If global warming is a sham, what do we do next?

Question

By global warming I mean, not that the earth is not getting warmer by some degree, but the dire predictions of Al Gore, etc. and the accusation that humans alone are causing climate change.

Answer 1

As much as I dislike Al Gore's irresponsible half-truth and the doom and gloom predictions of the pro-global warming crowd, the changes they are advocating are good ones. We've been too reliant on oil for way too long, natural gas is going to run out eventually, and even though we have hundreds of years in coal supplies, we need to find better sources of energy and reduce our dependence on oil. No idea if such changes will have a positive impact on our environment, but they'll sure as heck have a positive impact on our future.

Answer 2

Gore doesn't insinuate or accuse humans of being the sole cause of global climate change.

But to answer your question -- next we act as if human-related global warming is not a sham and we clean up our act. Just in case, or anyway, or just because we should.

Answer 3

We humans are overdoing this because these changes are slow in effect depending on what we do. We should just put out health facts instead because humans care about what affects us, not the general public. Think about it. If you said cars cause cancer, then we wouldn't drive cars. But, if they said that cars cause global warming and will affect the world in the future, we won't care. We like things that interest us and is available to us right away. If they talk about global warming all the time, we'll get annoyed. How about show something to us so we can get just like that and we can possibly change the world in 10 years or so? I don't think humans are the main cause fully. It has to do with something else those scientists havn't figured out yet.

Answer 4

Global warming, as it is being presented to us, is indeed a sham.
1. Science is not a consensus activity
2. _All_ scientists do NOT agree
3. Even the socialistic EU "scientists" are
backpedalling on their GW stance
4. Global warming, like global cooling is part of the
natural climatic cycle.
5. There have been many such cycles in Earth's
history.
6. Earth is presently in the last stages of an ice
age and was considerably warmer for most of its
history.
7. Floating ice occupies the same volume as would the
liquid water that comprises it.
8. Even if the ocean levels rise the alarmist 28
feet, just move away from the beach.
9. Warmer climate means more crop growing area.
10. Water is not going anywhere. Except for what we
have shot into space with rockets, there is the same
amount as there always was.



Global warming is one-half of the climatic cycle of warming and cooling.
The earth's mean temperature cycles around the freezing point of water.
This is a completely natural phenomenon which has been going on since there has been water on this planet. It is driven by the sun.
Our planet is currently emerging from a 'mini ice age', so is becoming warmer and may return to the point at which Greenland is again usable as farmland (as it has been in recorded history).
As the polar ice caps decrease, the amount of fresh water mixing with oceanic water will slow and perhaps stop the thermohaline cycle (the oceanic heat 'conveyor' which, among other things, keeps the U.S. east coast warm).
When this cycle slows/stops, the planet will cool again and begin to enter another ice age.
It's been happening for millions of years.
Humans did not cause it.
Humans cannot stop it.

Answer 5

We should still be doing many of the same things as if global warming were exactly as predicted by scientists.

Reducing our dependency on oil, which is concentrated mostly in unstable countries, is a limited resource, and has pollution biproducts other than greenhouse gases. Becoming more energy efficient to save money in the long-term. Investing in renewable energy technology which will always be available to provide power. That sort of thing.

Answer 6

It's not a sham. Al Gore has nothing to do with the science. No one claims it's man alone, but the data clearly shows man is 80-90% of it. From the source below:

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

The arguments from skeptics, such as the ones above, are all demolished here:

http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462

Answer 7

You may win the ultimate prize: The last human being to accept the reality of Global Warming! Congratulations.
You can ignore all the wildfires in the West, including the largest, ever, in Utah.
You can ignore the wildfires in Georgia-Florida, visible in satellite weather TV pictures.
You can ignore the floods in Texas.
You can ignore the 1,000 tornadoes in 2007, so far.
You can ignore the first two monster tornadoes, over a mile in diameter. One must see it in TV, to believe it.
You can ignore the town with all homes flattened by a tornado.
You can ignore the 8 year drought in the West that has lowered the water table in most cities in western states and the water level in Lake Mead by 80 feet.
You can ignore Glaciers melting worldwide from Glacier Park to Kilimanjaro, Mt. Everest, Matterhorn, Chile to Greenland and, even, Antarctica..Yesterday, a man went swiming at the North Pole, no ice floes in sight, yes, he survived with his Speedo swiming trunks, only.
You can ignore the 1.5 Billion that depend on water from the glaciers in Central Asia, or can you?
Can we ignore Bangladesh, after it is flooded, more than it is now, and they begin to die of thirst? Funny, isn't, all that water and not a drop to drink. Actually, it is not funny but tragic.

Can you ignore all that? The U.S. fought WWII to help others live a better life, will we do nothing in Central Asia? Like we did nothing in Rwanda and Darfur? Tell me it ain't so!
By the way, why are we in Iraq? To speed up Global Warming or help them at a huge cost of blood and money?

Don't even think of moving to another country, it will do you no good: Global Warming is Global, it's the ABSOLUTE EQUALIZER. Either we ALL survive, or NONE survive. My and your opinion alter only our words!

Answer 8

Well Al Gore is just trying to get media attention and now we can go back to what americans do best....blame the president.

Answer 9

The best estimates are that if we are to have any chance of stopping Global Warming we must reduce carbon dioxide emissions world wide to less than one tenth of what they are today.

In order to accomplish that we would have to shut down all of the world economies and create world wide poverty and misery in the process..

Even that might not be enough to stop Global Warming.

What is clear is that all of the proposed simple solutions such as more recycling, buying hybrid cars, replacing your incandescent lights with compact fluorescent lights will not get you anywhere near the reductions of carbon dioxide emissions that you need to stop Global Warming.

We must accept the fact that Global Warming is a fact of modern life.

Rather than running around aimlessly with our lists of 101 things to do sto stop Global Warming, trying ot reduce carbon dioxide emissions, we need to focus on what we must do to mitigate the effects of Global Warming.

The sea levels will rise. Fortunately coastal areas can be protected from flooding by the use of dike systems similar to those in Holland to hold back the sea.

Hurricanes will become stronger and more frequent. We need to help affected poor countries to upgrade their disaster preparedness systems for hurricanes.

Droughts will become more frequent. We need to help affected poor countries with supplemental water supplies and desalination plants.

We cannot stop global Waming but we can mitigate the effects of Global Warming at reasonable cost if we start now.

Answer 10

Al Gore's version of global warming is a fairytale gone wrong.

The climate has always changed regardless of human activity, and it always will. Species have come and gone regardless of human activity, and always will. Our effect on the forces of nature is kind of insignificant in the long run.

I suppose at least he's made money from creating the hype over it, so props to him for knowing how to work the business world.