Global Warming~?
Global Warming is a topic that can be all pointed to ones opinion.
Over thirty years ago there were scientists saying it was global cooling and now they are saying that it is global warming.
One thought is that Global warming is real but not to the thoughts of what people think. Global warming is the heating of the earth but not that it’s due to man-made problems but it’s due to the Earth’s cycle. The Earth heats up and cools over time as it always has and always will.
And then theres the other though:
Global Warming is because of pollution people put off. It’s man-made and can be helped if we act now.
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What’s you’re opinion?
Read MoreWhat can be done to adapt to global climate change?
Al Gore has his question up on the board that assumes we can reverse the effects of global climate change. I sincerely hope we can turn things around. But so much lifestyle change is required that I think climate change will overtake us before we can make an impact. So lets imagine that more coastal cities around the world get drowned by walls of water, and more inland places basically get parched. Add to that the possible global cooling if the gulf stream gets shut down by the increased rate of melting ice caps. Possible proposals for human adaptation: GM modified crops, more efficient transportation of needed supplies (and communication of where such support is needed), communal societies. ..
Global warming doesn’t simply mean that your back yard will get warmer. I came across an article in a TIME magazine from earlier this year how rapidly the arctic ice cap is receding. The question isn’t whether global warming is happening – if there’s any question, it’s whether we’re contributing to it or not. I’m sold on the answer that we are. I’m not sold that we can do something about it, but we should try. (Basically translate that as kicking the oil addiction – it’s giving us headaches besides the unquantifiable environmental impact)
There’s been a lot posted to this board that doesn’t answer my original question. A number of posts here have been trying to answer different questions (like ‘Is Global Warming real?’ and ‘How can we conserve energy’, and ‘What can we do to stop and reverse the effects of global climate change’.)
To restate the assumption behind my question – things are happening. Assume more things are going to happen. We aren’t going to like them. If we are to survive cities being flooded / turned into swamps, droughts etc, then we need to be prepared. I think focus would necessarily switch back to basics – simply obtaining food will become a day’s work!
And here’s the question in brief: How can we prepare for the changes and adapt to them when they happen? Can we retain some semblance of economy, government and infrastructure?
Why should I give any credit to the scientific community when they have been wrong on climate predictions?
In the 1970s, the big deal was global cooling.
In the 1980s, it was acid rain.
In the 1990s, it was global warming.
Now it is climate change.
Not only that, but we cannot predict weather for more than 7 days out.
Why should I give any credence to the scientists who say in 30 years the world will fall apart?
Read MoreWhy is Climate Change going to happen in spite of what ever man does?
Global Cooling was the buzzword of the seventies, now global warming is the new buzzword. Climate change best describes what is happening. When they mention the Arctic Ocean melting, why don’t they mention that the largest underwater volcano is erupting under the Arctic Ocean?
Mankind always overestimates its own importance.
Read MoreHow can the Global warming alarmist keep running around yelling the sky is falling?
I was listening to the radio and ABC news radio said that so far this is the fifth coolest summer on record. They said water parks are experiencing the slowest business on record. How can the Global warming alarmist keep up with their ranting when all evidence shows just the opposite is true and that man has nothing to do with Global warming or Global cooling. The sun is the biggest factor in earth temperatures.
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