Why do people not agree with trying to stop global warming?

Question

If you want to live then try and stop global warming, recycle, walk and use less C02.

Answer 1

A lot of people don't think it is happening, because yes the earth does go through periodic warming and cooling, however unlike the above answerer believes these periods do not occur in such small spaces of time such as mere a decade. They last for millions of years, and one of the last major cooling periods was in the last ice age, and technically we are in a cooling period now. Also scientists have not been able to definitively prove that there is a link between humans, rising CO2 levels, and rising global temperatures, and this is what the skeptics use to try and convince us there is no global warming. That is not to say scientists don't believe we are contributing to global warming, the problem however is before they would definitively be able to prove it we would have a runaway greenhouse effect on Earth. The good news is that if we start working to reduce emissions the Earth self-regulates CO2 levels, that is to say CO2 is "scrubbed" by the Earth's oceans, and would be able to return to "normal" levels.

Answer 2

Well, I think that most people either have an over simplistic view of global warming which states that CO2 = global warming, which is not correct.
Also I think that most people feel that they can do nothing in isolation and them replacing their light bulbs is not going to make any difference.
The reduction of CO2, if that is what you are talking about, will only come about when the largest emitters, USA, China, Australia etc undertake to impose restrictions within their own countries, much as the UK did with the Climate Change Levy and the Emission trading Scheme.
This does not mean that people should not try to reduce their carbon footprint, I think they should, but they should also be a little more proactive in pressuring the government to pressure others into behaving responsibility. If the UK stopped producing any CO2 at all the saving would be gobbled up by China within a few months. The issue really is larger than us all simply walking to work. Decisions need to be based on good science and not people jumping on band wagons.

Answer 3

Lots of people do agree with it. Personally, I have only driven 3 times in the past year (aside from trips to the country side and out of the country)- compared to the 40 minute, each way, commute that I used to have in America. I take public transportation to work now - or walk on errands, because I live in a country that has convenient public transportation.

We also have convenient recycling spots within a two minute walk from our apartment for glass, plastic, paper, and metal products. There are also clothing donation bins right next to the recycling bins.

My family recycles all that we can. I don't eat meat... We are looking into getting a much more environmentally friendly car the next time we buy a car. I teach my daughter about recycling, global warming, and the necessity to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

My brother is a part of the Sierra Club - he recycles and does all that he can through his school and the club to educate others about environmental awareness. He is also studying how to become a solar unit installer.

I know that there is much more that can be done -especially in America, toward reducing the amount of strain that the human race is putting on the environment. Many people are doing what they can, personally, to help reduce their own impact on the environment.

Answer 4

Manufacturers, power companies, and oil industry do not want to invest more money on reducing pollution. They are afraid that other countries or less polluting competition will take business away from them.
But halting or slowing global warming is well worth the cost. Almost every legitimate scientist (those not paid for by those same corporate interests) agrees that global warming exists. But even if it didn't......reducing pollution is worth the cost. Already people are dying of lung cancer, emphysema, asthma, allergies, etc. brought on by pollution. The amount of money it costs to clean up our air and water would be more than made up for by lower health care costs resulting from cleaner air and water.

Answer 5

The idiocy of the American people fails to see the truth about global warming because they don't want to face up to it. "It's cyclical," they say, failing to recognize that the "cycle" has been derailed because of our industrial revolution over the past 150 years.
"We had snow in Michigan this April. How can they say there's global warming?" they ask - in mock surprise and complete ignorance. That has nothing to do with global warming, or global cooling. The consequences are far more dangerous than a few isolated weather conditions in various regions of the world at any one time.
People are too damn lazy and uninformed to do anything about it. And, like everything else, nothing will be done until a catastrophic incident forces a reaction.Taking pro-active measures isn't something Americans - and their leaders - ever endorse.
So, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will suffer the consequences of our squanderous selfishness, all because we refuse to recycle our refuse; we refuse to stop driving $60,000 gas-guzzling SUVs; we refuse to lower our thermostats and bundle up in sweaters; we refuse to stop filling landfills with non-biodegradable trash; we refuse to stop polluting our fresh air and water supplies; and we refuse to close down smoke-belching factories or drive cars with lower emission levels. Our descendants will surely look back and harshly criticize our excesses, wondering why we failed to try and save the planet for them. -RKO- 04/22/07

Answer 6

Because I don't want to spend 4 hours walking 12 miles to work every morning and another 4 hours every day walking 12 miles back home. And I don't want to spend $800,000 dollars to buy a house within walking distance of downtown when I can live in a much nicer and bigger house 12 miles away for $200,000. I am simply not willing to pay 8 hours of my time every day, or $600,000 dollars of my money to reduce global warming by 0.00000001%. It isn't worth it!

Answer 7

global warming is a cycle, in the 70s, it was global cooling, in michigan we got feet upon feet of snow with school closed for a week, now we are in the global warming cycle, then it will go back to global cooling

Answer 8

Tamino is the only attempting to fool human beings by making use of complicated the themes. Any warming type would not instruct the AGW hypothesis. the thought of AGW, of helpful feedbacks, demands that each and each decade has to heat up at a quicker value than the previous decade. the very undeniable fact that the final ten years observed a smaller value of advance DISPROVES the genuine AGW hypothesis of catastrophic warming. the genuine thought of AGW is CATASTROPHIC warming is in accordance with notebook fashions forecasts of destiny temperature. to ascertain that those notebook fashions (which you somewhat choose us to believe) to be terrific the earth would would desire to heat 0.4 ranges over the subsequent couple of years, some thing this is very no longer at risk of take place.

Answer 9

People genereally like to rebel or go against what their superior's tell them or told them. Global Warming is not argued
any more. Its CAUSE is argued. There are scientist's whose voices have been shut out do to what they prove.
Welcome to the fascist world in which we live in.

Answer 10

I have no objection to it! But some people do I don't know why though. I can't believe they don't care about Global Warming!
~Hoped this helped!