do you believe in global warming?

Answer 1

I believe in a natural heating and cooling cycle that the Earth goes through

Answer 2

Yes, I do. If you are looking at the so-called "average global temperature," then I believe that the earth is currently warming at a rate of about one degree Fahrenheit per century. It is a well-known fact, and one backed by many scientists.

What I don't believe is that humans are the cause of global warming. There is supposed to be a "consensus" of scientists who support the idea, and we are told that the debate of the issue is over, but there are many qualified, expert scientists who do not agree with the theory. (FYI, the media used the "consensus" lie during the 70's, too, saying that "all" of the scientists were telling us that another ice age was looming, and they were wrong, weren't they?)

Supporters of the theory of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) say that we are causing the earth to heat up through a huge output of CO2 by the burning of fossil fuels. What they seem to gloss over is that the "huge" output actually isn't that much. Of the 3% of the gases in the atmosphere that are CO2, only 0.054% is anthropogenic. For this tiny amount of CO2 to have much of an effect, it would have to be a powerful greenhouse gas, which it isn't.

But the biggest problem that I can find with the AGW theory is that, as has been shown in ice-core data, CO2 rise has always lagged BEHIND temperature rise. If CO2 of other greenhouse gases are the drivers of climate, then this simply does not make sense. Why is the trend so drastically different, or simply opposite, than it always has been before?

(-RKO-: Before World War II, when there was very little fossil fuel consumption, the earth was warming slightly. Then, during the "Post-War Economic Boom," the first time in history that fossil fuels were being used extensively as an energy source, the temperature began to fall. This is also the opposite thing that "should" have happened, if CO2 is the driver of the earth's climate. When looking at history, AGW simply does not fit.)

(Ty: I believe you are referring to "regional" warming. It certainly is MUCH colder in VA than it usually is. We absolutely never get snow that sticks for a few days early in December. Global warming just isn't what it claims to be if the whole globe actually isn't warming.)

(Bob- Your statement about Yahoo!Answers doesn't make sense. You act as if none of the people on Answers are real, or that they actually don't disagree with AGW in the real world.)

Answer 3

Here's an interesting take on that question:

“Suppose we’re wrong, and there’s no such thing as greenhouse-gas emissions, and we adopt green technologies. All we’ve done is give our kids a better planet. But suppose we’re right, and do nothing? Then what kind of a legacy are we handing on to future generations of Americans? I think we ought to frame the debate that way. And I think most, if not all, of the ways that we can address this issue are through profit motive, free-enterprise-system-driven green technologies. General Electric dedicated itself to green technologies, and guess what? They’re still making a lot of money.”
- Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org/gwstv/sen-john-mccain

Global scientists and governments believe it, as demontrated by the formation of the IPCC in 1988, the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 to reduce green house gases, and so on. The United States is one of the few places where the paid denier organizations have been successful in confusing the issue and delaying response... for decades now. It's sickening.

As one more data point, who might be in a position to make a well-informed decision on the reality of global warming, the pace with which it might advance, and the urgency of doing something about it? Here's what John Browne, Chief Executive of BP, the man whose company owns the most gasoline stations in the country, said in his speech at Stanford University on April 27, 2007:

"It would take a purposely defiant person" to dismiss the climate change threat and the growing consensus worldwide "that precautionary action is necessary and need not destroy economic life," he said.

In the decade since his first warning speech in 1997, Browne noted that the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere has significantly increased with economic growth worldwide.

"The cold fact is that the risks are now greater than they were 10 years ago," Browne said. "Climate change is rapidly moving from being a long-term problem to a real medium-term challenge which will affect the lives not just of the next generation but of everyone in this room."

BP chief makes global-warming pitch
He says industrial nations must form climate agency
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/162123.html

Should we presume to know Mr. Browne's multi-billion dollar business, and its effects on the global environment, better than he does? He is increasingly convined that global warming will affect the lives of essentially everyone he speaks to (of all ages).

Answer 4

In Chiapas ,and Tabasco in Mexico .more then a million people became homeless overnight with water coming up to their roofs ,because of rains from super evaporation from the forests,this had never happened before.
Millions of animals died and the crocodile ,who are abundant in that area were delighted.

In India 3000 people died because of super storms .
Right now the average death toll annually is 150.000 due to Global warming
a few years ago a whole bunch in France as well.

these figures are already out of date and are expected to double soon.

In Northern China millions of people are running for their lives because regular dust storms so far have buried 900 villages under the sand
and the whole of northern China is turning into a dessert.

The Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year all around the edges ,like a slow burning fire shriveling up their neighbors

In the Kalahari huge rivers have dried up and thousand of species are gone due to their habitats disappearing

when the north pole is gone , you may have polar bears soon in America ,looking for a home ,as the boll weavel sings.

so that is the good news you can add another specie to your list ,instead of deleting hundreds that are disappearing

the biggest changes are invisible at micro biotic levels species are becoming extinct ,others are multiplying ,this affects the insect populations that follow ,and changes in that affect all that follows in the food chains ,All life is interrelated of both flora and fauna,

And we as being on the top of the food chain are always the last to know

So Global warming has its toll there are incidents all over the world ,

Answer 5

I know it's real, and mostly caused by us.

This is science and what counts is the data, not "logical" arguments.

"I wasn’t convinced by a person or any interest group—it was the data that got me. I was utterly convinced of this connection between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change. And I was convinced that if we didn’t do something about this, we would be in deep trouble.”

Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)
Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut and the first Commander of the Naval Space Command

Here are two summaries of the mountain of peer reviewed data that convinced Admiral Truly and the vast majority of the scientific community, short and long.

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

There's a lot less controversy about this is the real world than there is on Yahoo answers:

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/412.php?lb=hmpg1&pnt=412&nid=&id=

And vastly less controversy in the scientific community than you might guess from the few skeptics talked about here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686

"There's a better scientific consensus on this [climate change] than on any issue I know... Global warming is almost a no-brainer at this point. You really can't find intelligent, quantitative arguments to make it go away."

Dr. Jerry Mahlman, NOAA

Good websites for more info:

http://profend.com/global-warming/
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/
http://www.realclimate.org
"climate science from climate scientists"
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462

Answer 6

I personally believe in it because around where I live, the winters have been getting hotter and hotter. Last year was a big snow, but that was the first in a few years. I don't even have to wear a coat that much because the temperature isn't cold at all usually.

Answer 7

Here comes the Children again Parroting Propaganda!!
"Depleted the OZONE LAYER"!!

How misinformed can people GET!
See my question - Are you a victim of Misinformation - "The Ozone Hole"?

This forum seems filled with children scared out of their wits.
And other children claiming to be 'experts' - when you can tell by their 'NAME CALLING' = they are just children!

Answer 8

Global warming is a scientifically-proven event that evolves over tens of thousands of years. So, of course, I believe in global warming.

I further believe that man's industrial revolution of these past 150 years has accelerated the whole process, leaving man, plants and animals unable to adapt to the coming climatic changes.

We've poisoned our air, polluted our waters, over fished our oceans, destroyed our rain forests, asphalted over much of our richest farmland, allowed millions of species to go extinct, ruined our mangrove forests, depleted the ozone layer, and practically exhausted our planet of all its natural resources - all for the sake of our own profit and pleasure. As stewards of the Earth over which we were given dominion, we've failed miserably. Our great-great grandchildren will pay dearly for all our squalor. -RKO- 12/09/07

Answer 9

Yup. Right up there with the Tooth Fairy.


FYI. There are plenty of scientists who debunk the theory of Global Warming. Funny how they're all forgotten.

Answer 10

I am experiencing it, the winter time is hotter every year.