Many Republicans believe the global warming question is not worth considering-pure partisanship or stupidity?

Question

Hard for me to understand people who think something that has the potential to end life as we know it should not even be investigated. What gives with these people? The response that it is all some sort of scam is confusing-scam designed to enrich or empower whom?

Answer 1

Rupert's done a 180...Fox will soon follow...then the sheep will have been there all along...

Answer 2

The global-warming/global-cooling stories have a strong aura of bogus-ness around them. Al Gore's fundamental sound bite "the debate is over" is an outright lie. No wonder people are skeptical.

On the other hand, since some pretty reasonable people have been predicting the impending end of all life as we know it, I and a lot of people think it's worth looking into. I think now more and more people are reading serious scientific articles about global warming rather than letting journalists spoon-feed it to them. It seems that it's there, it's real, but not nearly as bad as it was made out to be and whether it's anthropogenic or not is impossible to tell

So I'd say a little of both--partisanship and stupidity. I do think the hype is a big scam designed to get attention, votes, money, and sell newspapers. I heard that selling carbon credits was a fraud, I wish I'd thought of that and gotten a piece of the action before someone blew the whistle on it.

Answer 3

First of all the Republicans have no problem investigating it. The Democrats say the debate is over. They claim that because there is a consensus of a handful of scientists that the "science is in and the debate is over". The problem is science is not consensus and there are plenty of scientists who refute the claims of these other scientists. So how can the debate be over?
The Democrats use things like this to increase the size of government, increase taxes, and take control of every aspect of our lives. But most of all they use it to stir peoples fears and then they blame someone else for it and get people to believe that they are going to do something about it. For them it's a win-win. If global warming slows down or reverses they will claim it was because of their efforts. If it doesn't they will point at the Republicans and "Big Oil" and say "We tried but they wouldn't go along, it's their fault". Of course I wonder what they'll do if global warming reverses and triggers another ice age.

Answer 4

I completely agree with you. Global warming shouldn't be a political issue, because it affects everyone. We all share this planet and call it home, so we should definately listen to warnings about its future. You are underestimating the power of denial, though. Sometimes when people are faced with terrible news, they willingly choose to deny it. Some people could look outside, see a tornado, and say, "Nah, it's just in my head. There is no tornado." Others have strong financial motivations to try to discredit scientists who tell us about global warming.

Answer 5

It is neither. It is a position that has been reached through complete understanding of all sides of the arguement. The very wrong part of the global warming militants is that this is caused by man. Why do you take for gospel statements from those same people that preached our impending doom from global cooling in the 70's?

Answer 6

I find it amazing that just last night Falwell was on the News saying there is no Global warming.

It is a delicate balance to maintain a planet that supports life. People need to take a closer look at their foot print.

One game of Sims Earth and you realize how hard it is to terra farm. Our ancestors planted the seeds of destruction we need to weed the garden.

Answer 7

Global Warming is not a threat. Tell me, how many Democrats do you know that have died as the result of Gore Warming. I suppose the 3000 people murdered on Sept. 11, 2001 died as a result of Global Warming. Its becoming apparent that the Democrats suffer from Gore induced Global Intoxication.

Answer 8

I've been thinking of that too. Even if global warming is NOT real, there's still the issue of all the pollutants being spewed out there, and the air quality issue by itself should be at least a little bit disconcerting to any human being regardless of politics. I mean, they aren't questioning the science around air pollution too... or ARE they?

Answer 9

This is an old story about pollution and profits. It is ironic that Republicans are supposed to be fiscally conservative, yet this present administration has for all means and purposes bankrupted this country in a war based on lies and greed; and continues to turn a blind eye to the pollution of our air, land, and waters for no other reason than shortsighted greed and profit-driven motives.

Answer 10

Neither is true, Try not scientific. Consensus is not fact, and a huge swath of the scientific community does not agree with gores assertions. Gore Won't debate the opposition and He did author Kyoto. One other issue.. Carbon Creditis have been given to Waste Management retroactively Which is a clear case of fraud. Some of the "Consumers" of the credit money, have been fradulent also.

Answer 11

not sure:

1) it's a fact that atmospheric CO2 traps heat

2) the 6 billion people on this planet look like we are going to exhaust in under 200 years fossil fuels that took millions of years to accumulate, that's a large amount of CO2 going to the atmosphere

3) we are paving over large areas of land and destroying much of the earths forests to make cropland which is a poor carbon sink

seems pretty obvious to me that this needs to be seriously considered