If you doubt humans are causing a great risk with global warming, why are you smarter than climate scientists?

Question

For the first time, more than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists, losing their patience, urged government leaders to take radical action to slow global warming because "there is no time to lose."

A petition from at least 215 climate scientists calls for the world to cut in half greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

"A lot of us scientists think the problem needs a lot more serious attention than it's getting and the remedies have to be a lot more radical," said Richard Seager, a scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/health/story/211636.html

So if you think global warming isn't a threat to humans caused by humans, how do you know more about the subject than climate scientists? What kind of education and research experience do you have?

If you think there's significant debate among the scientific community, how do you explan this petition?

Can you finally admit that you're denying the facts and reality?

Tzadiq - do you think climatologists don't study the climate's history? The reason we know the climate has changed in the past is from scientific research. Ever heard of paleoclimatology? Do you really think climate scientists don't realize the climate has changed in the past??

One of us is being arrogant. I'll give you two guesses, because you got the first one wrong.

Answer 1

As the yeast die while they make champagne, do you think any of them point out to the others that the alcohol content is rising dangerously high, the sugar is running out, and the increase in carbonic acid will lower the pH enough to kill them so they had better stop fermenting?

It is a sad but true fact that many many times in the past, civilizations have failed, most due to depletion of resources and buildup of toxic by-products just like our friends the yeast in their comfy bottle. However, there are only a few instances where human populations did not behave essentially like yeast and willingly changed their lifestyle so as to avoid catastrophic overrunning of available resources and causing a collapse in population.

Anyone who cares about this issue should read "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. The ending is totally unsatisfying, but the information the book contains is priceless.

Answer 2

Because these climate scientists are not the leading climate scientists, they have been branded that by the media who has a similar agenda. How many of the original IPCC scientists are still part of the IPCC? They oppose the political agenda these "leading" scientists are pushing. This is a matter of political science now, no longer a physical science (as you should know being a graduate of astrophysics.......or are you an internet science graduate). The petition is by members of the IPCC, a panel that is driven by a political agenda. What about the many scientists (who were originally on the IPCC) who oppose this petition?

You can cut and paste all of the information from the sites supporting your opinion, but the simple matter is that it is NOT proven yet. Once one scientist shows absolute evidence that they have proven it, then I will believe.

Can you finally admit that your agenda is getting in the way of logic? By the way, any smart person knows not to cite Wikipedia. That site is written by everyday people who think they know everything. There is no validity to that site.

Answer 3

"If you doubt humans are causing a great risk with global warming, why are you smarter than climate scientists?"

I do believe that we are experiencing a climate change, I just don't believe humans are causing it to change faster than the changes that occurred to this planet during other periods of climate change. Am I smarter? Maybe not, but am I possibly as intelligent as they are? Yes. The only thing I don't have is the tools they are using and the funds to go about my own scientific experiments on the subject.

I also feel it takes more time than they have given this issue to be sure of what's actually causing this trend.

It is also arrogant to think we can influence climate change one way or the other. Or to think we can change it.

What we can change is the pollutants we put into the air we breath and the water we drink.

I also know CO2 is not a pollutant. It is a naturally occurring gas that all living life gives out. Or didn't you learn that in your science classes. If not what it stands for is one part carbon and two parts oxygen. So is all life supposed to stop breathing? Since that is what we give out when we exhale.

Then plants suck up the CO2 we exhale and give off oxygen.

So maybe it's places like New York City that needs to change, since there's more people in that city than plants, especially trees.

This is basic common knowledge.

There's more common knowledge I could spout out, but I'll leave it to other intelligent Y/A people to tell you about.

Edit: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/CarbonCycle/carbon_cycle2.html

Answer 4

The roots of this question deal with the idea of science and faith. It takes faith to believe that the scientists are telling you the truth. The fact is, science is always turning on itself in light of "new discoveries." Fifty years ago scientists were all clamoring about global cooling. Science is not a deity to be worshiped. (I've attached an article that doesn't agree with my point of view but provides a good history of the notion of global cooling.)

I'm not denying global warming, but I am skeptical. There's no doubt that the issue of global warming is tied to liberal politics.

Everyone wants to improve the environment, Republicans and Democrats alike. The difference is: how can we realistically preserve the environment?

To be a liberal nowadays has the unfortunate side-effect of feeling guilty for being alive and/or being angry that other people are alive and destroying the environment with their every breath.

The US has done more than any other nation to (1) raise awareness of the global warming issue and (2) to combat it with environmentally safe business practices and to promote energy conservation.

There is not another nation in the world who has done more. And yet liberal America continually slaps our nation's hand and demands our continual and unrelenting guilt. I have a problem with guilt-induced politics AKA the global warming issue. I guess I lack some faith in science.

Answer 5

Because history shows that the whole thing is bunk.

The earth has been warmer, the earth has been cooler.

When I was growing up the same kind of scientist were claiming we would all be under a sheet of ice by now.

You are arrogant in your belief in junk science. Try this? What makes you think that the temperatures of this century are the ideal for planet earth? Hmm?

How about the the Science of the effect of Solar activity on Arctic Temps Oh gee They happen to coincide for the past 120 years.

You are a goon who absolutly refuses to face the fact that your newest lemming fad is just that... a fad. So was global cooling when I was a child. 'I assume your a child because no thinking adults I know believe this crap.

Answer 6

Global warming is a Religion you have to have a lot of faith to believe in that crap. Wasn't it global cooling 20 years ago? GLOBAL WARMING IS HUMANITIES GREATEST LIE!!!

Most of the socalled scientest that signed the UN report, did not agree that man made global warming is real, but there names were added anyway. This includes the Chairman of the IAEA. Global warming is an industry. say you support it and get funding say you dont NO funding go figure

Answer 7

Why am I smarter than climate scientists? Because intelligence and education are two different things, if you can handle that reality, I suppose it's genetics.

Answer 8

you are not cleared for this answer
that requires a higher rank
Lord ,Sir ,Doctor ,does not quite make it ,
sorry

Now if you were his Imperial highness God Dana
than i would tell you everything
ha ha ha

but i am a per vert
oops i meant convert
already

Answer 9

Same answer...
The more I know, the more I realize I don't know.

Answer 10

are u takin ta me its fake i bet ya anything