instead of getting cooler, it is getting hotter. That would present the probability that the global climate is actually worse than we thought, because we are calculating past temps with current temps, instead of past temperature curves and current temperature curves. What I'm saying is that the situation is worse than what they tell you on the news. The water levels will rise a few feet within your lifetime, the global map will change (or shrink), and there will be countless problems from this, like the possibility of most sea life dying (due to the trillions of gallons of fresh water that is melting from the icecaps right now) , massive storms and other weather effects like lack of rain, or too much rain, or both really - depending on where you are.
Scientist have been telling us for years that they have undeniable proof of global warming. Fact.
Governments, on the other hand, have been telling us the exact opposite thing for years. Fact.
Governmets do not give funding to companies who hire scientists that rock the proverbial boat. Fact.
Governments are obviously getting too much money from the energy consortium (big oil and coal companies) to pay attention to the facts...
There are a lot of ways to end polution, but in order to implement them our government would have to WANT us to implement them, and that will not happen as long as we allow lobbyists to bribe our government officials.
The energy problem, which affects all the people on earth, is affected by convienience and money, not practicality.

Why don't you go to youtube or google video and search these terms - free energy- tom bearden- tom valone- viktor schauberger- zero point energy- vacuum energy.
I'm not saying any of these ideas or devices are a viable substitute for coal and oil, but they might be, and our government won't even grant patents on the devices these people have made, because they don't agree with simplified physics (they do however agree with higher topology physics)
The more research you do into the realms of global warming and fossil fuels the more likely you are to see the big picture, and it's not a pretty one.

Answer 9

The reason it can't be science is because there are too many scientists who disagree with it -- and they are prominent, and they are many and they have written books. The global warming advocates like to say that there is a "consensus" among scientists that global warming is manmade. The problem is that when you're talking about science, there can be no consensus. Science is not a subject to a vote. We don't take a vote on what we want our science to be and whatever wins turns out to be our science. Science is precise and it is what it is, and there's a method for determining scientific fact and it has not been met with global warming. That, to me, is the most basic point.

People like you have just, because of guilt, bought into the notion that they are destroying, that we are destroying, the planet and that we must pay a price for this. But what needs to point out to you people is that global warming is just the latest of a long line of efforts on the part of liberals around the world to grow government, to raise taxes, to increase regulation, and to limit the behavior of a free people, because that is their real objective. This is just the latest tactic use to scare people and make them feel guilty, to get them to agree because they have "sinned" against the planet, to pay higher taxes and to accept reductions in lifestyle and this sort of

Answer 10

We do need science for it, because some damages might not be as visible as a two-headed fish. Also, science can tell us what effect the damage can have in the future, and what else it effects in the process.

Common sense will tell you that we are damaging the planet significantly, yes - But science will tell you clearly what needs to be stopped the most (specifically), and what improvement/damage will result in a certain action before it even happens.

Answer 11

specific. In climate technology, a manner of 7 days at a single area is unequivocal evidence of a international, multi-decadal phenomenon, alongside with evidence of attribution. This in straight forward terms works in climate technology, although. in case you probably did this in engineering, the bridges and homes you designed might crumple and kill hundreds of persons; interior the consequent analyze, you would be got here across criminally negligent and despatched to penal complex. yet, in climate technology you're actually not held in charge; as a replace, you would be eligible for the Nobel Prize.