Is global warming a man-made disaster ?

Question

Is it a disaster?????

Answer 1

It is partly man-made and partly natural.Things like volcano's are natural.But the thing that is the most likely to cause global warming is man-made pollution.We emit more than 700 times more toxic stuff then all natural calamity damages.

Answer 2

Global Warming is a hoax created by internationalists (ie David Rockefeller) in order to scare the populace into giving in to the laws they are wanting to pass on a global level. The government would love to get people to buy into this lie because it will give them more power to implement laws (more governmental control) and also to be able to tax people for their "carbon footprint" (more money).

More money and more control for the government is what global warming is and it is caused by lobbyist such as Al Gore along with neoconservatives and liberals.

Answer 3

It doesn't matter whether global warming is man made or just a cycle in the earth's history .... it is happening. Between solar processes or natural earth processes such as volcanoes and the ever present forest fires which will be argued to have occurances whether or not mankind were present. It still just doesn't matter how it is happening, it is.

FACT: "Atmospheric levels of CO2 are determined by how much coal, natural gas and oil we burn and how many trees we cut down, as well as by natural processes like plant growth. Atmospheric levels of water vapor, on the other hand, cannot be directly controlled by people; rather, they are determined by temperatures. The warmer the atmosphere, the more water vapor it can hold. As a result, water vapor is part of an amplifying effect. Greenhouse gases like CO2 warm the air, which in turn adds to the stock of water vapor, which in turn traps more heat and accelerates warming."

http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1011

We have gone past the point of no return unless we can build improvements to assist in reflecting light away from the earth.

First you have to understand how long the earth has been storing up the fossil fuels. The coal, oil and natural gas that we are using now are products of the earth converting plants and animals into their present forms over (often) millions of years. They have been stored now for millions of years without being used until now. By being used now, we are converting these fuels from stored carbon, into released carbon. Thus allowing this released carbon to act as a greenhouse effect gas again.

Since we are talking about a situation where the Earth once had a lot of stored carbon and now that stored carbon is disappearing at a tremendous rate (and will continue into the future) We can be truthful in saying that there is a definite trend, and relationship in the increase of greenhouse gasses. We can also say that these greenhouse gasses would not have been released without the intervention of man. Logically therefore we can say that global warming gasses have been released and any global warming increases are directly attributed to mankind’s releasing them.

The damage done by increased greenhouse emissions has already taken its toll. This is evident by the melting of polar ice and glaciers across the globe. Some will say that there is no such thing as global warming, because there is in their opinion very little change in the average global temperature. However when you take into account the fact that there is less ice, and snow, because of the melting of polar ice and glaciers across the globe. That melted ice, snow and glaciers across the globe will in themselves temporarily lower the overall ocean temperatures untill they all melt. Thereby lowering the average temperatures on the earth. So if you account for that, the temperature can be proven to be increasing.

We cannot get the world back the way it was, even as of fifty years ago, much less stop the damage that will still occur in the future. Sure we could try to stop all industry that will cause pollution, but at what cost. Without industry we could not sustain the present world population. Giving up industry and sacrificing billions of people on this planet in the process, is not a viable solution (even trying to merely lower greenhouse emissions is at best a temporary solution).

The biggest problem we have now is not just the fact that we have more greenhouse gasses trapping heat in, but we are getting less and less sunlight being reflected out from the planet. As the snow cover melts from more and more of the planets surface, the sunlight heats up more parts of the earth that once reflected light back out. It is like a dog chasing its tail (until it gets dizzy and falls from exhaustion). As global warming just keeps building on itself till the ecological balance fails, and this planet will no longer sustain the teeming human populations.

Greenhouse effect cure (there are no real cures but this may help till we can find one). First I want to point out that there are no real, viable short term, or easy methods of curing our Global warming woes. The damage to the environment has already been done and is, for all intent and purposes, basically irreversible. It is likely, however, that any type of plan to get rid of Global warming, will require some type of dramatic ecological compromises.

Some will say that all we need to do is give up industry on the planet and the world will eventually go back to the way it was. I say it is too late for that solution (as a short term solution anyway).

My plan, however, will require the use of old tires and recycled plastics. Of course it will require some engineering feats also, and a few ecological compromises. The benefits of using these wasted products will far outweigh the compromises required.

My idea is to build large floating islands (white on top, to reflect sunlight back out of our planet) made from used tires (filled with co2) and recycled plastics. Yes there are engineering and ecological problems, but everyone has to admit there are worse problems in our current situation. So the only feasible solution is to build a bunch of artificial reflection "islands" across the planet.

We can also try to get more people to use reflecting surfaces on buildings (which will be as difficult to do, as no one likes to have to do things exactly the same as everyone else).

There will be other benefits realized, once we build enough of these islands. One of the problems associated with the increased temperatures we are experiencing is the possibility of increased hurricane intensity and frequency. Having enough of these floating islands in strategic points in the oceans will help to alleviate this problem also. It is a well known fact that hurricanes form in areas of the ocean where the temperature rises above approximately 80 degrees Fahrenheit. If we can keep those areas below that temperature (by reflecting sunlight away), we can prevent the formation of hurricanes. Without these floating islands, hurricanes will probably continue to increase in intensity and frequency…

We need a solution to deal with our Global warming woes, and we need it now. Even if this is a difficult path to follow, it will pay off in the future. The overall problems I see for Greenhouse effect is that we can go green all we want, but Global warming and our constant desire to be comfortable, will eventually undermine any efforts we may do. Unless we can get rid of some of the excess heat in this world, we will always be under the eventual threat of a thermal overheating demise.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It is a disaster and it is partially caused by man.  Again everyone needs to watch the movie An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore.  It explains Global Warming in laymans terms.  

http://www.climatecrisis.net/

Increasing global temperature is expected to cause sea level to rise, an increase in the intensity of extreme weather events, and significant changes to the amount and pattern of precipitation. Other expected effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, modifications of trade routes, glacier retreat, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warm...

