Is Global Warming Theory a Hoax?

Question

Ok well... We know the earth is warming yea.. thats proven (record temperatures 1995-2006) But relly waht makes us think this is global warming. Could it jsut be a Natural warming of the earth... i mean there was an ice age before... How do we know it wont be a .. uh.. fire age.. lol

Heres somthing from last year:
Central Park in New York City had recorded nearly 27 inches by about 4:15 p.m. Sunday, breaking a record of 26.4 inches set in December 1947, according to the National Weather Service.
Sunday, February 12, 2006; Posted: 10:19 p.m. EST (03:19 GMT)

Thanks...
Give some details too =]

lol.. kinda stard my question, din mean too... o well

im gonna leave this one up for yall to choose, beacuse I would agreen on the it is not a fact, but in the 70's there was "global cooling"... whys that???
Ok well brian L has stated stuff already I know, so definlay not him... hmmm...

Answer 1

Its not really a hoax but more of a con. Some of the facts are true but most are exaggerated. I know what your saying and I agree. The stat you quoted can relate to heaps of other places. There has been far worst climate catastrophes in the past but most people can only use living memory as an example and that is not statistically relevant. You need data for millions of years to try to understand future weather patterns and not just a few hundred or maybe few thousand. it was only a couple of decades ago when they thought that we were heading for another ice age, now its the opposite.
Now all a scientist has to do to get funding for a project is to claim global warming and sit with the in crowd. But soon you will start to hear more scientists arguing the opposite or the political incorrectness as funding starts to dry up and scientists are not being payed for the answers any more.

Answer 2

1. Oceans are heating up. Yes, it does take lots of energy to heat the oceans. If they are heating, think about how much energy we've already poured into the global environment. Also, only a few degrees temperature change can make a HUGE difference. The oceans in the arctic are maybe three degrees warmer than they were this point last century, but the arctic ice cap is melting in ways never seen before. For example, there never used to be open water in the canadian archipelego, even in the summer - now, there are miles and miles of open sea.
On the canadian archipelago: http://newark.cms.udel.edu/~cats/healy_2...
On sea ice generally:
http://news.independent.co.uk/environmen...
2. Some people will say that solar activity is increasing as part of an 11-year cycle. Yes, solar activity is increasing, but most scientists believe that the effect on the earth's climate has been negligible.
From a NASA press release: "...the solar increases do not have the ability to cause large global temperature increases...greenhouse gases are indeed playing the dominant role..."
Source: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/1...
3. Many skeptics will say that what humans put out in terms of CO2 is far less than volcanoes, fires, or other animals. As for volcanoes, fires, and animals - those have always been there. They should not have any net effect on the planet's climate. The only changing factor among those and humans is humans and our increased activity.
4. If global temperatures increase, then the temperature difference between temperature zones will remain the same. So there will always be extreme weather events like you've pointed out above.
5. Both sides have something to gain and something to lose. However, the anti-global warming side has much to gain by continuing to fight change - they have a direct expense that they can expect by having to change the way they do things. Keep in mind that some of the most vocal critics of global warming theory are those who are either industry insiders themselves or who are funded by industry. On the flip side, those who are trying to convice the world of the reality of Global Warming have no direct benefit that they will gain - most do not own, say, environmental cleanup businesses. Their benefit is based entirely off of a belief in doing the right thing.

Answer 3

Global warming is neither a theory or hoax. It is a fact. Anyone who tells you differently is ignorrant. The bottom line lies within the CO2 levels. Though Global temperatures haven't been recorded, CO2 levels for hundreds of thousands of years are known. Right now, the CO2 levels are WAY higher they they have ever been for the last hundred thousand years. Now if you look at the recorded average global temperature for the last one hundred years, and superimpose the CO2 levels, they both go hand in hand! It is so clear, just look at the graph. The temperature will CONTINUE to rise alongside CO2 levels. There is so much we can do, but nothing the government wants to do about it. It is in fact an inconvienent truth. Right now, scientists (the people who are WAY smarter then these people on yahoo answers) are 90% sure(this statement was released last year) that we are the cause of global warming, implying that it does EXISTS. It it here, and if WE don't do somthing about it, the entire world will change. We are the generation that is gonna be directly affected by it. Those old farts in D.C. couldn't care less because they're not gonna be around for much longer anyway. Besides, making certain efforts to lower CO2 levels, will produce millions of jobs. It will help the economy so much. However, Bush is too busy in Iraq, hes too involved in the sohort run, which is by no means in greater jeperdy that the long run. If anyone fails to recognize global warming is here and dangerous, they are just uninformed. Please inform yourself.

