How is Global warming and the climate crisis considered a myth?

Question

I have heard so many people say that it is a myth, and that there are gains in it for the people who campaign for the climate crisis such as Al Gore. Can I just ask someone if they can come up with a relevant argument as to why they think its a myth? So far I have heard of alot of discrediting but no strong evidence as to why they think the way they do,

Answer 1

There's no good reason for it.  They'll spout off about Al Gore making money (thank you Cia), but they can't dispute the scientific evidence.  The bottom line is that they call it a myth because they want it to be a myth.  It's wishful thinking and denial of reality.

As it so happens, I wrote a wiki article on global warming skepticism.  See the link below.

Answer 2

it is NOT a myth it is completely true and gore just made it better known.

Answer 3

Did you know about global warming before Gore opened his big mouth? (No rudeness intended at all). Global Warming is a joke the earth is supposed to heat up, thats why we have the sun. We should be scared when the next ice age is coming, I think I might make a movie about that.

Answer 4

There is evidence to support the claim its a myth - because if you look back at the records you will see that the earth has followed this pattern of rising temperature many times before.

The earth changes temperature! it's natural, hense why we had an ice age, why england used to be tropical rainforests etc.

Solar activity has a lot to account for, global warming has not been proven.

Answer 5

Over the last 100 years the earths temperature increased by less than one degree celsius and most of that was in the early years.  Since 1998, the warmest year, there has been no warming.  That is when global warming stopped.

Al Gore made such a bad film that it's a virtual comedy of errors (or lies).  The film was intended to mislead people and further his socialist manipulation.  The truth is, and the people who support the theory of global warming are too ignorant to see it, global warming is a purely political game and has nothing to do with science other than using it deviously.

Answer 6

Climate change is not a myth. If you go to CoolingEarth.org you can learn that we are working to make models that fit the events we are seeing-right now. But we have less ice at the N Pole each year. But the planet is getting hotter and sometime cooler at the same time-climate change. This brings flooding, cyclones, dust storms, droughts, glaciers growing, glaciers shrinking.

Answer 7

GOD COULD COME DOWN AND SAY GLOBAL WARMING IS FALSE... BUT PPL WLD NOT BELIEVE EVEN THAT!

wrote a 29 minute speech on why it is false... we as humans do not cause it

EXTRACT:

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I. For a long time people have been looking through glasses that have foggy lenses of deception regarding global warming. In the next couple of minutes I intend to show you a more accurate eye chart and update your prescription.

A. My point for this response is to try and persuade you to see the light at the end of the dirty tunnel of humanities’ lies.

II. Global Warming is the most debatable topic that was probably ever around. You need to know this information. If you don’t educate yourself properly on this topic you will live the rest of your life in fear of something that doesn’t exist.

A. Global Warming is a natural cycle. Everything about it is natural. Carbon dioxide levels vary throughout time. Humans can make little or no impact on the environment.

1. In reality…. There is about one person who doesn’t believe in Global Warming to two people who do. This means that only 60% of the world believes in global warming. My goal by the end of this response is to have the 60% be persuaded that they do not believe in the accurate thing. With the following facts, I am 100% sure that this goal is possible and will be achieved.

2. Al Gore stated this quote in his movie “…The 10 hottest years ever recorded were within 15 years of today.” Now this point is valid and true, but we have not been measuring the temperature or anything since the early nineteen hundreds. Can we go down and see how the polar ice caps were doing in the early 1800’s? We can not do that because temperature was not recorded. You may say that they guessed using carbon dioxide levels, but whose to say that they are right? I heard that scientific measures were not always accurate because they took a hundred year old log and did some carbon 14 testing on it. Scientists thought that it was thousands of years old. It was later proved to be younger after more tests were ran. Who’s to say that our method of discovering weather is right? We have been measuring temperature for only a short period of time. Earth right now is in a heating process. Thousands of years ago we were cooling which is when we had an Ice Age. Now we are doing the opposite and are starting to warm up before cooling again. Look at this political cartoon. What is one thing that you notice? I notice it being freezing then gradually getting warmer. As my next point is about to prove, we have no effect on the environment no matter what we do.

3. In 1990 a volcano in the Philippines erupted violently. It was by far one of the biggest explosions of the century. We all have read about how volcanoes let off carbon dioxide, but did you know this… When the volcano erupted, it put more carbon dioxide in the air than all of humanity has ever produced…. More than humans have made since the creation of time. All in just a matter of hours. Look at this picture (not included). See all of this carbon dioxide being put into the air? While, with all of this there was no temperature increase or decrease at all… just some carbon dioxide level changes, but nothing major. If volcanoes put off this much carbon dioxide with no effect, then how could we be doing this? When all this happened, then how could you be persuaded that humans who produce fractions of that amount could impact the environment in fractions of the time? Humans if we tried could not severely impact the environment. It is just too big. Even if we are letting some off, plants and other natural recyclers of Carbon Dioxide are just transforming them to oxygen.

