thenasty

I don't know about the rest of you, but I think global warming is fake. There is no doubt that the earth is heating up, but I think it is just a natural stage that the earth goes through. If you look at scientific records the earth has been heating and cooling throughout time. Also "greenhouse gasses" were being released since the beginning of time I think that if there is global warming it would have happened already. I am sick of people telling me to change the way i live to prevent something that docent even exist.

Timecow

I more or less agree. I still think it is important to recycle, and there are plenty of reasons for alternative fuel besides global warming. Humans may be adding to the process, but from what I have read, it IS a natural cycle, and it's going to happen with or without us. We need to take care of the planet and do what we can to stop poisoning the air and water, but NOT because of "Global Warming", but because it's the right thing to do. Solar, wind, algae, and all the other ways we can produce fuel and energy need to be promoted, but even if we do, the planet will continue to do what it's going to do.

I'm sure I will catch hell for this just like the OP, but I just don't buy into the Global Warming hype...

sterbo

Well, it only took two sentences for you to contradict yourself.
The fact is that the planet is heating up therefore 'global warming' isn't fake regardless of the timing. Yes, it is in fact cyclical, so it has happened already, albeit a hell of a long time ago.
And now it's happening again. It's (at least so far) not the nature of our planet to get stuck in a condition that constantly worsens without variation until doomsday occurs.Well, the fact of the matter is that it does exist. You can bury your head in the sand if you like but the problems we as a global family are experiencing will continue with or without you.
Like most everything else, you can be a part of the problem or you can be a part of the solution.
The way lies in education and a realization that life is not just about you; it's about so much more...

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joebob4790

The fact that global warming is or is not occurring is not arguable. Our planet has been heating up over the past decades. The big question is how much humans have contributed. Millions of years ago there were huge forests all over the world that trapped millions of tons of carbon dioxide. Fossil fuels are the decayed remnants of these forests and when people burn them, the CO2 is released as well as H2O. To say that humans have not contributed to the current level of CO2 in the air is ridiculous. To say that this CO2 is the sole reason for heating is probably also flawed, but there are other damaging aspects to fossil fuels like smog and acid precipitation from the sulfur and nitrogen oxides. I would say that those two reasons alone should make us not want to depend on fossil fuels, but pumping the atmosphere full of CO2 probably isn't the best thing either. I agree, I don't want to change the way I live, but the infrastructure doesn't need to change, just the source of the energy.

hippie557

We're just a catalyst to the process and that's the problem. Over time, if global warming to go throughout it's course in a natural state, it would probably not even be noticeable in one's lifetime. However, now we can see in just a matter of years just how much of an impact we make. For example, let's say the average Global temp went up by like 2 or so degrees in 10 years due to man's release of CO2 and all them greenhouse gases. Doesn't sound like a lot but if the natural warming process were allowed to play out, that +2 degrees of average temp may have taken 100 or 200 yrs to reach.

Don't take my numbers as fact, just painting a picture for relative purposes.

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Timecow

Me again... It seems that the two sides of this story BOTH have numbers that provide the "proof" that they are right. I have no way of knowing for sure one way or the other, but from what I have read, I just have to lean toward the side that shows that we are having and effect, but a VERY small effect on global warming. This is one site that sums up more or less the way I think things are happening. I am not saying this is COMPLETELY acurate, but I think this is pretty close to what's going on...

JunkScience.com -- The Real Inconvenient Truth: Greenhouse, global warming and some facts

I think the idea that WE are the major factor in global warming is just rediculous. We are hard on the planet, no doubt, but the signs of this are more obvious than the signs the "experts" point out as proof of global warming. How about the trash all over our roads and in the oceans. The animals we have wiped out/almost wiped out. Clouds of smog over ALL of the big cities.

I believe the answer is to worry more about the LOCAL effects of the way we live. Everyone needs to do what they can, but I think the only way we are going to see big changes is to take resposibility to "Clean Up" the waste in our own cities and towns. Let's make sure each of us is doing what we can to reduce the power we use and the waste we get rid of. This doesn't mean making huge changes in our lifestyles! Turn off lights, don't drive more than you need to, Simple things make a big difference. Taking steps like this WILL make a difference. Getting together in big groups, chanting and holding signs does NOTHING. Just doing a little in your own life DOES make a difference, AND it helps set an example to those around you.

Sorry for turning it into a rant, but it got me thinking about protests, and that is a WHOLE other thread... In fact, I think I will start one...

ashlee lynn x0

Global warming is a warming/cooling cycle, and as someone who stands strongly for global warming, I accept that.

However, I do believe that people are adding fuel to the fire, so to speak, and is causing the process to happen alot faster.

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ahriman22

I think the manmade global warming is false. The earth always has heated and cooled over time and the heating/cooling wouldn't just last a year, more like a 1000 year or a tad less. I myself don't care about the environment, that isn't to say I go around burning plastic and throwing stuff on the floor, I just don't go to any extent to try and better it or worsen it.

FreddyC

I feel like I wrote that myself. This global warming thing is becoming a religion and it's really being pushed on us. If people would just be sensible about our energy use and how we treat the planet things would be OK. But we have one group that believes all things human are evil and another that thinks we can pour waste into the air and ocean and just let the ecosystem deal with it.

Why in the hell can't issues like this be talked about from the middle, instead of from the opposite ends of the spectrum? FREDDY

Hashishi

The worst case, short-term scenarios depicted by the likes of Al Gore aren't inevtiable, nor are human emissions the only possibile definitive cause. Regardless, if the science is accurate then a rise in global temperatures will precipitate a decline in the health of the biosphere which would be more negligable were it not for human carbon emissions.

A hotter planet isn't synonymous with an apocalypse. The global acidification of our oceans; soil erosion and the desertification of once fertile regions and the unprecedented loss of more and more of the Earth's carbon sinks from decreased irrigation, forest fires and melting permafrosts, however, is.

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