Anyone that doubts man made climate change; Do you live anywhere there is smog?

Question

Like LA, Denver, or Oakland? I can't imagine skeptics in cities where the pollution is visibly floating around, and you can feel it in your lungs. Just curious.

Actually, Contridictator, the question was, "Do you live anywhere there is smog?" Thanks.

Answer 1

You do know the difference between the words local and global, don't you?

Air pollution is mostly particulate, and as such, eventually falls or is washed out of the air by rain.

You fall into the same trap as many, believing that local environmental damage has any real effect on the global climate.

Answer 2

Smog isn't technically climate change, as you yourself identified it's a form of pollution. Nobody doubts that pollution is man-made. However the cause of worldwide climate change (global warming) is debatable. During the time of the dinos there was much more atmospheric CO2 than today from volcanic activity. However, if even half of Gore's claims are true...
it seems clear that humans are at least exacerbating a natural warming cycle...btw I live in the Bay and smog isn't bad here.

Answer 3

I believe we do pollute our planet and need to cut down on that pollution. However, the question is whether or not it is causing our planet to heat up. Considering how old our planet is and how old the research data is makes it pretty clear that we cannot make a good prediction on the outcome of our pollution. The people that tell you GW is 100% caused by human emissions are either lying or ignorant. Our earth is very old and the data we have collected is very young, lets see what happens down the road and not jump to any invaild conclusions. There are people out there that just try to work people into a freenzie and don't really believe what they are saying in the first place. Take Al Gore for example. He spreads the GW scare and message but does nothing about it himself. He still owns numerous cars/suv's and lives in a huge mansion that uses numerous amounts of energy daily. Just be on the look out for people like this and don't believe everything you hear.

Answer 4

I don't live where there is smog (thankfully) so I'm not qualified to answer as far as this question goes. However, to throw my two cents into the ring, I'm skeptical of the Global Warming claims because all anyone (Al Gore, the IPCC, and others) is doing is talking about it. Stop telling me that the ice caps are melting, and offer a solution. Talk is good, but I really don't want to hear it 25 years from now when Al is saying "I told you so." If they're all right, then good. Now get to work fixing it. Until then, I'm going to stick to my belief that the climate undergoes major changes like this every couple of hundred thousand years, and we just happen to be witnessing it. Sure, maybe we've sped up the process a bit, but it's not the end of the planet. I swear. Earth has survived for approximately 4.5 billion years, and we're really conceited to think that we, as a species, have the power to destroy it with some pollution.

Answer 5

YEs, Sacramento. Great thinking to link GW-climate change and smog. I have gone a step beyond: I got my mom to stop using hair spray that effected the ozone in 1968). GW is a computer model of what could happen if we do not reduce greenhouse gases. What we know: Blacktop (roads and parking lots) and buildings heat cities; Air pollution causes lung (And other) diseases, deforestation (causing more destruction -duststorms, hurricanes/cyclones all increasing deforestation) and destroys the ozone layer while heating earth surface; fires cause mud slides, deforestation, destroys the ozone layer and pollutes-more heating surface temperatures; CFC's destroy the ozone layer raising skin cancer rates and killing off endanger species and increased surface temperatures; lighting produces ozone near the surface and raises air pollution levels-more heating, the suns increased magnetic field are causing increases in earthquakes (more destruction), volcanoes (wow), sun spots and more heating. Cars, airplanes, ships and most electricity production causes pollution, warmer temperatures, deforestation, and destruction...But most of this is in our control and we need to fix it! What is outside of our control is the sun (Volcanoes and earthquakes are part of the sun magnetic strength).
Learn as much as you can and work to teach others. Look up CoolingEarth.org and take a geography class in college

Answer 6

I AM IN OAKLAND RIGHT NOW. THE WEATHER IS VERY COOL WITH A SLIGHT BREEZE FROM THE NORTH. A HUGE CLOUD DECK AT 800 FT FILLS THE SKY. I SEE NO POLLUTION, ONLY ONE SHIP AT THE COAST GUARD ISLAND AND 3 SEAGULLS.

MY LUNGS ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND I'M ENJOYING SOME TWININGS OF LONDON RED BUSH HERB TEA AT THIS MOMENT.

HOW ARE YOU?

Answer 7

I think you'll find most sceptics are not in denial about what's already in the atmosphere.

We just don't think that the 'warmers' know enought about the climate to make the sorts of predictions they are with any accuracy.

Answer 8

Well put Ben