Global Warming.?

Question

Please tell me your thoughts on global warming. i know It seems like a stupid question, but tell me if you are at all concerned, or if you plan to do something about it. Do you think the gov. is doing enough? etc.

Answer 1

I am not concerned. The earth has warmed and cooled in the past to temperature extremes much higher and lower than today. The earth has warmed slightly over the last century following several centuries of cooling. A reduction in the sun's output caused the cooling, and an increase in the sun's output is causing the warming. Governments can do nothing to change this.

Answer 2

Yes, I don't think the government is doing enough to promote global warming.

It is a fact that the earth was much more fertile and covered in lush tropical vegetation before the ice age struck, leaving only the tropics unharmed. This is why relatively recent fossils of tropical plants can be found far inland and even at the tops of mountains.

It's about time that the earth warmed up, and it is time to encourage higher temperatures, more rainfall, and finally melt the rest of the ice once and for all.

People will do the right thing and leave the cities, allowing them to flood and provide incredibly useful artificial reefs to support ocean life. And people will gladly move to previously cold climates like Canada and Siberia, where rich and fertile farm lands await, providing more food than America's breadbasket ever could, and additional land for corn and alternative fuels.

And with increased CO2, tropical forests will once again appear everywhere, turning the entire world into a vast paradise, restoring the Garden of Eden that was devastated by the drop in global temperatures.

It is important that our governments do everything they can to encourage global warming. China is leading the way on this and should be a shining example to all nations.

I plan on doing my part to promote global warming. Because I care about the planet. And I'm not going to put my own selfish needs in front of the needs of all the other species that will thrive when the climate warms back to its natural state. This is the glory of evolution after all.

Answer 3

It's not a stupid question and yes I am concerned. There is good reason to be concerned as we are quite clearly haveing an adverse effect on our climate. The reasons for this are quite simple - nothing more than basic physics and chemistry - and have been understood for a long time.

Scientists have been aware for over 100 years of the effects of global warming but we chose to ignore them, now we're having to face far more serious consequences that had we dealt with it decades ago.

As for doing something about it - all of us can play a part by reducing, resuing and recycling. This won't stop global warming but it will slow it down, this could buy enough time for the scoentists to find a viable solution - something that is currently being investigated and something I'm involved in.

Is the government doing enough? As with the public, all they can do through legislation, education etc is to slow down the effects. Some governments are doing better than others and in Europe in general they've had some success, managing to grow the economies whilst still reducing greenhouse gas emissions and (to date) largely avoiding the imposition of taxes, laws etc. Some policies are more successful then others, those that reward people for reducing emissions seem to have the most benefits so perhaps they should be concentrating more on this type of approach.

Answer 4

I would suggest you start reading the "answers" on Yahoo Q&A because not only has this question been asked many times, but there have been a LOT of good answers on this subject.

Yes I'm concerned, yes I've been doing something about it, and yes I think the government is doing enough for the moment, but they will do more in the future.

Answer 5

Global Warming.

Global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation.

The global average air temperature near the Earth's surface rose 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the last 100 years. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes, "most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations" via the greenhouse effect. Natural phenomena such as solar variation combined with volcanoes have probably had a small warming effect from pre-industrial times to 1950, but a small cooling effect since 1950. These basic conclusions have been endorsed by at least 30 scientific societies and academies of science, including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists is the only scientific society that officially rejects these conclusions. A few individual scientists disagree with some of the main conclusions of the IPCC.

Climate models referenced by the IPCC project that global surface temperatures are likely to increase by 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) between 1990 and 2100. The range of values results from the use of differing scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions as well as models with differing climate sensitivity. Although most studies focus on the period up to 2100, warming and sea level rise are expected to continue for more than a millennium even if greenhouse gas levels are stabilized. This reflects the large heat capacity of the oceans.

An increase in global temperatures is expected to cause other changes, including sea level rise, increased intensity of extreme weather events, and changes in the amount and pattern of precipitation. Other effects include changes in agricultural yields, glacier retreat, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.

Remaining scientific uncertainties include the exact degree of climate change expected in the future, and how changes will vary from region to region around the globe. There is ongoing political and public debate on a world scale regarding what, if any, action should be taken to reduce or reverse future warming or to adapt to its expected consequences. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The govt. due to my opinion is not doing as much as it has to do in the field of environment.

