More ridiculous: Global warming alarmists or conservatives who think man-made carbon emission is negligible?

Answer 1

Difficult to say. 2 years ago, I would have said the conservatives, but the alarmists have really stepped up in creating a massive metaphobia the likes of which even Fox News has yet to conjure - and not from a lack of effort either.

Perhaps the alarmists feel that the ends justify the means in attempting to create widespread panic and that something will finally be done.

Answer 2

The trouble is that this sort of question is only answered best on hindsight. Historically there have been many alarmists for many issues in the world over time. However some of these tend to be right and not alarmist but someone who has a well thought out theory and then history finds they are a visionary. As a cartoon in Charlie Brown once pointed out with poor old Charlie waiting to catch a ball and possibly win a match. If he caught it he would be a hero, if not a goat. No middle ground.

The worry is that, in this debate, if we get it wrong the outcome can be pretty drastic.

For my thinking, without any scientific training, I cannot see how the huge human footprint over the world cannot have some significant impact. As to the the level of impact and what it means- well the debate rages on but bit by bit even the sceptics are reviewing their stance.

Answer 3

They are both as bad. Most Global Warming Critics who are informed do not deny the rise in CO2 emissions, we just want actual proof that the phenomenon is 1) Actually man made, 2) That it is the cause of rising temperatures(which by the way has been disputed by many well respected scientists including some of those originally on the UN Commission on Climate Change that resigned in protest over the methodology) and 3) If warming temps are caused by man's influence how much?

And if you take man made CO2 in the atmosphere as a % of all the Greenhouse Gases it is a fairly small number.

Answer 4

Since there's considerable evidence, accepted by every scientific organization in the world and endorsed by nearly every government in the world, that man-made carbon emission is *not* negligible...the conservatives get the more ridiculous tag for continuing to ignore the evidence.

There are, of course, global warming "alarmists" who are nutcases...and who don't realize that change has to come within our political and economic structures. We still have to live. But at least they have the right idea (that we need to stop emitting so much carbon), they're just not great at ideas as to how to do that :)

Answer 5

I think the biggest thing we have to worry about is not man made carbon emissions but livestock. With methane gas being 20 times worse than carbon dioxide as a contributor to global warming, the huge number of livestock in existance is taking a heavy toll on our environment.

Answer 6

The conservatives. Because it's one thing to be over-prepared, it's another to ignore the elephant in the room altogether.

Plus the Bush government got accused recently of injecting doubt into the science of climate change. Now that's ridiculous, that you so fear the outcome that you have to inject doubt into it. There was also a documentary that said how they did it and so forth.

That said, I don't see why we should back down from this challenge. Much less why we should act like it's not there. We can go to the moon and beyond but we can't take care of our planet? Weird.

I'd rather pay for an ounce of prevention than a pound of cure, and that's a big problem. We're already paying too much for damage caused by climate change, we shouldn't have to pay more if we can prevent it.

Answer 7

Problem is you can't scientifically prove that it is from emissions. The Earth temperature changes naturally. I wouldn't say emissions aren't hurting the Earth, but saying it's a definite cause of global warming is scientific neglegence.

Answer 8

if you don't believe in global warming, then that means you haven't done your homework. For anyone who looks at the stats from all the ice cores back over 2000 yrs then compare those over time to today's count.....anyone with eyes can see we are over 6 times higher than any other "warming trend" in any of our history.

And what most don't realize nor see.....that global warming in turn becomes an ice age....a very FAST ice age.

Recall the Mammoth found in Russia frozen solid still with grass in their mouth and stomach? That is FAST...freeze you where you stand.

And that has a good chance to come....for the ice shields help balance the earth at the angle we are at....as they melt, that angle is gonna change, in turn a polar shift, and one major enough that in the blink of an eye you will see the world change.

Answer 9

Anyone who thinks we should spend trillions of dollars on unproven, unvetted, self-validated research is far more ridiculous than someone who realizes that mother earth can do more to affect the temperatures of the entire planet up or down an entire degree in just a few hours than all of man kind could do in a decade. Predicting the future is impossible. Spending trillions on a hunch is irresponsible.

Answer 10

Take a look at the New York Times today belittling Al Gores "Global Warming"its the whos who in the scientific field.You should find another religion.