Answer 6

No it's not a man-made disaster. In fact it's not a disaster at all. First of all the planet has been warming since the last glaciation period, second there have been warming and cooling trends during this interglacial period before this small warming trend, which began after the last mini ice age, third the sun and the oceans temperature controls the overall climate (or average global temperature) of this planet more than the make up of our atmosphere does, fourth warming actually procedes the rise in CO2 levels not vice versa.

The interesting thing is I discovered all this by studing the charts from NOAA, NASA, and other sources that actually believe the Anthropogenic Global Warming theory. It makes me wonder if they even read and look at the data they collect.

Answer 7

Scientists are certain at this point that the current global warming is mostly caused by humans.  See here for an explanation:

http://greenhome.huddler.com/wiki/global...

As for a disaster, it's not yet, but it will be if we don't do something about it.  For example, in the European heat wave of 2003, 35,000 people were killed, and it was just a couple degrees hotter than average.  Droughts killed crops and wildfires destroyed entire forests.  That's the sort of thing we're going to see more of if we don't start reducing our greenhouse gas emissions significantly.  See Myth #12 here:

http://greenhome.huddler.com/wiki/global...

Answer 8

Copy this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU4gZdNut... for the whole show which is 1h 16mins or type The Great Global Warming Swindle into youtube for a shorter version.

Answer 9

No.

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Answer 10

We cannot exactly say that global warming is man-made, but man is certainly responsible for this.

Answer 11

Maybe- There is some proof that rising CO2 in the environment will raise the temperature on the earth.  However historically going back 1000's of years the temperature has been significantly higher then it is today.

As far as your second question, it is most likely not a disaster yet, any more the global cooling was in the 70s.

Answer 12

No. The earth has been getting gradually warmer for millennia all by itself. The glaciers have been retreating for thousands of years, since looong before man could have possibly had any effect.

Answer 13

I really don`t see any global warming disasters

Answer 14

AGW is a trojan horse for socialism.

Answer 15

Yes its man made b'se of activies

Answer 16

Would you like an opinion from a scientist with more than three-and-a-half decades of study with seventeen of those years spent on physical science and climatology?  If so, then I'll just bring up this one fact and point and there are many.  The largest and the deepest ice core samples that mankind has ever dug has yielded 650,000 years worth of atmospheric data.  Scientists found three periods of warming and cooling within that 650,000 year period of data.  BUT...when I compare carbon dioxide in parts per million (PPM) since 1950, here is what I found.  Never in 650,000 years have I EVER seen a higher concentration of CO2 and Methane as I have seen now.  My data and more - hard scientific data - are available upon request.

So my point is this so that we can settle the issue once and for all over whether this is a natural or a man-made disaster.  Anyone trying to manipulate the numbers will point to the three periods of warming in that 60,000 years and say that global warming is NOT man-made.  And to those "scientists," I suggest that you look at the big picture - all 60,000 years - and tell me why Carbon dioxide and methane are higher than they've ever been in all of those eons?

Finally, is it a disaster?  I live near Lake Superior and the temperature of the lake is up four degrees Farenheit, water levels are at a record low, and entire fish populations are threatened.  I call that a disaster - just one of many worldwide!

Answer 17

yes 2 sum xtent

n d others r d volcanic eruptions n ol

Answer 18

it's 80:20..natural 20% we made 80% still never stop..talk big..but still want to produce more oil to make more pollution..all money..money..money..

Answer 19

not really but we are contributing to it at a faster rate i think

Answer 20

yes global warming is a disaster. it was not man-made but man has helped it get stronger

Answer 21

I believe yes that it is a man made disaster. people can say it only partly but this is what i believe. our government here and across the world do anything for money. it's all about money. if making money means destroying the earth in the process then they do it. but things are going to be okay. "the righteous will conquer the earth"

Answer 22

If you don't think this is a disaster, look at this video's pictures. All the animals on the video are endangered because of man, especially global warming. We are causing a large percentage of it, but some is natural. These pictures are a powerful reminder of how we affect the environment. If we don't do something within ten years, it may be irreversable. The causes and effects of global warming in less than five minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpD3-Uu9j...

Answer 23

partly. about 20% is natural. Humans have played a large part in it

Answer 24

yes global warming is a huge man made disaster .it is created all by man to fulfil his own demands and comforts. yes its you and me who have created such a widespread havoc and are still unaware to stop or minimise it!

Answer 25

It is neither man-made nor a disaster.

Answer 26

Ofcourse it is !

the concentratn of carbon dioxide in d environment has increased considerably and it all bcoz of d casualy and unconcernd nature of man.

This increased concentratn of crbn dioxide has transformed it frm being  jus a constituent of environment to a harmful gas.The concentratn has increased due to burning of fossil fuels  and release of unburned carbn frm cars.