Have you ever heard of Nuclear Winter?

Question

Lets stop being childish and saying man can have NO effect on global weather patterns.. the question is on how MUCH of an effect we are having.. not if we are.

and I'm not advocating a large effect by man here.. it may be .000001% our fault or 100% our fault.. just saying we do affect weather.

the point of this question is that many people respond to questions about global warming with "How vain to think mankind can have an effect on the planet".

Answer 1

Yes, we colletively do have an affect on climate change. It's the degree of which we do that I do not agree with.

There are bigger affects on climate than humans:

The Earth spins on its axis, and like a spinning top, the axis actually wobbles affecting weather patterns. The axis completes a full revolution approximately ever 20,000 years. I forget what this is called, but it's named after some Polish dude. :)

The Earth's orbit is not a perfect sphere. It's actually eliptical and changes constantly during revolutions around the Sun. Sometimes we are closer to the Sun than others. This has a great affect on the climate.

Increased CO2 increases the size and density of vegetation. This increase in size and density allows more CO2 to be absorbed and more oxygen to be released.

Increased "greenhouse gasses" increase cloud cover. This increase in cloud cover blocks more of the Sun's rays, helping to moderate the temperature.

Answer 2

The point of the Global Warming debate is not so much about whether man can have an effect on the climate, but rather is mankind having an effect, if at all, on the current changing climate. It is important to know what we are dealing with before we attempt very costly solutions to a problem that may or may not exist.

Answer 3

the problem is that various sources list different percentages for man's effect on climate. Most are usually low 2%-5%, but these low percentages are then used to mislead. Think about it...of course nature and the sun contribute more to the greenhouse effect...this planet would be in big trouble right now if it were the other way around. It's the cumlative effect that our activity will have year after year what's raising concern.

Answer 4

I like to ignore the whole heating and colling trend all together when dealing with those who think human impact on earth in bunk and focus on what we do know.

We are polluting our water and air, endangering species, clear cutting forests and dumping tinned and tonnes of toxins into the environment at an unprecedented rate.

We do know that a. there is an increase in respiratory ailments and deaths in areas with high smog concentration, or low air quality. There have been a marked increase in Cancers, Asthma and COPD. We know that in order to drink our water we have to boil it, add chemicals to it, boil it some more demineralize it filter it. and ever after all that we still have death and disease related to the water we drink.

We know that we have contaminated ground water and land to a point that we can only grow crops for consumption in certain areas.

We know that we are having a negative impact on the planet. We know that the planet gives us everything we need to live. Whether or not we are effecting the climate is secondary to the fact that we are destroying what gives us the air, water and food we need to live.

To answer your question, we have a huge and catotrophic effect.

Answer 5

Bold assay on your part. Wish there were more like you. I've heard of Nuclear Winter but it's a limited thing. Nobody wants to poison the territory they exploit or hope to. Other means are definitely in play employing vastly more exotic technologies into play that most people seem to know quite readily about, down to street level, but the level of invertebrosity citing same is infinitely higher. To put the record in it's proper perspective, though, man won't be permitted to be the instrument of his own utter destruction. It is a clearly judicial matter that will in fact be addressed at the given time none of us knows about but are in expectance of. Worldwide.

Answer 6

Nuclear winter is a hypothetical global climate condition that is predicted to be a possible outcome of a large-scale nuclear war. It is thought that severely cold weather can be caused by detonating large numbers of nuclear weapons, especially over flammable targets such as cities, where large amounts of smoke and soot would be injected into the Earth's stratosphere. The term has also been applied to one of the after-effects of an asteroid impact or supervolcano eruption.

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I don't know how you expect to prove your point using a hypothetical idea like nuclear winter.

Answer 7

Oh we can effect the weather alrighty, just not enough at this time to messure apparently. What I am worried about is SOLAR SYSTEM warming!!! The planets are all heating up! Mercury, Venus, Mars...in fact all the way out to Pluto!

Please, help someone, save our Solar System! (See url references for details.)

I don't know whether to blame your SUV or the Sailor Scouts for this. (At the moment, I suspect Sailor Mars, just take a look at her attacks: "Fire Soul", "Mars Fire Ignite", "Mars Flame Shooter", "Mars Fireball Charge", and "Mars Flame Sniper" attacks! ALL of them fire/heat based! see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Mars ).

As for Nuclear Winter, yes, we can really screw up anything if we try hard enough. Al Gore is busy trying to destroy the plants, trees, and planet by destroying the Greenhouse Effect. Sh! Don't tell him about the nuclear winter or he will use that to enforce his other policy of Zero Population Growth!

Answer 8

Oh, is that how we stop the global warming? We drop a few nukes. I think I will take my chances with the warmer weather.

Answer 9

I've heard of Johnny Winter and Edgar Winter.

Answer 10

Good point. Hopefully it won't get to that (understatement). A nuclear winter or the entire earth becoming one huge desert.