Why are people so easy to dismiss global warming?? And even Attack Al Gore when....?

Question

a coalition of world scientists all seemed to agree on the problem?

Isnt it worth at least looking into?

If anything all your repukes should want some type of diversion away from this mess Bush created in IRAQ

Answer 1

Right, we got Al Gore to create the buzz about Global Warming to divert attention from Iraq. Wow. I guess Bush is pretty smart after all.

The reason people are skeptical--not about global warming (the world's temperature has never been stable), but that humankind has caused it--is that all of the actions recommended to alleviate global warming are aimed at Western industrial capitalism. In other words, naked Marxism has been rejected around the world. So Marxists dress their ideology in other garb.

If environmentalists were not Marxist in nature, then they would be urging the UN and others to take action against the Indonesians who are burning peat to make way for palm groves, and all the Third World people burning wood for fuel, clearing forests, and otherwise raping the environment. Instead, they target the same companies and the same nations that Marxists always have--big oil, the auto industry, the United States.

They are duping you. You are not thinking critically. Wake up.

Answer 2

You have a point, but personal attacks will only get people to close their ears, not open their minds.

Al Gore is a Democrat. I would venture most people who attack Al Gore are Republicans. I'm a Republican, but I'm very interested and concerned about this topic.

Al Gore was the Democratic Vice President to Bill Clinton. He also ran for president against Bush and the hotly contested election was so close to 50/50 that both sides felt they should have won. I think it created a grudge in the Democrats. If it had turned out the other way, I am sure the Republicans would be holding the same grudge.

Republicans also worry that this is a run-up to the elections, and that Al Gore will suddenly announce he is running after the positive receiption of An Inconvenient Truth.

This country has become so stupidly divided over party lines it's ridiculous. But the insult-slinging is what exacerbates it. On both sides. The behavior of my fellow Republicans has almost made me want to change to an independent. But not a Democrat as their behavior is just as bad. This division in my opinion is the cause of the whole problem. If it hadn't become a polarizing political issue, people would put their guards down and actually listen.

I hope some brave Republicans take up the cause, I think that would make a major change in public opinion. This topic needs to be addressed in a nonjudgemental, open-minded, fair and educated manner.

Answer 3

Gee some of you Americans are so ignorant. First you create the problem by being the largest output source for CO2 and THEN you turn the whole global warming issue into an internal debate between Rep vs Dem.
Why don't you gun toting windbags show some leadership and admit, as the World's (yes the World is the big planet we ALL live on) largest industrialised nation, that you need to at least come to the round table talks about what the hell we are going to do.
These comments from some Americans that "global warming is normal" and "we will adapt" and "we have had ice ages before" really do personify the stupidity of burying one's head in the sand.
It is not rocket science people. Before oil and fossil fuel was formed the Earth was a boiling hot mass and very uncomfortable because of all the carbon is the atmosphere. A vast quantity of the CO2 was trapped when fossil fuels formed but we have released HALF of it in 100 years when it took millions of years to put it there in the first place.
Al Gore only jumped on the bandwagon that the rest of World has been trying to get America to pay attention to for ages and it is about time you quit sulking and showed some leadership. Thank goodness some of you are finally doing it but the losers who question reality - GET A LIFE!
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Answer 4

Some Simple Facts:
Yes, there is Global Warming. It has happened before and it will happen again. Example: Middle ages, the global warming was obviously caused by man then also.

The Ice caps have melted, on average, an insignificant amount, causing the sea level to rise an insignificant amount. I have heard claims that 40% of the ice caps are already gone. If that were true, the sea level would have risen 3 feet. Serious misinformation.

Man contributes only minimally to global warming. I have heard claims that 90% of Climate scientists say man outright caused the global warming. That is an outright lie. The figure is more like 10%. Maybe 90% percent believe that Man CONTRIBUTES BUT NOT CAUSES global warming. Misinformation.

Global warming is a political tool used to divert attention from Big Oils raping of America. It is the latest in a line of intentional distractions by politicians. As others have said the “flavor of the month”. What has your politician done about Big Oil. Probably nothing or misinformation.

Global warming is real but used by Alarmists by horrific exaggerations and careful misinformation. These Alarmists spout various facts and figures with little or no truth while denouncing anything that contradicts their views. I often think their actions remind me of psycho sports fans who freak out if you dare to say anything is wrong with their team.

There is good in the global warming debate. It will reduce pollution and increase energy efficiency. I don’t need lies and misinformation to get me to believe that.

Answer 5

I don't believe too many people dismiss it. As you say, most scientists believe in it but there is a big disciplinary division on what causes it. No matter what causes it, scientists are also in agreement that if all effecting pollution were to stop immediately, global warming would continue. Another area of scientific division is on the consequences with biologists (especially) thinking it’s the end of the world with others believing the changes are slow enough that mankind can adapt (note the difference in emphasis - mankind vs other species). What is agreed on is that pollution is a bad thing and needs to be addressed. Realists factor in economies and the well-being of human kind whereas the environmentalists care only about species extinction and apparently don't care if preventing the natural course of nature (which ensures species extinction) sends civilization back into the stone ages. As usual, a middle course is best, especially since we can do precious little about global warming (whether or not it is manmade or due to the documented warming of the sun).

It is basically the rehashing of the ages old battle between those running around with their heads cut off screaming the end of the world is nigh and with realists.

