Do you think that Global Warming is a load of rubbish and agree with the people that say its a natural course?

Question

we are doing a geography project on it and need to do a survey. Thanks :)

Answer 1

The science on Global Warming is very good.

Unfortunately the media hype contains a large number of egaggerations and outright falsehoods that damages the credibility of anyone associated with the topic of Global Warming..

Global Warming has two sources.

The first is natural forces over which we have no control.

The second caused by human activity, primarily carbon dioxide produced as a result of human activity.

The best estimates are that if we are to have any chance at all of stopping Global Warming we would need to reduce the world wide production of carbon dioxide to less than one tenth of what it is today.

To accomplish that size of a reduction would require that we shut down the economies of the world.

This would cause massive poverty and misery on a scale that is unimaginable and is far worse than the worst possible consequences of Global Warming.

Fortunately the problems caused by Global Warming can be mitigated at reasonable cost.

Coastal areas can be protected from flooding by dike systems similar to those in Holland that hold back the sea.

Hurricanes will become stronger. We need to help poor countries upgrade their disaster preparedness systems.

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

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

Answer 2

I for one do not think that global warming is a joke, or pile of rubbish at all. I have heard countless people say that global warming is a democratic conspiracy trying give trouble to the republicans. But honestly dosen't it just make sense. Lots of people have turned this world into a pollutionary hazard. I do not think it's a natural cause but I sure think that the people have probably 99.9% of the blame. The icrease of the global average temperature is mainly from the enhancement of the greenhouse effect. Which if you go to any creditable website will tell you that the reason for the enhancement of the greenhouse effect is air pollution. If we as human beings just took a sec. to notice all the beautiful things around us, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD THANK GOD, and make an effort to help future generations.

Answer 3

You are asking two questions in one badly worded sentence. You should have asked. 1. Do you believe in Global Warming? 2. If so, do you believe it is a natural cycle?

Yes, I believe in Global Warming. I don't need to look at science to know this. I am on the same land that has been in the family since the late 1800's. There have been clear and unmistakable changes in the land, water tables, surface water, trees and type of crops you can grow. I can see it with my own eyes and hear about it from any old timer. I don't need science to tell me what I can clearly see.

The percentage of nature versus man contribution to this I cannot say. Man indeed has changed the earth and these changes bring consequences. Anyone can see that man has a huge effect on the land. Just open your eyes and look around.

In the end it shouldn't matter whether you believe or not. Making changes that bring about less pollution and less energy usage are just common sense. You shouldn't need someone who lives on the land to tell you that, but I guess many of you do.

Answer 4

Global warming is not "a load of rubbish".

Global warming does occur "naturally" (in other words, due to causes other than humans like variations in the sun). However, humans are responsible for most (80-90%) of the warming over the past 40-50 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

I agree with Trevor - almost everyone who thinks otherwise simply doesn't understand the science.

Answer 5

1. I don't think global warming is rubbish because the Earth itself is actually getting warmer.
2. I disagree though that CO2 and our other emissions have caused this to happen.
3. I agree that the Earth is getting warmer as a result of a natural cycle that we can't control by pursuing the CO2 agenda.

Answer 6

I don't think it is a bunch of rubbish. I have reviewed information about global warming and being a biologist I have come to the conclusion, without a doubt we are causing global warming. Here is one factor causing it and not being addressed as an issue.
The raising of cattle for beef consumption causes more global warming than all of the cars exhaust on this planet. It starts with thousands of sq. miles of tropical rainforest being cut down and burned to raise much of the cattle. Then the amount of methane gas(a global warming gas) that is expelled by cattle. 100 million tons of methane gas a year is expelled by cattle just in the U.S. alone. The amount of water to raise these cattle is beyond belief also. It takes about 20 acres of land a year to supply the protein a person needs by eating beef and over 2500 gallons of water. For a vegetarian it takes 1 acre of land to supply the protein they need for one year and about 40 gallons of water. Stop eating beef and you will be doing more to stop global warming than many other opitions.

Answer 7

No, I do not agree that Global Warming is "a load of rubbish". The people that say it is a natural variation are participating in what is generally known as both denial and wishful thinking. The research has been ongoing since the 1950s and is pretty credible that an unnatural rate of progression of warming has been occuring.

On a more personal level, I personally can't see how people refuse to pull their heads out of the sand and look at the evidence. The evidence is staring us in the face: glaciers melting at remarkable speeds; the polar ice caps shrinking much faster than normal; permafrost in Alaska and other northern locations defrosting; polar bears starving; record-breaking heat waves across multiple continents; record high temperatures; record warm winters and overall warm years. Look around you and see millions of cars spewing out CO2 everywhere they go. Powerplants and factories spewing out CO2 and other poisons. Aircraft, ships, transportation of all sorts all putting out huge loads of CO2. Even the small things: gas power lawnmowers, jetskis, powerboats, weedeaters, generators, chainsaws, hedgetrimmers -- all polluting our atmosphere with smoke and CO2. How anybody can imagine that centuries of pollution and ever-increasing amounts of total pollution are inconsequential is really beyond me.

Answer 8

It's not even a question. It's like asking if there is really no air on the moon. Global warming is a fact. Human pollution and the release of the energy in millions of years of fossil fuels within the last century is causing the carbon dioxide level to rise. The good news: I won't have to deal with it. I'm old. So it's up to the younger generation to change things. Personally, I think the human race will self destruct....

Answer 9

With all due respect to those who say it's a natural cause, climate change is something they clearly don't understand.

Having worked in the field of climate change for many years I have still to meet a person who is educated on the subject that puts global warming down to solely natural causes.

Yes it's a contributory factor and has been the driver of historical climate change but even allowing for the maximum possible natural variations it only counts for a small proportion of the current warming.

Answer 10

The scientific data says this is not a natural cycle.

But, you'll get a bad number from a survey on Yahoo answers. Why don't you survey your friends or neighbors instead? Or even just people on the street.

There's a lot less controversy about this is the real world than there is on Yahoo answers:

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/329.php?nid=&id=&pnt=329&lb=hmpg1

And vastly less controversy in the scientific community than you might guess from the few skeptics talked about here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686

Good websites for more info:

http://profend.com/global-warming/
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/
http://www.realclimate.org
"climate science from climate scientists"