Does anyone agree with me, that the whole global warming debate is stupid?

Question

It doesn't matter whether global warming is caused by man or the sun. And I disagree with anyone who uses this issue to harm others in any way. The reason I think it is stupid, is because there is no denying that our air is polluted, and there is no denying that our water is polluted. The top soil is depleted, the rain forest is being depleted, and there are too many land fills....I could go on and on. The point is, that we need to clean up our act anyway, or this planet will become unliveable...so global warming is not the real issue, unless some people want to make it an issue, just to further their own political agendas, which is....to my way of thinking...wrong and immoral, in and of itself.

I can't honestly say what side I agree with on the issue of whether global warming is caused by man or by the sun. My point is that it doesn't matter whether we are causing it or not, because pollution is real, and that is a given. We need to clean up this planet, regardless!!!!!

I agree with some of Al Gore's arguments, but I am not sure about his real and true motives, and that is what concerns me, about this whole debate. We have to start thinking about what is best for this planet, and for the people, but can we really trust the true motives of some of the politicians who espouse these issues?

Answer 1

The truth is we need to slow down on polluting the environment weather it is causing global warming or just poisoning the air and water, it will still kill us and our children. Ignoring science doesn't make it go away. Just because Republicans refuted the scientific evidence that second hand smoke was causing cancer didn't stop people from getting cancer from second hand smoke.

Answer 2

Industry is what causes all pollution on the earth & as you know is the main cause of Global Warming. So if you try to reduce the greenhouse gases that cause Global warming you will have to reduce all industry around the world and that would mean cleaner oceans, rivers, land, more rain forest saved, more fish saved, a better cleaner overall earth. (not to mention less oil money to fund terrorists). I don't know if Gore is trying to better his political agenda, he probably is, but he still makes a very valid argument about not just how important it is to stop global warming but that it will also slow down all pollution caused by industry.

Answer 3

It isn't the debate that's stupid. We can all agree that global warming is real. But we humans are not causing it. The polar ice caps on Mars are shrinking. Are we also somehow responsible for that? Al Gore needs to just shut up and go away, tho we all know he won't do it. The real truth about global warming will come out some day, and perhaps then they'll realize how utterly stupid they've been.

Answer 4

I think that when you look at the evidence that they have gathered (scientists) it's hard to just say that "it ain't so." When you see that in the past 100 years, events that normally occur over thousands of years, makes you wonder. If you look at the aerial maps from space, that shows how the polar ice cap has shrunk by more than a third in the past 50 years, maybe they have a point.
And, as you put it, if we are polluting the earth and need to clean it up anyway, why is everyone kicking and screaming that it really isn't happening? The entire world, of course with the exception of the US has concluded that it is indeed happening. Why can't we see what everyone else sees?

Answer 5

To people out there who do not support the environmentalist movement. Remember we have a relationship with the Earth. The cycle of creation and destruction has always been here. We just happen to be here. We could very well disappear if we don't do something now. Some people think Suzuki is a doomsday prophet. He isn't. He knows what he's saying. He is an acclaimed and celebrated scientist who received the Order of Canada, has his own show and magazines. He has his own foundation.

Overwhelmingly, scientific evidence objectively supports the conclusion that global warming is a manmade reality that we must reverse, lest we damage ourselves. The Earth will make this clear to us. If we think we will always be here, how can we be here if we depend upon the Earth for water, food, medicine, shelter, oil and warmth? The Earth may decide to survive without us. It may seek revenge in order to preserve itself.

Answer 6

I don't believe it's so much Global Warming as it is Universe Warming, with NASA reporting that the temperature on Mars has been rising for the last 3 years , The question is , is this a natural solar occurrence or is the sun burning hotter, before it burns out completely

Answer 7

The stats don't like but spin doctors do. Yes, the earths temp has risen like .6 (point six) degrees aver the last 75 years or so but the question is why? Spin doctors would have us to believe it us "terrible" humans but if this is so, how was it warmer in the 1300s when there were absolutely NO SUVs or industry what-so-ever? Also, telescopes andf computer technology is clearly showing that the Mars polar ice caps are melting along with ours. Seems pretty clear to me that this is a solar event .....

Answer 8

I agree that it is stupid to argue about whether the long term predictions are correct, or exactly when things become fatal.

To use an analogy, if you knew you were driving towards a cliff, and you even suspected that you might drive over the cliff if you continued forward, why would you keep driving forward?

The answer, and the counter-argument to both our positions, is that businesses engage in risk-reward cost-benefit analysis all the time. They calculate how much they can likely get away with and little they have to spend.

So, those who oppose doing anything about global warming are effectively willing to take the risk they are wrong, to avoid the costs that it would incur to be safe about it.

Answer 9

industry is what motives all air pollution in the international & as you comprehend is the suitable reason of world Warming. So if youin case you attempt to cut back the greenhouse gases that reason international warming you will ought to cut back all employer world huge and that would mean air purifier oceans, rivers, land, greater rain woodland stored, greater fish stored, a miles better air purifier finished earth. (to no longer factor out much less oil funds to fund terrorists). I have not have been given any theory if Gore is attempting to greater advantageous his political schedule, he generally is, although he although makes a very valid argument approximately now no longer in simple terms how mandatory that is to offer up international warming although that it will additionally sluggish down all air pollution led to by using employer.

Answer 10

Don't give me this crap about our water being polluted as if that's a universal problem. The fact is that I live in an area where the water is "polluted" with acidic content from the pine trees.

That's right. Pine trees. They also play hell with my topsoil.

The rain forest is being depleted? Of what? And since when is there only one?