Global Warming???

Question

Do you think that muscians and buinesspeople have started the whole "save the environment" thing now that its popular? Or do you think people would have done it anyway? Because when people first started talking about global warming not many people really seemed to care. I'm not saying its bad that they are supporting the environment it but I am questioning their motives.

Answer 1

Whenever people start working for a cause, there will be people with wrong motives. Sure, there will be people that are doing it to save the environment, but there will also be people that are trying to make as much money as possible and people who are trying to become as famous as possible.

Answer 2

I'm sure that many of them are doing things out of genuine concern for the environment but then I'm sure others are doing it for publicity and self interest. It would be interesting to look into the private lives of some of these people and see if they're practicing what they preach.

Regardless, they are bringing the environmental message to many people and if this influences some folks to act then that's surely a good thing.

In a worldwide poll conducted in April this year, 92% of respondents said they considered global warming a serious threat. If this figure translates into the music and business world then it would be safe to assume that the majority are acting out of concern rather than self interest.

Answer 3

If you wish to receive grant money for climate research, do you think that you'll get a cheque if you say," I need the grant, as I think that I can prove that the figures that the current paradigm is based upon are wrong" ? The great environmentalist, David Bellamy, has been silenced, and refused airtime. There is still no proven causative link between the amount of Co2 in the atmosphere, and an increase in global temperatures. The WWWF photographs of the polar bears swimming were taken in the Arctic summer; when the ice cap partially melts, as they couldn't get up to photograph in the winter. The ice was too thick! The East-Anglian uni research figures. "Oh! The figures don't match our expectations. Oh well. Keep quiet. Because we know that we are right." When the belief, and the faith is more important than squarely facing the legitimate doubts of a lot of non grant-supported scientists, science has been superceded by religious zealots. As Oliver Cromwell colourfully said." I pray thee, in the bowels of Christ, consider that thou mayest be wrong."

Answer 4

No.

What you're seeing is a process.

Scientists do more research, collect more data. As a result the scientific community gets persuaded that global warming is fact. This takes years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change

Then ordinary people and politicians get persuaded too, even those who are not liberals or environmentalists..

"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich challenged fellow conservatives Tuesday to stop resisting scientific evidence of global warming"

It's not about what's popular. It's about what has been slowly proven and what is a huge threat to us all.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL052735320070407

Good websites for more info:

http://profend.com/global-warming/

http://www.realclimate.org

"climate science from climate scientists"

Answer 5

This page is based on a brief synopsis of the 2001 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the National Research Council's 2001 report Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, as well as NCDC's own data resources. It was prepared by David Easterling and Tom Karl, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, N.C. 28801.

One of the most hotly debated topics on Earth is the issue of climate change, and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) data centers are central to answering some of the most pressing global change questions that remain unresolved. The National Climatic Data Center contains the instrumental records that can precisely define the nature of climatic fluctuations at time scales of a up to a century. Among the diverse kinds of data platforms whose data contribute to NCDC's armamentarium are: Ships, buoys, weather stations, balloons, satellites, and aircraft. The National Oceanographic Data Center contains the subsurface data which reveal the ways that heat is distributed and redistributed over the planet. Knowing how these systems are changing and how they have changed in the past is crucial to understanding how they will change in the future. And, for climate information that extends from hundreds to thousands of years, the paleoclimatology program, also at the National Climatic Data Center, helps to provide longer term perspectives.

Internationally, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), is the most senior and authoritative body providing scientific advice to global policy makers. The IPCC met in full session in 1990, 1995 and in 2001. They address issues such as the buildup of greenhouse gases, evidence, attribution, and prediction of climate change, impacts of climate change, and policy options.

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Answer 6

huh what to say if all the things are out of our control.Global warming is deadly and saddest thing.if the global warming continues in the same way the ozone layer will burst and we all will die of sunrays.even the cold north and south poles will be destroyed and our future citizens will not have the luck to see that animals in the polar regions.they should buy old videos from us and see them.even now we have chances to control the "GB"."save the world plant as many plants as you can.let us all live and let live the nature".

Answer 7

Now that the liberal's forces (musicians, actors, media, etc.) have scared the hell out of all you people here's how it works (you see it's really about the money, not the Earth).
Senators in their valiant crusade against global warming will build all kinds of ''green'' projects (with our money) which will all of course go way over budget. They will also give grants (our money) to corporations to assist them in making their factories environmentally friendly. Most of these companies will be owned or will give board positions to these same senators (and their buddies). Of course none of these actions will reduce pollution in fact we will find out years (and billions of our dollars) later that they actually caused more pollution. We won't find out about this without multi-million dollar studies (which as you may have guessed, will be payed for with our money). Do a little research and find out how ''pork barrel politics'' works, don't take my word on it!

Answer 8

global warming is a fact and dangerous for living beings

Answer 9

I think they would have done it anyway, it would've gotten popular no matter what, considering how serious this is.
People may think otherwise, but that's what I think.

Answer 10

global warming is pretty bad,
you all know what its about and it will probably start when all the polititians now have died,

"SO THEY DONT CARE!"