As I've been saying all along, maybe we don't know all the facts.
We all agree global warming is real, it is the cause that is at issue. Can we, from both sides, agree that we do not yet have all the facts?
From the USGA...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071213/sc_livescience/magmamaybemeltinggreenlandice
2007-12-13 03:35:06 · 9 answers · asked by mymadsky 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Backcountry-
First I am not a conservative.
Second not as pathetic as setting all of your Q and A to "private" and hiding your contact info on your profile
2007-12-13 03:52:41 · update #1
Excellent point!
There is allot of evidence to indicate that variations in solar output are a major cause of global warming. These studies also indicate that global warming may cause in increase in green house gases, not the other way around.
Obviously, there is nothing wrong with reducing pollution. But before we commit billions of dollars to the cause, we need to know we have chosen the right cause.
2007-12-13 06:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by mjmayer188 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We should certainly all be able to agree that we don't have all the facts.
We don't have all the facts when it comes to the theory of Evolution or Gravity, either (physicists have never observed 'gravitons'). However, we have enough evidence to support these theories for everyone to believe them.
The same is true of anthropogenic global warming. The theory is not perfect, but it's by far the most accurate theory in explaining the observational data.
2007-12-13 05:21:35 · answer #2 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There was a global warming in the time of the dinosaurs before the last ice age and it wasn't man made so how do people explain this? I live in an area that gets fairly cold during winter but I have found fossils of tropical plants and flowers in the rocks where I live and they couldn't have possibly have grown in this climate.
2007-12-13 04:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We all won't agree on anything, to include the time of day. But at least a majority of us should be able to conclude that we have not all the facts, and using up resources and polluting the environment is a much greater concern that we actually know we can impact.
2007-12-13 03:40:47 · answer #4 · answered by libsticker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far as I am concerned, the jury is still out. I, unlike most of my liberal counterparts, refuse to jump on the "global warming" bandwagon. That doesn't mean that striving to be "green" is a bad thing, though.
Interesting story. It explains one small chapter in a much larger book, though.
As is usually the case, liberals say one thing, conservatives say another, and the truth rests somewhere in the middle.
2007-12-13 10:30:34 · answer #5 · answered by john_stolworthy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We will never have all the facts when it comes to a science like climatology. We can only make judgements using the best information available. This is only one piece of a much larger puzzle. It does not prove or disprove anything.
2007-12-13 03:59:38 · answer #6 · answered by beren 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Global Warming is a lie as told by Dems
2007-12-13 03:42:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That what a lot of us are saying that, but every time we do we are shouted down and called deniers instead of having our questions answered reasonably.
2007-12-13 03:41:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"The sky is falling:" group does not need facts.
2007-12-13 03:40:05 · answer #9 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