4. During World War II, we dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan. We spilled tons of harmful green house gasses into Mother Nature. This includes radiation, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide. After all of that happened, again there was no effect to the environment that was found. Hiroshima has been having radiation problems still, but there is no significant temperature problem. Nothing humans do can severely change our environment. We only occupy about 50% of the globe. The other 50% is the ocean, ice caps, and land that are not suitable for humans. How could two nuclear bombs not have an impact on the environment, but changing a light bulb in your house to fluorescent can save the environment? It is just impossible that we could have an impact.

5. Another point is that if you look in your text book, I promise you that you will find these words… “When Washington was marching his troops, it was bitterly cold outside” Bitterly cold means freezing. I know that they didn’t have supplies but Virginia in the summer (which is when they fought) is warm. As you can see by these charts, it was 106 degrees outside in the summer. This is without humidity too. Now when we look at this chart it shows us that the battle was fought in Yorktown. There isn‘t much of a distance between Yorktown and Richmond, were this was recorded. How was it bitterly cold a few hundred years ago when now it is normal? The conclusion is that it is a natural cycle. The cycle changes every several hundred years. It was cold then, and now it is slowly warming up. We have nothing to do with it. This is perfectly natural for our environment to do. We would like to believe that humans are the dominate species. Have we ever thought to wonder if what we believe in is caused by nature?

6. One of the most important factual information is still on our planet. Greenland is one of the most misunderstood places around. People like to believe that the reason that it got it’s name is because the settlers didn’t want people to move there so they called an icy land Greenland so that settlers would move their instead of Iceland were it really was green.. After I saw a show on the discovery channel, I concluded that it was actually green. When the first settlers went there, they dined on grapes and cows. I don’t think that I am mistaken, but how could a cow live on an icy land with nobody to feed it. Grapes grow in warm environments which is not ice. Greenland fits that exact description. Also as you can see on this picture, there is still some green left in it. All of it was green once, which proves that it once was green and now it is ice because of the natural cycle, it is starting to freeze. Now Greenland is melting to start the process all over again. In a few hundred years, Greenland will begin to freeze.

NOTE TO READER: FOR POINT 67-8 IT MAKES NO SENCE UNLESS POWERPOINT IS VISIBLE… THANKS!

7. Ok… Phoenix is known as a hot dry desert place. You think that it keeps getting hotter and hotter here each summer. Take a look at this display on the screens. As you can see, during the day the sun is radiating energy to a large city… lets call it Phoenix. It does this all day until the sun starts to go down. As you can see now, the buildings are built up with radiation while the desert area barely got any radiation build up. Now it is night and as you can see the buildings are radiating heat forming a heat bubble. Now in Phoenix at night it is around 95 degrees. That is because of the buildings radiating. We are made of concrete and steel so we absorb heat. Take a look over at the desert. See how the temperature there is lower? This is because it is not trapped in the heat bubble of radiation.

8.Many people relate global warming with long citywide droughts. Like in Phoenix, we are in a drought. There are many reasons why this is not caused by us. Have you ever watched the news and heard the following phrase “… and people of Chandler are getting pelted by rain, many individuals are putting up sand bags to protect their homes…?” What this is saying is that small little cities are getting poured on. Look at the power point and see why, The big glob in the center is called Phoenix, Glendale, and Peoria. Ok now imagine that we are in the middle of a storm. The red indicates heavy rain and the yellow indicates moderate rain. As you can see from this animation that I made, the storm is going around Phoenix. We are a giant blob and the storm is just simply avoiding us. Smaller cities like Chandler and Mesa are being pelted by this continuous down pour. So in smaller cities they may say, “We got rained on the most we ever have” and the airport were they measure the amount of rain says there were only a few drops of rain. This proves that we did not cause the drought by carbon dioxide, but we did it by industrializing.

9. Global Warming is also just a political trap. Who are the only ones who want to try and do something about global warming besides tree huggers? Politicians do. When somebody is running for office this makes a better point, I am going to save the world! Who would you rather vote for… Mr. Free Dental Insurance or Mr. I am Going To Save The Planet From Destruction! The choice is pretty clear. Which, that was Al Gore’s main election motto. They want you to vote for them do they are scamming you. Al Gore doesn’t believe in global warming himself! When he was running for elections, he rented private jets which emit 800 pounds of CO2 per passenger instead of commercial for 88 pounds of CO2 per passenger. He didn’t even own a private jet either; he flew this way for 20 trips. If he would have flown on a commercial plane he would have saved 14240 pounds from the environment.

III. Global Warming is all natural. We do not have an effect on it. If we tried there is nothing that we could do that would impact our society.

1. We have nothing to do with what is going on in the world. There is no reason that just because our planet is warming, we are to blame. This has happened before and will be continuing to happen for the rest of the history of out planet.

