Global Warming?

Question

At last, two scientists have applied common sense to the Global Warming argument. After extensive research, they came to the conclusion that Global Warming is natural and has happened regularly over thousands of years. Just visit the Natural History Museum and see an exhibit explaining how and when it has happened in the past if you don't believe them. Dr David Bellamy was ridiculed for saying much the same thing some time ago. Historical evidence points to the natural cycle of record floods going back 5000 years ago and the flourishing wine production in England during the much milder period when the Romans occupied Britain. Scientists have pointed out that the Sun's radiation has far more influence on our climate that we humans do. Of course, this won't budge those who believe that all we have to do is tax everything to stop it. Complete rubbish of course. What we should be preventing is the massive forest clearance and logging taking place abroad. No financial gain there though!

Answer 1

You are correct. Global warming is a natural process. You need to be careful when telling people that though to make sure you aren't seen as encouraging the waste of resources or unnecessary pollution etc.

I hate the enviro-mafia too, and strongly believe GW is not affected by human activity, but I still think we should try to burn fewer resources etc. You'll just get people's backs up otherwise! Making it hard for them to realise that you are right in what you say.
All this carbon footprint rubbish irritates the hell out of me though. Co2 is food for plants...why on earth do people think it's a bad thing! Increased harvests a bad thing? What are they thinking!!

Answer 2

Global warming is a natural phenomena caused by the Sun's solar activity, like it has done for thousands of years going back in time. It is a cycle like you say.

There is absolutely no link between climate change and man made carbon dioxide.

It is simply about making money, nothing else. Global warming has become an industry, a brand, and many people now earn a living helping to spoon feed us the lies that it is all our fault.

Making us pay green taxes is absoloutely scandolous and no government should ever be able to get away with the blatant con that green taxes are.

I absoloutely agree with you about the rainforest devastation and logging. This should be stopped for the sake of the many animal species who become extinct because of it.

If governments around the world were so concerned about global warming then this would be the first thing they'd try to stop. No financial gain there though!

Answer 3

I have a great deal of respect for David Bellamy but at the end of the day he's a botanist and not a climate scientist. Obtaining information pertaining to the climate from a botanist is akin to seeking advice for a medical condition from an vet.

The information you refer to omits some salient facts...

Nobody denies that global warming (and cooling) have occurred in the past through natural processes. The difference now is that it's been caused by different mechanisms and the planet is warming faster than has ever before been known in the entire 542 million years of climate data we have available.

Flooding, as with other weather anomalies, is partly cyclical. Our climate is primarily governed by a complex interaction of cycles that both the Sun and Earth go through. This for example, is why we have ice ages at regular intervals.

The recent flooding in England was almost unprecedented. The floods that hit the north of England had a 400 year 'return event' (chance of happening), less than a month later the south of England was struck by floods with a 1000 year return event. The chance of such events happening in the same month - one in 4.8 million.

Add in the hurricanes, tornadoes, other flooding, droughts, heatwaves, record breaking temps etc that have all occured since 2000 and the odds of such events occuring naturally in the UK in such a short space of time are 13 billion to one against. Clearly this is not natural.

You mentioned flourishing wine production, to keep it in context it should be noted that vineyards are now located further north in the UK than ever before. You mentioned the Sun's radiation but didn't mention that during the period of greatest warming (i.e. recent decades) solar radiation has actually been declining slightly.

I'm not sure where the information that it was milder during the Roman Occupation comes from as it was 1.1°C colder 2000 years ago.

Returning to David Bellamy. Many of his claims have been shown to be incorrect and on several occasions he has made apologies and revised his position. For example, he stated most glaciers in the world were advancing. When investigated (by George Monbiot) it was discovered that his source of information for such a claim was Dr Fred Singer, an employee and investoir in the tobacco and oil industry who was paid to dispute the fact that smoking is harmful. Bellamy now concedes that most glaciers are in fact retreating.

In recent years he has been very quiet on the issue of global warming after announcing in the Times that he had "decided to draw back from the debate on global warming".

Answer 4

I have read before that in the 15th century sailing ships could sail around Greenland. They can't now so things must have been different.

I doesn't seem to be called global warming anymore the media are calling it climate change. Somebody must be acknowledging something?

This process may be natural, but I think it's the rate of change they're now saying down to mankind and our pollution.

Answer 5

We probably won't be affected by Global Warming any soon, but helping to lessen the chances of Global Warming taking place (How do you phrase that? Global Warming IS already taking place), we should all do something to help.

Right?

Answer 6

Yes, it is a natural response! Humans definitely helps the altering process

Answer 7

We should be spending on adapting to climate change, not battling climate change, you may as well battle a volcano or hurricane, you would have better odds of winning.

Answer 8

i would b glad to answer if there was a question!!