global warming? humans' fault?

Question

hey im doin dis project if u can give me some of ur opinion it would be very useful. global warming is it really dat we r contribute to this? do u think that global warming is that serious? would u do somethin to prevent it?

Answer 1

All you hear about Global Warming is what the scaremongering governments want you to hear.
They choose which scientists to put on TV to scare the bejesus out of you.
There are many, many scientists who refute that Global Warming is the fault of mankind.
I suppose the government will say that the `ice-age` was due to the early animals farting too much.
It`s all b0llocks.

Answer 2

The warming of the earth through natural events isn't in doubt but there is debate as to how much human activities have contributed to global warming.

NATURAL GLOBAL WARMING

Since the creation of Earth some 4,567 million years ago it has gone through many warming and cooling cycles. The current cycle is one of warming, this began 18,000 years and has warmed Earth by approximately 9°C; it's this warming which brought about the end of the last ice age some 10,500 years ago.

On a much larger time-scale, the world is in a general cooling phase and has been for about 50 million years, this in itself is part of a much larger cycle of long term cooling and warming.

It's thanks to the natural greenhouse effect that our planet is habitable, without it the world would be some 33°C colder.

MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING

If there were no life on Earth it would still be warming. Of concern is the unprecedented rise in temperatures over the last 150 years or so.

In recent years there has been much debate about the human contribution to global warming and consequent climate change. The IPCC has conducted the most detailed examination of climate change to date and concludes that human cause is ‘very likely’.

Answer 3

Do we contribute to global warming?
Yes and no. More accurately, we contribute to the Greenhouse effect - less than 1%. How much less has not been calculated. We also contribute to global cooling through particulate and sulfate pollution. Chief US proponent of man-made contribution, NASA's James Hansen says that the Greenhouse effect from man's CO2 emissions is offset by sulfate cooling. So, there is no consensus as to just how much man contributes or even if it produces a net warming effect.

Is global warming serious? Not as serious as global cooling. Look at the world at ANY time during the last century? Has there ever been a year where man's relationship with nature WASN'T serious. What years didn't have earthquakes, hurricanes, drought, flooding, killer snowstorms or heatwaves, crop killing frost or heat, etc? Natural disasters we deal with the best we can. But there are plenty of man-made or exacerbated problems that are as harmful to our civilization that we DEFINITELY CAN make a difference, if we just focus our energies and resources. GW THAT serious? Not at the expense of de-prioritizing other problems.

Do something to prevent it? I would do what I can to decrease our negative impact on the environment. But I would definitely NOT manipulate Earth's physical and biological processes to purposely change climate. We may end up doing more harm than good (which has often been the case.)

Answer 4

We humans are not sure it this is part of the natural cycle of this planet, because no one has been around since the beginning and our records only go so far back. I feel it is both part of this planets natural cycle and we are also contributing to global warming by speading the process up. This planet has seen several ice ages and warmer climates in its cycle, but we are putting way too much pollutants into the atmosphere then what this planet can handle, making global warming more prominent then gradual.

Answer 5

the earths temperature has gone up and down since records begun,
global warming has become a global money making buisness, thousands and thousands employed because of it , imagine if the scientists who earn there living studying it told the truth and admitted it is just a natural cycle, they would all be out of work
take Al gore , his political career done no good so now he,s earning a living under the global warming scam
just an excuse to tax us
WAKE UP PEOPLE

Answer 6

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Answer 7

It is evidently happening and accelerating right before our eyes and it appears to be due to several factors .... natural cycles, nature, and human influence ..... there is little that we can (or possibly should) do to adjust the "natural" side of things however, there is a lot that we can to to minimize the human factors.
Unfortunately political factions and self-serving entities have grasped on to the specifics that enable them to continue "as-was" and have ignored the overall picture.
It is definitely happening and we surely must do all that we can reasonably do to minimize the harmful things we are doing ... most of which are self-serving and non-essential.
Perhaps you live in a large country where the "front-line" effects are not yet being felt. I live on a small island and we can see the damages daily.

Answer 8

There are 2 sides to the argument. Historically, the earth has gone through periods of warm and cool climate, lasting around 10,000 years at a time, and we are currently in a warmer period. However, we are speeding the process up a lot, with the overuse of fossil fuels in particular.

Answer 9

Of Course
Others have answered better than me why.
But I am scared - I am in my 50s and have watched the climate change drastically from how it was when I was a child - I have an 18 year old daughter and I am so so scared for her future and so sorry for my contribution in her future or perhaps lack of one

Answer 10

Bring it on . why should other country's have it all we need it over Britain. then we can grow our own bananas and pineapples. and fig trees and NO HEATING bills. now that will p-i-s-s of the gas & electric. The greedy git`s. And when other country`s start coming over for thair hols we can rip them off. yeh bring it on. PS.not humans fault. the government and they are not human.