Answer 4

You maybe to young but in the 1970's it was the big thing fad "Global Cooling" There wasn't a animal, plant or man that would live thru the Big Freeze.

Its those that have the Ear of the People that start things like this. I also remember When Johnny Carson was on that there was a paper shortage and we were going to have to conserve on Toilet paper.

This old Earth is pretty good about making changes. changes that us tiny little humans will not be able to stop or change. Were not even able to break a drought yet. Stop a tornado or make a Hurricane move over and miss important places. Stop the High and Low Tides in the Ocean. When were big enough or smart enough to do those things then I'd say us Humans have really done something.

Answer 5

extremely some human beings think of so. The declare is that so as instigate international government the UN needs a international disaster, that demands international management. a lot of human beings think of there's a secret conspiracy via globalist communities like the Bilderberger's and the CFR to start up a international government, and that is one arm of that plot. however the international warming debate is a lot greater complicated than that. whether it quite is getting used to start up international government it would not propose that is not going on, purely that some individuals are employing the disaster to their income - purely like 9-11, whether or no longer you suspect it quite is replaced into Islamic terrorists, it replaced into used to boost the militia spend. needless to say many scientists have self assurance international warming is going on, and that they are not in contact in a hoax, so international warming is defiantly no longer an entire hoax. it is likewise real that many scientist have self assurance that whilst the international has warmed somewhat that is been led to via organic activities, and those scientists are cruelly marginalised via media and institutions. and since the international keeps to relax the dissenting voices have become superior, and those attempting to close the talk down have become greater ruthless. I certainly have considered international warming ‘denialism’ (no longer a real be conscious) blamed on Christianity, anti socialist ideals, company white wash, each sort. however the scientists are purely as actual on the two facets. So that is not an entire hoax in any respect ranges, yet some will use and shape any disaster, genuine or perceived, to their income, and you will desire to be careful of those human beings the two way.

Answer 6

The "information" about Central Park is meaningless. If you read what scientists are saying, you'd know that global warming refers to AVERAGE changes in global temperatures--not to short term local variations.

You'd also know that this is not a subject under debate. Global warming and climate change are proven facts--and so is their origin in human activities.

Get over it already.

Answer 7

"Global Warming" is not a hoax in the sense that the planet has been heating up. However, what is disputable is whether this is a man made occurance or just a natural phenomina.

There is no real proof that shows that excess carbon being put into the atmosophere is responsible for the increase in temperature. Other events, such as the sharp increase in sunspot activity over the past hundred years could be just as responsible (or unrelated as the case may be).

Sunspot activity over the past 11000 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sunspots_11000_years.svg

Sunspot activity over the past 400 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sunspot_Numbers.png

Answer 8

Fact. Because of overwhelming scientific data, not clever arguments. You can't decide the truth about global warming by listening to arguments. You have to actually look at the data.

The best summary of the data is here:

http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

A very short version is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

A good website is here:

http://www.realclimate.org

"climate science from climate scientists"

A good book is this:

http://www.amazon.com/Weather-Makers-Changing-Climate-Means/dp/0871139359/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3714892-4628862?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175451041&sr=8-1

Science is about data, not clever arguments. Global warming is not about Al Gore.

There's a movie out called swindle which says it's fiction. It uses bad data.

" A Channel 4 documentary claimed that climate change was a conspiratorial lie. But an analysis of the evidence it used shows the film was riddled with distortions and errors"

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/climate_change/article2355956.ece

The data is why the vast majority of scientists think it's fact. Data about that here:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686

Answer 9

It is much worse than that . The environmentalist named the green house gases such as CO2 supposed to be the worst but mother nature also put plants here which absorb CO2 and give us back oxygen . The earth has recycled our air for millions of years just look at our fossil fuels. The recycling of our air is just the first step.
Then there is that old bad methane ,but methane is very light how did they measure any of it ,they didn't they calculated what they wanted it to be . The environmentalist want u to believe that there is h Huge lake of methane high in our atmosphere. but it is not as methane is explosive .

Answer 10

I tell you what, lets pretend for a moment it may not be true, but you do your part anyway to slow it down-global warming that is.
I used the term-may not be true-remember?
So lets say it turns out it isn't true but you have still done your part to make the world a better place to live on.
Then we all find out it is true-you have still done your part.
Better to be part of the solution then part of the problem(?).