I was wondering the ages represented in the Global Warming section and how each age group believes?

Question

This is a demographic question, so if you would like to humor me, please let us all know your age, where you live and what you believe.

Edit: I just realized I forgot to tell you all my age. I'm 42, I live in Minnesota, and I believe Climate Change is a natural thing and has been happening to our planet since our planet came into existence.

Dr Jello, this is just for my own fun. Can't you Humor me a little? Since as most know, my minds made up about the subject. So this little experiment isn't going to effect my thinking on the topic one way or another.

Edit: Bob I don't have any children and even if I did, I won't buy into hype stating it's bad for our climate to warm up. I would rather do my own research than have a Science Professor tell me his theory on the topic.

Edit: Ingela, I'm more worried about the other enviromental problems I know we are creating, and I feel we need to keep our focus on those issues.

Answer 1

48
Oklahoma
Mostly natural

I have two sons, both in college. The oldest is working on a masters degree. The youngest is just starting, he's working on girls mostly I think. I really don't think climate change is going to be a problem for any of us.
I have been an outdoors-man and nature lover all my life. My family owns land in Kansas, where I grew up, and we were always taught to respect nature and to take care of the land. They grow crops like corn, wheat, soy beans, maize, raise cattle and horses. Sometimes I would like to kick myself for leaving, but my wife of 26 years has family in Oklahoma.
Ah, the sacrifices we make.

Answer 2

As did UC Berkeley and UCLA claiming an Ice Age (i replaced into there on the time and it lasted till the early 80's). And in case you hassle to examine, till very those days, they supported man made worldwide Warming. those days the two have extra disclaimers asserting they are making assumptions, however not medical, that are utilized of their computing device modeling. And that the Temp. has risen a million diploma because of the fact the tip of the "Little Ice Age" ended interior the Mid to overdue 1800's. And if modern traits proceed, in 2 hundred-3 hundred years the Earth wiould have the comparable Temp. they estimate, because of the fact the Earth did in the process the cases of the Greek and Roman Empires. Betwen 1250-1850 the Earth cooled by utilising an envisioned 3 levels. So worldwide warming might ought to TRIPLE to examine the climate earlier..... definite, technology does trump politics, yet provided which you make an effort to study and study it.....

Answer 3

45 years old. I'm a research scientist working with digital maps, satellite imagery, statistics, modeling, public health, and homeland security issues. I researched climate change in grad school in the 1980s and have had course in climatology and friends that are climatologist (climate - not weather. There is a difference.)

After reading a lot of the literature available in the late 1980's through the mid-90s, developing economic models that link biological impacts to the larger economy, publishing papers about the potential economic impacts, working on a book in the mid-90s with some political scientists and economists for policy-makers about climate change, seeing many of the uncertainties associated with earlier research supporting the theory as better information becomes available, and seeing many of the impacts hypothesized in the late 1980s happening now, I believe it is a problem that should not be dismissed until the impacts become indisputable. An ounce of prevention will help put America (as well as the rest of the world) in a better position to manage the problem. There is no way to snap your fingers and reverse it in a couple of years if everybody on Earth did everything possible to stop it.

I agree that some is natural, but this a relatively small part. The majority is from human activity. We can't totally stop greenhouse gas emissions and land use changes, but we can be more thoughtful and careful to slow the GW train down. Slowing down the rate of change may help preserve some of the critical system that humanity depends on for food, water, and economic prosperity by allowing more time for adaptation and technological advances.

Answer 4

25, New Mexico... Born and bread in Arkansas though. The only thing that effects me in NM is the short abundance of water and how poorly people here use water conservation. I'm not sure I would got as far to say I'm a skeptic in the fact that I see the Co2 theory as being valid, but it is a theory. I like to look at both sides of the story and try to make sense of it all. Damn there is a lot to make sense of. The earth is so complex, and climate being one of the most complex sciences on the planet. So I feel it is virtually impossible to understand everything especially this early in the stage.

Answer 5

Middle age, also SE Pennsylvania. Always believed man is the creator of his own problems. Was content to let the chips fall. Now, have two young children. Can't really look at them and say tough crap, deal.

May I suggest you consider that Global Warming is not a problem unto itself? Climate change is a symptom of the greater problem - over population, over consumption and reliance on synthetic, unnatural solutions.

We have been aware of these problems for nigh on 50 years now. But this time, with this one, it has finally come home to the average person that it's not just some far off problem caused by "evil" industry making pollution.

It is caused by the carrying out of our daily lives. Everything is based on fossil fuels. This means everything has to change.

Big concept, tough to swallow, but if you can accept the premise it will open your eyes to a whole new realm of thought.

Answer 6

It's not an issue of believing or not, it's an issue of following objective science.

A 'consensus' is not objective as it depends on the views of some people, not all people.

The Law of Gravity does not depend on the views of anyone, as the facts can be shown and demonstrated.

No one can tell you what the climate will be in 1 year, 5 years or 10 years from now. They can only give you a guess.

[Edit] Old guy in the South East. I'm neither a believer or skeptic. I don't follow the word of others to determine what is real or not, regardless of their political position on the world stage, I believe in objective science. Everything else is faith.

Since the Earth has warmed and cooled in the past, I see any current warming and cooling just a part of the natural cycle. I will change my views if the science shows there is a relationship between co2 and temperature..

Answer 7

Old guy in Denver.

You know my views well. For those who don't:

Global warming is proven scientific fact. Two good summaries of the proof here:

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png
http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html
summarized at:
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

Honestly people, do you think all those world leaders are in a conspiracy aimed at total governmental control? These are people across the political spectrum and representing countries in completely different stages of development. And they know this is real and the well being of their country depends on the world taking action. So they work together on it, and they do that for NOTHING else.

Excellent website for real data, not political crap, or ravings of a few "skeptics":

http://profend.com/global-warming/

And if you want more proof that this is scientific fact, I challenge you to download Chapter 2 of this, and read it, every word. Scan the list of references. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader (a free download). Once again, your only other choice is a giant conspiracy. Pfui.

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html

EDIT - You say that your minds made up. For the sake of your children, I hope it isn't. This isn't going to affect me, I'll be gone. It will probably affect you, and it will surely affect your children.

Doesn't the thoughtfulness and maturity of the answers you're getting here, and the obvious lightweight and political nature of most of the skeptics arguments, have any impact?

Forget this place. Go to a university and talk to scientists about this. That's what the world leaders do. Your kids well being depends on it.

Answer 8

I'm almost in your age with two kids I love more than anything else. I wish for them to grow up and have children and grandchildren of their own in a world not completely destroyed by global warming and other environmental problems created by humans. I guess that explains my stance on the subject.

Answer 9

I'm 26, live in California, and agree with the scientific consensus that the evidence overwhelmingly indicates that humans are the primary cause of the current global warming, and that we're running out of time to do something about it before we face catastrophic consequences.

Answer 10

In order, 71, SE PA, and you youngsters will pay for the mistakes of us old codgers once global warming reaches the point of releasing the methane hydrate locked up in the Arctic..