If Mars is also experiencing global warming should we apologize to Al Gore?

Question

We critized his exorbnant electric bill, his indoor swimming pool that uses more energy than 500 average families, and the private jets that are like a bad habit, spewing Gore's carbon emissions all over the countryside. And all this time it was the sun.

Answer 1

No we should learn the geology of Mars, the solar system and Galaxy along with our own home Earth. Here is a start for your new studies:  We have the technology to move past the carbon debate. We do not have time to go through the government red tape. With oil on the decline, we have to make massive changes, swiftly. But we have to take the time to get it right. We can not do this twice, or three times - like in the past; we have to put our money in the best return on investments and where we get multiple benefits. We have had most of this technology for 20 years but have not implemented it. We know what is cost effective; we know where we need better technology. Without governments mandating renewable resources that do not harm the environment, we are doomed. The fossil fuel depression with global warming will be the worst economic downturn in world history. But this is not doom and gloom; we have the ability to fix our mess and enough time. Solar Concentrating Electric Power Plants, wind, wave, small hydro-electric, geothermal, and nuclear energy are what we need. We must have a pollution surcharge where we pay the real price (health effects, global warming and cleanup) for oil, natural gas, coal, cigarettes, cooling towers, cars, trains and airplanes. Raising the price of fossil fuel today gives us more time to solve these problems and helps pay for the 20 Trillion Dollars worth of renewable energy over the next 10 years. Remember knowledge is power and this information is very powerful. Humans have 50 trillion dollars worth of stuff that runs on cheep oil, natural gas, or coal.

I attended the Focus the Nation at Sierra College on 1-31-08. The event was the 2% Solution, a 2% reduction over 40 years to solve global warming. Oil is a nonrenewable resource and we are running out-but not soon – anyone now want to pay $30 per gallon for gas. The problem is the oil will be gone in less than 30 years at present rates of consumption without projected increases and shortages (gone at least to run cars, heat homes, power electric plants or air travel). The 2% Solution is ok for the USA for a 10 year plan to cut 20%, but I would prefer a 5% Solution over the next 10 years for a 50% reduction. At the same time, we have to be building renewable energy so at the end of 10 years we can cut an additional 20%. With the peak of oil in the 1970’s, peak NG in the 1990’s, having mined cheep coal, the peak of ocean fishing in the 1980’s, and the peak of uranium in the 1990’s, humans must stop procrastinating and make real changes to keep earth sustainable including in the energy debate, finance and regulation. Over the next 90 years carbon dioxide is projected to skyrocket as human’s burn more fossil fuels, but we have to come up with what will take its place and cleanup our mess. One of the big problems we have is at some time Yellowstone will blow its top again, as the magma move closer to the surface, creating a nuk winter. After that we will not have to worry about the destruction of the ozone layer, global warming or pollution.

Many of mankind’s advancements cause earth surface to warm, destroy the ozone layer, kill off endanger species, heat cities, and in some way cause more dramatic destruction.  Blacktop and buildings (roads, roofs and parking lots-heat cities), deforestation (air pollution, soil erosion), duststorms (increase hurricanes and cyclones, cause lung diseases), fires (cause pollution, mud slides, and deforestation), refrigerants (like CFC's) and solvents (including benzene destroy the ozone layer raising skin cancer rates) and plastics; cars, airplanes, ships and most electricity production (causes pollution including raised CO2 levels and increased lung and other diseases); these human problems we must fix to keep life on earth sustainable! Humans have destroyed half of the wetlands, cut down nearly half of the rain forest, and advance on the earths grasslands while advancing desertification which increases duststorms.

The result is:  change is on the way, we just do not know what changes (where and when). Look beyond the hype, beyond the weather, beyond a quarterly report and beyond today. President Bush has made a choice of energy (ethanol) over food and feeding the starving people around the world; this is a choice China has rejected. The fact is Bush wants to buy food from out side the USA to send to starving people since our grain is not available. Now what USA Presidential candidate is giving you the facts so you can make an educated decision of which one to vote for?

But with that we must understand we have never seen what is now happening before. CO2 has never lead to temperature change, but temperature change has led to increases in CO2. The models have to be made as we go along with current evidence! But again adding a small amount of CO2 to the atmosphere enlarges the earths sun collection causing warming; increase water in the atmosphere and it forms clouds cooling earth but sometimes causing flooding. Even natural events are warming earth and causing destruction. The sun has an increased magnetic field causing increases in earthquakes (more destruction), volcanoes (wow, great destruction), and sun spots. Lighting produces ozone near the surface (raising air pollution levels). The USA Mayor's have taken a stand and I believe are on the right track, we can have control and can have economic growth. The sun is available to produce energy, bring light to buildings and makes most of human’s fresh water. Composting is the answer to desertification. New dams are the answer to fresh water storage, energy and cooling earth by evaporation, we need many small ones all over (California needs 100 by 2012 and we are far behind).

That is why I founded CoolingEarth.org, a geoengineering web sight where you can learn more about earth, the atmosphere, and how to sustain life on earth’s surface. Watch for changes in the sight coming soon.

Answer 2

how is this proof its the sun? mars is just one planet so local influences can affect its climate not just whole solar system changes.

Answer 3

I have seen some changes with proponents.They use to constantly dispute water as a ghg,but have started leaning that way.The same will be true of the sun and other things.It's just something they can't deny forever.

Makes you wonder who the real deniers are?

Answer 4

No apologies will EVER be necessary for hypocrite AL.

Also, Mars is many millions of miles further away from the sun so I'd imagine it won't be getting warm any time soon.

Thank God he wasn't elected. This is ALL we would hear about.

Answer 5

Mars can't have global warming and Al Gore was right all along.  Well, yeah, the swimming pool was much and his jets put out some toxic fumes there BUT LOOK!  WITH YOUR EYES EVEN!  

Who was Albert Einstein?

Didn't he help formulate the atomic bomb?

Just what has Al Gore got up his sleeve, huh?  

Hmmmm . . .

Yeah, what he said . . .

Answer 6

Never apologize to him. He lied to the entire United States. You know what the worst part was? Some of us actually still believe him.

Answer 7

What does Al Gore have to do with dust storms on Mars reducing the albedo of its polar ice?

If the thousands of weather stations on earth are insufficient to prove global warming is happening on earth (as was claimed here today and at nearly every day), how many weather stations are on Mars today measuring a warming that is global there?

Answer 8

I don't think Mars is having global warming.

Answer 9

NO!  What are you talking about?

Answer 10

Al Gore is much smarter than you.  He can see what we are doing to our planet.  And he is one of the worlds best spokesmen for the health of our planet.  

I'll forgive him his big house if he convinces the people of the world to clean up their act.

George Bush's family owns a huge mansion and compound in Maine.  Have you checked that?

Or are you just spouting nonsense.

Statesmen and corporate executives fly around the world all the time in private jets.  Why is Al Gore different?  At least he is using the jet so he can travel around the world to educate people like you.