What do you think about Global Warming? Real or not? Problem or not?

Question

How do you feel/ what do you think about the proposed theory of Global Warming?

Answer 1

Ok so the above answers are touting years at you but I have one for them. The current climate is the hottest seen in 125,000 years. We have seen 8 of the 10 hottest years ever recorded occuring in the last 15 years. The rise is too sudden for a natural fluctuation.

Answer 2

The last Ice Age ended about 10,000 years ago.  Couldn't have been man caused.  The last "mini Ice Age" ended about 1800,  doubt that industrial pollution caused the end.

The middle ages suffered though a global warming, again, doubt that it was industrial or man caused pollution.

Even the sun goes through warmer and cooler cycles,  the current attempt to blame changes in the earth's temperature on man has never been proved.  Not one scientist has ever provided a repeatable, conclusive test that warming is man caused.  

Beware of people that want to you "believe" without proof.

Answer 3

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Global warming is but a component, in a group of destructive forces at work such as ;deforestation,desertification,soil and water contamination ,irresponsible or wasteful utilization of bio resources , air pollution,Non sustainable Agriculture,over pumping carbon aquifers

all concepts which are definitely not part of the Natural Processes of the Natural world

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WHICH WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR,

The most prolific growth on this planet is part of the day in the mist and most of the time under clouds ,and the least growth is always directly in the sun .

To exchange the one for the other means changing local climates

We are exchanging Nature with Tar , concrete and open spaced mono cultures.

In 300 years half of the planets forests have gone ,and in the last 50 years half of the wet lands ,and rain forests

These Areas absorb heat during the day and release heat at night ,

Cause cloud formation(shade).humidifying the air on the surface as well as releasing excess water at the roots that keep rivers flowing ,which in turn brings more water into the Environment .

As well as contributing to absorbing carbon emissions as do the leaves of the trees together with the oceans .

All in all many factors which directly affect the local Environment .

The loss of the above resulting in rivers drying up ,less rain ,desertification,loss of habitat for many species and so on.

dryer and hotter surface environments which can manifest in different weather patterns such as tornadoes or bush fires

I may be stupid or Naive but somehow i believe that lots of these local environmental changes, can add up to affect global weather, If there are enough of them (and there are)

And then on top of that comes the story of the effects of pollutants released into Nature and especially the Air ,by MAN http://earthissues.multiply.com/photos/a...

A cocktail of events and a lot of the ingredients have MAN written all over them

So it is safe to assume that we should look at ourselves ,just a teeny bit ,for possible improvements ,and rectifying Eco errors that are with in our powers.

What is a safer bet

to be or not to be

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Answer 4

The earth has been warming and cooling periodically for forever.  The central question is whether mankind has influenced the earth to warm and if so can mankind do something to cool it off.  I do not think mankind has significantly changed earths atmosphere to the point that we have caused it to warm,  recent reports suggest that the earths temperature has peaked (some 10 years ago).  I believe that we need to take care of our resources and keep the earth clean for our children, but some of the "fixes" would put us back to stone age technology if carried out.  

The people who advocate Global Warming the loudest (Al Gore etc.) are selling carbon credits to offset their use of fossil fuels.