What is your best response to people who say that global warming is not serious .... and that humans have no major impact on the earth - how could we possably be causing global warming?
2007-11-09 08:21:34 · 12 answers · asked by jhamlin15 3 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
you need some proof which there is a lot of but people don't care."i'll die before anything serious happens" or "let the god-damn grandchildren take care of it". true conservatives.
2007-11-09 08:30:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
All right, I'll put in my 2 cents.
Let me put it this way,
Climate change has been happening naturally for thousands of years, and with or without human influence will continue to happen. Global warming has a lot to do with a changing climate after all.
Saying that humans have no major impact on the Earth's environment is wrong. If you need a current example consider this:
In the news we here a lot about the extremely destructive wildfires in the Western U.S. These wildfires being more damaging are a result of the efforts to prevent wildfires altogether. Remember Smokey the Bear? See what happened was as more fires were prevented more dead brush and undergrowth built up, which resulted in a massive amount of fuel for the mega-wildfires we see in todays world. Fire is one of the natural forces of Earth we've messed with.
Going back to specifically global warming, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change has compiled the work of many scientists showing the effect of increased CO2 emissions on the environment, but also realize that we still don't know enough about the environment to truly say that we've done anything, at least just from CO2 emissions. Some scientists have published articles about the increased damage from hurricanes as a result of global warming, but the problem with that is that they only look at the satellite era, that is, from 1969 to the present. Pre-satellite era we wouldn't have known, unless a ship ran into it, if there was a hurricane spinning somewhere. From what data we have recorded, it can be said that humans have impacted the Earth in many ways, particularly through changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere.
Just don't believe me from my words, I believe that climate change is a real deal and that humans are impacting this change. I believe that from reading more then newspaper articles, and watching TV. Don't listen to what you hear on television, don't be afraid to do the research so you can make your own educated decision; and don't be afraid of being open minded, you learn more that way!
To that end, my sources will help people read up on this.
2007-11-09 16:53:32 · answer #2 · answered by stormsister73 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Simply that the climate models used to fuel the current 'man-made' global warming scare are full of contrived or misrepresented data. Do you research. Find out why politicians, celebrities and media outlets are so concerned about this problem. Lord knows that when I want unbiased information, those are the first three category of people that I consult. Better yet, find out why the specializing scientists in climateology, meterology, and oceanography are having to sue the IPCC at an alarming rate, just to have their names removed from the Panel's contributing authors list. The UN wouldn't lie would they?
Is the planet slowly warming? Of course it is, numbskull, that is a statement that has never been up for debate. Not once.
The debate hinges on the fact that man-made Carbon Dioxide is causing this trend. Like I said, do your research, and then make blanket, all-encompassing statements disquised as a question.
2007-11-09 16:57:00 · answer #3 · answered by Collin O 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
People are contributing to global warming. We have done more damage to the earth in the past 100 years than has ever been done in the earth's history.
2007-11-09 16:52:54 · answer #4 · answered by Lolita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We release in 100 years layers of high carbon content fossil fuels which our earth accumulated during hundreds of millions of years. Have we really no impact?
The risk is worth assessing and is actually well assessed.
HERE IS THE DEAL:
- Global warming happens: Skeptics get all their wealth confiscated to pay for the calculated negative effects
- Global warming does not happen: AGW believers pay less than $50 per month for the wasted money on mitigation measures.
2007-11-09 16:35:33 · answer #5 · answered by NLBNLB 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
That they are incorrect. Science has already proved that global warming does IN FACT exist.
2007-11-12 20:32:14 · answer #6 · answered by Sugarspiice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That they do not have the desire to read the science, evaluate the techniques and evidence, weigh the risks, and draw a logical conclusion.
2007-11-09 16:45:16 · answer #7 · answered by bubba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say they are right - that the Sun is responsible for all the warmth on Earth.
2007-11-09 16:25:07 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I tend to nod in approval of their keen observation.
2007-11-09 17:07:52 · answer #9 · answered by Darth Scorn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Right on Dude.
2007-11-09 16:43:55 · answer #10 · answered by vladoviking 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