Answer 6

It's not a stupid question and yes I am concerned. I am concerned because people in America lack intuition. I'm from Rwanda and I noticed this when I came into this country of yours. The two worst culprets that have destroyed the environment are technology and capitalism. All modern technology was invented in America by Jews. Big business capitalism was started from the slave trade. The plantation owners grew tobacco and then spread into oil. Now co2 has become the most dangerous substance on the planet. Every major scientists in the world with a few exceptions have found this out. All the scientists in India know that co2 is dangerous. And Indian people are all head thinkers but they also got intuition which is good for their research. Only a few American scientist are holding out and they are in the pockets of tobacco and oil. George Bush will do anything to stop people from knowing the truth. American government is stonewalling. If I wasn't in this poisoned environment, I would stop using all technology. Right now I can only stop using what I can. I try not to buy from the CAPITALISTS and will only by from Green people and liberals. If I know that the person who is trying to sell me something is a liberal who hates racism and loves nature and natural things, I'm willing to spend a whole lot more money for whatever he is selling. I even give them a big tip because I believe in their cause. I don't have much money but I give what I can. People say I'm too skinny but thats because I try to only have one small meal a day. It not only helps the environment by causing less farming which is bad fore the environment but also it gives me more money to give to Greens and Liberals. I'm a bit of a stud which means I can't keep the women off me but that don't mean I spend money on them. They understand I got priorities. Just doing my part for the environment, that's me.

Answer 7

I'm sure the government is doing enough like prohibiting certain chemicals from being used by farmers or consumers...but you see, this is an issue for the future. Right now, there are a lot of political and socioeconomic concerns that global warming seems like a trivial topic.

I don't plan on doing anything about it. To tell you frankly, I myself have enough problems on my own to deal with.

Anyway, I'm sure that our generation would not be affected by this...maybe thousands of years from now?

Hope I helped..

Answer 8

Global Warming IS happening!
All humans are contributing to the destruction of the Antarctic region, it's people who forget to turn greenhouse gas-producing items on, they destroy the ozone layer, in result, heating up the earth and melting polar ice caps.

Temperatures recorded this year in the upper 500 metres of sea in the Fram Strait were up to 0.6 C higher than in 2003. over half a degree in 3 years! Remember, this is IN the ocean, the ice on the surface of the ocean will heat quicker than this. if done the maths, ice caps should be rising in temp. about 2.5-4 degrees each decade! so by the time I'll be 33, the Arctic ocean would have heated up about an extra 12 degrees, that's A LOT!
not a pretty thought..

Answer 9

There is no threat, its political BS.

CO2 levels are a very small percentage of our Earth's atmosphere.
You know what generates and absorbs the greatest percentage of 'greenhouse gas'? THE OCEAN!
The amount of Co2 made by other means is LESS than 1%! The greatest generator of CO2 in that 1% is Volcanoes!
The amount left after that is mostly organic life generating Co2 naturally. One of the lowest percentages of CO2 emitters out of what's left of that 1% is human.
What humans make is in the THOUSANDTHS of a percent! How can Gore say that what we produce has ANY effect of the other 99.99%??
Plus, he tries to stigmatize CO2 likes it's man-made. It's completely natural and is abundant in nature and all living things.
How does he explain the fact that the current relative temperature is far below what it was in the past - even before man learned how to use fire? What about the hundreds of years during the medieval times when it was much warmer than it is now?
He never brings up the fact that his charts are aligned to hide the 800 year gap between the CO2 and mean temps on a timeline.
Which would show how CO2 follows temps changes.
Global warming is one of the biggest scams in human history.

Here's something Bush should do - he should announce that - "Ok, I guess Global Warming is happening. Since we now know it's real, we don't need to spend any more money on grants for research on the subject. As president, I want to pass new legislation to cut-off funding for global warming."
No need to spend money on something that's a 'scientific consensus' right?
Oh wait, all of those 'scientist' would be out of a job!
The whole 'Global Warming' economy would dry up.
It's really that simple. It's an industry.
Every year they hyped up the problem with more reckless and exaggerated claims just to land more and more funding.
No problem = no funding.
Problem getting worse = more and more funding.

Answer 10

The idea of those scientists making out financially by promoting a fake theory in order to obtain funding is the nuttiest thing yet amidst a plethora of horse crap..

Do you have any idea what scientists are paid? Teachers look like oil tycoons by comparison! I get so embarrassed for my country reading things like that, knowing that people of other countries are reading them also.. I shouldn't. It's just one more example of the consequences of the USA dropping to last place in the education of it's citizens (or first runner up) among developed countries. It makes me remember the good old days of the Cold War when we were usually second or third in the world. People were upset that we weren't first, but I'll bet it would look pretty good to them today.