OK Mr sageandscolar - scientists agree, eh? This was eeeeeezzzzeeeee!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021113070418.htm

Washington- -December 17, 1998 --Nando
Arctic temperatures were warmer in the Late Cretaceous period, some 92 to 86 million years ago, than scientists first thought, according to a study in Science magazine to be published Friday. Vertebrate fossils, including those of the crocodile's ancestors, the champosaurs, a reptile that could not have survived below freezing temperatures, were found in the Canadian Arctic, the study said. According to professor J. Tarduno, one of the study's authors, the presence of these fossils proves the region had an average annual temperature of 14 degrees Celcius (57 Fahrenheit). The temperate climate was caused by an increase of carbon gas in the atmosphere from volcanic eruptions around the world, Tarduno said.
http://www.weatherquestions.com/Roy-Spencer-on-global-warming.htm

http://epw.senate.gov/pressitem.cfm?party=rep&id=264777

http://www.worldclimatereport.com/archive/previous_issues/vol3/v3n4/hot.htm

http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=9578

http://www.ncpa.org/hotlines/global/pd033099d.html

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

http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/Articles%202004/Winter2003-4/global_warming.pdf

http://www.look-to-the-skies.com/global_warming.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060720103605.htm

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-10/bas-sct100103.php

http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/global-warming030207.htm

http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2005GL025539.shtml

http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/prrl0226a.html


http://www.junkscience.com/sep98/telgw.htm

http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/022707GlobalWarmingPG.pdf
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/danish_scientist_global_warming_is_a_myth/20070315-012154-7403r/

Answer 6

Mr. Gore brought some attention to a climatic event. Partially accelerated by Humans. Truth.
Now the actual people that run this Country, Think Tanks and Lobbyists with ulterior agendas speak the loudest against this Truth.
Greenland is definitely losing mass.
Both Arctics are losing mass.
Oceans are rising.
Get off the political aspect, there is no right or left on a sinking ship.
There is only rescue and save what one can.
Own a car? sell it.
Do you recycle? start
Put that bucket in the shower, stand in it, take a shower, dry off, get dressed, and use that saved water to water the plants outside.
If the plants die, need to change the soap and junk you use.
Stop buying into the problem.
Support the solution.

Answer 7

The people above me have answered your question - they dismiss global warming because they want to. They have no scientific evidence to support their position (not a single shred of evidence was provided in the many global warming denier answers above), but they have no respect for science anyway.

They attack Al Gore because he's an easy target. Because he was a liberal politician who's become the face of global warming, they can use him as a scapegoat to pretend it's a political issue. 'It's all a liberal hoax!', they screech.

The bottom line is that all scientific evidence points to humans as the primary cause of the current global warming, but global warming deniers have no respect for science. They'll sit on their computers, surfing the internet, in great health because of medical science, living a comfortable life because of scientific advancements, but suddenly scientists arrive at a conclusion they don't like and it's 'science is unreliable! Scientsts are all in on a giant hoax!'.

Irrational people are very good at convincing themselves of what they want to believe.

Answer 8

If Al Gore were to lead by example he may be a little more believable..Carbon offsets makes the whole global warming issue a joke..people are making money off of it and it's a shame

Answer 9

well for one thing be honest with yourself.. have you ever seen the list of these so called scientists?? or are you just taking someone's word for it?? have you examined the list, do you know the backgrounds on those people?? or once again are you just accepting that what someone is telling you is true because there is a coalition of scientists?? im just asking you to think critically.. and dont just lie down and accept what your told. how many times a day do you hear a story on the news, or from our government only to learn it is a total lie, or a bit of truth used in an untruthful manner??

Ask yourself a simple question, why would warming of the earths climate be such a danger?? polar ice caps, melting, species extinction, wicked weather.. SEE asking those questions the answer is clear right..?? is that all true or have you been told to believe that?? If you understand any of earths history you are well aware of what is called the ice age! During this time the earth was covered in ice much more than today, glaciers over all parts of the world, but why don't we see those glaciers today?? because the earth began to warm!! but why?? man was not around with his industrial pollution to cause this.. well the reason for the warming has nothing to do with man.. it is becaus of the SUN!! did you know that a volcanic eruption will emit more pollutants into our atmosphere than all of mankind has done in his entire history on this planet?? If you want and must have someone telling you its because of man or it isn't.. why not listen to the head of NASA who said that global warming is over hyped, because it is ridiculous to believe that the climate we have on earth today is the ideal climate for the planet.. dont you think he has a point..

Don't let one side confuse you by telling mistruths!! Nobody from either side is in denial about the planet heating up!! that is not in question like some want to spin it as.. The difference is some believe it is man made and some believe it is something beyond our control.. period end of discussion.. With that said that does not mean the other side thinks we shouldn't do what we can to have clean fuels and more efficent electronics or cars.. See one side wants to TAX you into preventing this so called global warming, they want you to pay an extra tax which will be a world tax that will punish you for polluting and in theory you will become more green that way, its called the global carbon tax, google it.. think about that for a minute.. if they can scare you enough or in your case believe it with no doubt you will accept being taxed to prevent it after all your for saving the planet aren't you?? its a total joke a scam.. a theft of wealth a precursor to world government and its all wrapped up in population control or eugenics.. after all if the planet is ideal and man is warming it up who is the problem in this equation?? MAN, so in this scenerio who needs the control?? MAN, population control!! I sure hope you don't just dismiss this as way out there, us your head research, its all about population control..

google eugenics, global warming hoax, carbon tax, population control.. sun cycles, mini ice age,

Answer 10

"SEEMED to agree "
You got that right obviously you havnt read the fine print.

Algore is just a "has been" totally losing any little bit respectability he had when he associated himself with the Clintons. Now he writes books to support his extravangant fuel wasting ways he no longer can pay for as a freeloading politician.
Infact the eco bunch would be better off if they dumped him off too. He's the perfect example of not giving a crap about the environment.