Are you adjusting your travelling behaviour to reduce your contribution to global warming?

Question

In light of the mounting evidence that global warming is due mainly to human activity, do you put your conscience or your wishes first when making travelling arrangements for you vacation?

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC)'s latest report says natural systems on all continents and in some oceans are being affected by rising temperatures, and warming caused by human activity is likely to have had "a discernible influence on many physical and biological systems".

Up to 30% of species studied face "an increased risk of extinction" if temperatures climb by 1.5C-2.5C, as they are predicted to this century. A temperature rise beyond 4C would bring "significant extinctions around the globe". Coral reefs, boreal forests and alpine ecosystems could also be damaged irreversibly.
These reports are produced by the world's leading scientists and are heavily edited by governmental representatives who wish to downplay the link between human activity and global warming.
Who is more likely to be reliable: an independent scientist or one in the pay of the petrochemical industry?

Other "loons" who accept the link between human activity include the British government and their Ministry of Defence.
How can anybody seriously believe that their actions do not have an impact on this planet?

Answer 1

I canceled my vacation for a stay at home one. I don't care what others do or not do, I am going to do my part.

Answer 2

Mounting evidence? Sorry, only government agencies and their media toadies are hanging on to that thread... the evidence is vastly mounting in the other direction... Human activity is only minimally effecting our naturally changing climate. See www.iceagenow.com. also the Vostok Ice core studies that go back several million years (as opposed to Gores 1000 year chart), then look up Milankovitch cycles (climate change due to earth orbit and polar tilt variations). These are scientific FACTS not theories,
People's travel is being curtailed quite nicely by the price of gasoline... in case you hadn't noticed..

Answer 3

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Answer 4

There is no valid evidence that global warming is man made. That being said.. what can I do to adjust my travel behavior to reduce the energy the Earth receives from the sun?

Answer 5

No, because the main cause of increased CO2 is coal fired power plants and not cars.

But I do try to conserve fuel by driving a small car and not making unnecessary trips because the price of gas has gotten so high. I do it to save money, not to save the world.

Answer 6

If I can afford a vacation, I take it...the farther away from home the better. There are many other things I can do to reduce my contribution to global warning...restricting my already too sporadic vacation schedule is not one of them.

Answer 7

When I see the big boys like Gore and Kerry and all the other liberals dump their big SUVs, I might consider turning off my night light to conserve fossil fule burning.

Answer 8

The theory of man-made global warming is false, it is based on falsified or incomplete data. Lets take a look at what the global warming crowd claims, they say that the human output of CO2 is causing the greenhouse effect which is warming the planet. To see how outrageous this claim is try to guess how much of our atmosphere is made up of CO2, the correct answer is 0.03% of our atmosphere, almost nothing. How can such a small part of our atmosphere have such an effect on our entire planet, correct answer it can’t. Greenhouse gases exist naturally and have always been in our atmosphere. Greenhouse gases such as CH4 (methane), N2O (Nitrous Oxide), and water vapor are all put out into the atmosphere naturally in far greater concentrations than humans could ever match. Let’s take a look at water vapor, water vapor makes up between 1-4% of the atmosphere far more than CO2. Water vapor is given off into the atmosphere due to evaporation, so evaporation causes much more global warming than humans ever could. Other natural sources such as volcanic eruptions and the decomposition of plant and animal matter also put far more greenhouse gases than humans ever could.
So what is causing global warming? Well first of all the earth may not even be warming. http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/temperature/ This is a collection of global temperatures collected by NASA that shows a general cooling trend especially around the polar ice caps. So assuming the earth is warming what could be causing it, the sun. Look at this graph also put out by NASA: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/17jan_solcon.htm, it shows that the intensity of the sun is directly correlated to global temperatures and recent studies have shown that the sun is now warming than ever before, coincidence? I think not. Also consider that the other planets in our solar system, Mars in particular, are also warming: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html
You have to keep in mind that the earth goes through natural cycles of warming and cooling, take for example the ice age and later warming of the earth enough to melt the ice.
Advocates of global warming will try and post evidence but the fact is most evidence for global warming comes in the form of general statements like “think of your children/grandchildren” that try to guilt you into agreeing with them. These ads are devoid of scientific proof and seek to toy with your conscience. Every once in a while you will see a graph submitted as evidence mostly from http://www.ipcc.ch/. Take a look for yourself, I search in vain for proof of global warming on this site, sure there are dozens of graphs showing the same data: CO2 rising along with global temperatures but where are the graphs for other greenhouse gases that make up a greater percentage of our atmosphere and are put out naturally, or graphs showing the percentage of greenhouse gases put out by humans verses the gases put out by natural sources. These graphs are not included because they disprove the theory of man made global warming. The IPCC has had a questionable past, it has published a deliberately falsified graph, the so called hockey stick graph, which left out a period of warming during the 1400’s. This warming period in the 1400’s was more dramatic than what we are seeing today, and it took place long before humans industrialized. This falsification was proven and a reprint of the graph appeared in the journal Nature. You may have seen claims that there is a scientific consensus on global warming like this one: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686, this is an absolute lie, do you need proof? Here http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p36.htm the signatures of over 17,000 scientists who disagree with the theory of man made global warming (check out the report on this site it does an excellent job of disproving global warming). You may have also seen reports about ice cores supposedly proving global warming, this is not true. Here is the truth about ice cores http://www.john-daly.com/zjiceco2.htm.
You may have the question why anyone would support this obviously false theory, the answer is money. Average people with no scientific background are being converted to the global warming crowd by the dozens due to the repression of evidence against global warming. This mass of people is the reason why notable people are jumping on the global warming bandwagon. Politicians are supporting global warming for votes, scientists are joining for media time and grants, and CEO’s are pledging their allegiance to gain customers who want to shop where the environment is being supported.
You may also wonder why I care, you may think we can only help the environment if we agree with global warming what’s wrong with that? I want to distinguish between global warming and helping the environment. I have no problem with environmentalist causes, in fact I support them, but global warming is taking this idea to the extreme. If you were to follow the guidelines set forth by people like Al Gore your lifestyle would be, these people want to tell you what light bulbs to use. The main reason however is money, why waste millions on studying global warming when we could be rebuilding third world countries and helping the poor. Global warming is a fear tactic used to get your money and your vote by unscrupulous members of society. Hopefully this will just fade away like the global cooling scare which was brought upon us in the 1970’s by the same sort of people using the same tactics. A last link http://www.worldclimatereport.com/ possibly the best resource for answering many of the questions raised by global warming. I urge anyone who believes in man-made global warming to look into some of the resources I have presented. Do not sacrifice your money, time, vote, and conscience to the greedy members of society who are blinding you to the truth for their own greed.