No more than you could convince me that the Sun goes around the Earth,or that the Earth is flat!
It's NOT a matter of 'belief', just FACTS!
2007-11-28 03:34:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
We could very well stop arguing about it and leave them to their beliefs. Of course, I doubt that will happen. There will always be people pointing to the science, asking deniers to explain their position. I'm sure for a long time there will be deniers picking out the few scientific papers which cast doubt on some aspect of the AGW theory, or continuing to make ad hominem attacks and completely bizarre claims.
Heck, there are still a lot of people who believe in Creationism. I'm sure there will be AGW skeptics until the effects of global warming become undeniable, and even then I'm sure some will still claim it's all just a natural cycle.
However, their numbers are dwindling. Almost every Republican presidential nominee has acknowledged that we're causing the current warming and we need to do something about it (even the ones who claim to be Creationists). I'm sure there will always be deniers, but they are becoming an increasingly endangered species.
Perhaps someday anthropogenic global warming will cause their extinction.
2007-11-28 03:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 5⤊ 12⤋
Maybe when the believers stop using the language of religion instead of the language of science and begin to engage in meaningful scientific discussion and debate based on facts.
2007-11-28 13:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
So your grandchildren will think you're a fool when the ice caps refuse to melt and the coastal cities decline to flood. Not such a big deal. You can live with that - unless you succumb to Legionnaires disease or the bird flu.
2007-11-28 05:08:12 · answer #3 · answered by thor_torkenson 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Wrong. You understand zilch. Get your facts straight. There is more verified scientific evidence out there to disprove global warming than there is to prove it. And need I mention the environmentalist groups who are paying scientists to study this so-called phenomenon of global warming? Can you say "tainted research"? How about the "experts" who stated over 20 years ago that our environment was getting so bad that the Earth would not be able to sustain human life in 20 years? So go on babbling doom-and-gloom without presenting any solid proof, and go on trying to belittle anyone who doesn't agree with you. Those of us who actually know how to use our brains will continue to point out your arrogance and your ignorance.
2007-11-28 03:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 5⤋
In the end.
2007-11-28 15:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by whatshisname 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In twenty years when CO2 levels are over 400 PPM and global temperatures have dropped by .5 Degrees C., will you still continue?
2007-11-28 03:56:29 · answer #6 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 8⤊ 4⤋
No, at some point you will give up. Temps will change and go cold again, snows will fall, people in Buffalo will again die in their cars.
Alarmist will be screaming "Global Warming" is coming, but you will lose all credibility and no one will listen to you again.
Global warming alarmist will go the way of the alarmist who warned us of killer bees, avian flu, and SARS.
2007-11-28 04:23:00 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 6⤊ 5⤋
Uh, so what caused the Ice Age that killed the dinosaurs, sabertooths, and mammoths?
2007-11-28 05:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by CarolSandyToes1 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