Answer 8

The myth is man made global warming that is what is up for debate.  As far a proof find some that man is causing global warming. it is a theory no one knows for sure as far as Gores film it has so many inaccuracies (lies) that they show a disclaimer before showing it in school.  Not that I think they should show it in school.  Caring for the environment is a good thing but using scare tactics is going to undermine your message.

Answer 9

You have to understand that people see patterns in random data.  Conspiracy buffs, bible numerology, etc. are the extreme, but they really do believe all the random correlations they are "discovering".  With a passion.  Look at all the books published.

What scientists like are strong correlations, like smoking and lung cancer, and thalidomide leading to babies born with flippers.  Something beyond any shadow of doubt.

There is no such correlation in climate change that blames it on mankind.  Solar luminosity seems to correlate as well as anything, but climate is so complex that it is unlikely anyone is going to be able to model it.

There is a graphic of the thermal conductivity of copper, data from over 200 papers peer-reviewed, and the values are all over the map.  Way different.  This is a straightforward experiment.  Simple compared to modeling climate.

Now a lot of people make their living on anthropogenic climate change -- scientists, politicians, Al Gore, the media, etc. so anyone challenging their cheese is going to get trashed.

If anyone had one graphic that showed mankind doing X and global climate doing Y with a strong correlation, no exceptions, things would be different.  But it doesn't exist.

CO2 driving temperature doesn't correlate well.  Increased CO2 should lead temperature increase, but it lags.

We know CO2 concentration is increasing, mankind is contributing, and in theory CO2 ought to strengthen the greenhouse effect.  Water is the most important greenhouse gas and whether it swamps out the effect of the CO2 or not is unknown.

When you pile up all the variances and uncertainties, coupled with incomplete noisy data, the upshot is that no one can say with much certainty that mankind is affecting global climate.

The earth has warmed out of an extensive glaciation 10,000 years ago.  But we are technically STILL in an ice age (glaciers in the Antarctic and Greenland).

And the earth has warmed out of a "little ice age" from 400 years ago.

So no one disputes the earth is warming up a bit over the past 400 years.

The question is how much influence mankind has on the warming -- negligible, a little, or a lot.

So is the "finding patterns in random data" a good enough argument for you?  The burden of proof is on proponents of a theory, not the other way around.

Just like in law, mankind is innocent until PROVEN guilty, beyond reasonable doubt.  And the reasonable doubters are not the ones that have to present any evidence.

Answer 10

The reason why I don't believe Al Gore because he is not a SCIENTIST he is  a politician what does he know about the environment, besides its a theory people shouldn't take it so seriously, people ( who i believe are alarmists) make a big deal about it without checking their facts.

http://www.junkscience.com/news/robinson... this is what I believe.

Answer 11

Those people often are ignorant and arrogant. Possibly don't venture outside much either. They say global warming is a myth and then back it up with "it's a natural global cycle". Ok so the planet IS warming. Most that I have seen are getting their information from blogs or wishful thinking. Human influence on climate change has always been known. Conservation has been a way of life until recently. And overpopulation is the main factor - all you need is common sense to figure that out. But these are people that couldn't point out Iraq on a map if you payed them. This is why only US people seem to believe it's a "myth", kind of like the US education system is a "myth".

Answer 12

That is ridicules. Global Warming is not a myth. If you watch the move "An Inconvenient Truth" then you will see all the facts. It is a well done movie. For the idiot that thinks we should be afraid of the next Ice Age. We can survive and ice age easily but we can not survive Global Warming if it is not stopped.

To answer the question. You should watch "An Inconvenient Truth" before you start to believe what other people are saying. Make your own decision on your own.

Answer 13

Here are 26 reasons why global warming is a myth.....

And the scientific proof that they're wrong.

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan...

Mostly all you'll find is right wing opinion, such as, it's all a conspiracy to raise taxes and take away our freedom.

Answer 14

it is not a myth at all! it is real and the earth is heating up a lot but we can stop it if we act now. people say it is a myth because they don't want to do anything about it.

Answer 15

Global warming is actually a myth that scares a lot of people. It is just a racket to get people to buy more things "that can save the environment". The truth is that it is natural for the earth to get hotter, it has been getting warmer since the beginning of time. The ice in pole were going to melt eventually anyway it was only a matter of time. It is true that Al Gore is a scammer and is in it for the money, he turned his wealth from about 1 million dollars to about 100 million dollars, if he was so concerned about the earths well being he should be donating more money to the cause instead of scooping it all in. Most of the donations he makes to causes are from third parties anyway and he winds up taking the credit. And when people use wikipedia as a source that is a joke since wikipedia has a lot of inaccurate information. I'm not sure about being worried about an ice age, but we should be worried about a freaking nuclear war.

Hope this helped! And don't bash me i'm just the informer.

Answer 16

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