O.K. Sell me on global warming?

Question

Other than rich people in Malibu and Miami having to build new beach homes 20" - 7 feet back; why should I care? How does it affect me? If we continue on our current path the "Global" impact will be a warmer temp, but what will be the effect on the "neighborhood" scale?

Answer 1

We're not really looking at any credible disaster scenarios here.  

Even if humans weren't here, the sea level would still be rising because that's what it's been doing ever since the last ice age.  The worse case scenario (as considered by the IPCC) is that we will increase the rate of rise slightly.

Answer 2

I think for the most part, the discussion on (Global Warming) is much like our modern day court system. Both sides just try to prove their side.hundred of websites all claiming to disprove the other, or no real proof. Both sides have extreme activists. Money and politics are major players, and the right thing or the moral thing to do is not high on priorities.

Al Gore really stands out and has really hurt the Global Warming cause with his commentary and egotistical version of the earth's natural Climate changes. His movie an inconvenient truth is a really bad movie by the way.

There is a small amount of fact there, but little to no absolute truth as to what or who caused it.

The only difference is that the global warming issue has no definitive answer equivalent to jury and /or Judge.. only time holds our future or fate.

I believe we have a responsibility to conserve energy, preserve our environment and recycle everything that is feasibly possible.

I do not believe that we are causing a doom & gloom warming catastrophe. I do know that we need to prepare now by conserving energy, preserving nature and preparing for the next climate change.

Please don't form your opinon from this forum. To many close minded "hot heads" with no real proof to back their doom & gloom.

Answer 3

Global warming will make things difficult for humans!  Can anybody deny that weather is getting worse?

Answer 4

not to worry,it is a huge liberal/political scam to control your life and suck more $$ out your pocket.

Answer 5

Very nice job Mcbeats, that honestly is the most intelligent post on this forum the entire night!

Answer 6

There's no way to know for sure if it will affect your neighborhood at all.  Because of how complicated Earth's climate, weather, and ecosystem is your neighborhood could end up quite a bit colder or quite a bit warmer or not change at all.  I was near Baghdad last week when it snowed for the first time in decades.  Is there any way to know for sure if that has to do with global warming?  Not really.  Even if your house is wiped out by a mudslide, we might never know if global warming caused it or not.

Answer 7

This web site will give an accurate picture of 'rising sea levels':

http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index....

http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index....

It looks like sea levels have been rising about 6" per century for thousands of years - coming out of the last ice age.

In a century people will automatically rebuild homes and industry maybe even twice.  In the USA how many homes do you know of that are over 100 years old? Most have been leveled after about 50+ years and replaced with something better.

Answer 8

I am not selling it

you are gonna get it for free anyway

it will affect everybody

when the price of water and food go up

Answer 9

The costs of fixing global warming (moving people, replacing things lost to flooding, fixing agriculture) will ruin the economy.

Answer 10

LOL it just cracks me up that everyone mentions Al gore. He is one of 6.6 BILLION people on the planet and yet at the slightest mention of AGW his name pops up. BTW you want to be sold on global warming its gonna be $5 grand and that's cheap.... to be honest if at this stage of the discussion you have to ask the question then you are not going to understand the answer...but here goes, it is not as simple as just the sea level rising. The sea level will rise and every single living thing will be effected. Not to mention the gulf stream being totally changed so that the 450 million people that live in Europe will all need to live somewhere else as it will be uninhabitable. There will be world wide droughts, so farms will no longer be able to produce food and other places will be totally flooded as the weather patterns get thrown into chaos.

   Have you ever heard the expression that civilisation is 24 hours and 2 hot meals from anarchy...that's about how it will be...