Global Warming. It's too late to reduce now. Shouldn't surviving the climate changes be Top Priority?

Question

If that ball is rolling, we can't stop it by reducing at this point. The climate has changed quickly and radically long before we were even smelting bronze. It's something we may have to survive. Shouldn't surviving it be a more important issue than pointing fingers a day late/a dollar short?

Answer 1

It's a natural occurrence and not something that can simply be reversed. There have already been at least two tropical ages followed by two ice ages. There is nothing we can do to stop it.

Answer 2

Surviving it should definitely be a top priority. We have to wonder whether sustained droughts will significantly impact our farmers, our ranchers, and our timber folks. What are the long term impacts. What about our coastal fishing??

And what about the migration of malaria bearing mosquitoes northward?? Is there a significant risk there??

I think I am a bit with you on this idea, that the ball is already rolling and we will be hard pressed to stop it. And of course all the folks who believe this is a natural occurrence need to jump on board with the idea of what to do to survive this change whether it's natural or man-made.

Of course the other problem we face is that a great many religious folks believe this is part of a greater plan and we aren't meant to change it...or survive it.

Answer 3

Most climate scientists agree that we can still avoid the worst effects of global warming by reducing our worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 50-90% by 2050. The priority should be meeting these reduction goals.

Answer 4

The government should NOT be spending billions of dollars on global warming anymore than they should be spending billions of dollars to come up with the the next version of the internet
What is Al Gore going to invent next that we need to fund?

Most reputable scientists know that global warming is the biggest fraud played on the American people in the last 200 years.
The people promoting this hoax are in it for the almighty dollar or political gain. Those with an education can see thru it but it is easy to fool the American public who only watch propaganda put out by Eco terrissts on their local cartoon station.

Answer 5

Yes, however, IF we are contributing to it, speeding up the process, wouldn't it be prudent to do everything we can to buy some time in the matter by reducing our contribution?

IF the effects come to what they say will happen, it won't be possible to relocate so many millions of people from the ocean's edge anyways. Where are you going to put them?

IF it comes to worst case scenario, man, in all his glory, will fight over land and water and energy rights instead of banding together.

Watch and see. The effects, IF they occur, should happen within 50 years or so.

Answer 6

We need to do both. We can dramatically reduce the severity and longevity of the problem by acting now. But you're right, some of the effects are unstoppable. We are going to see more incidents like the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. We need to start working right away on how to protect our coastal populations and resources, how to safeguard fresh water supplies, and how to adjust agriculture to deal with the effects of global warming.

Answer 7

Hey the dinosaurs had it better off then we do about global warning. Before they went all volcanoes had gone crazy, and the land was neer dessert before they had their ice age. We are fussing about ours when we still have things pretty good off. What gets me curious is what caused the dinosaurs their global warming. They didnt have electricity, cars, powerplants or used the earths natral resorces for their own use.

Answer 8

We can put resources into "surviving" -- but there is no strong evidence that it is "too late" to do anything but see it through.

And whether its' too late or not, and whether the predictions are correct or blown out of proportion -- most of the same actions that would prevent further problems also help survive any pending disasters -- and they are good policies even if no disasters happen.

Answer 9

Before we were smelting bronze? No no, your not listening.
Global Warming started after the industrial age. Science has
told us this. Common sense and science are together on this one.

Answer 10

Most scientist believe we need to start Now!
We can reduce global warming if we start with reducing green house gases. We need to go with ethanol,wind, solar,and hydrogen
power to stop our self destruction now!