What is your view on global warming and where do you stand politically?

Question

If you chose not to say your political views you have not answered the question and you are in violation?

Answer 1

I'm skeptical about anthropogenic global warming and I'm fairly conservative.

There is a very noticible corrolation between believing in AGW and left wing politics.  I don't think belief has anything to do with intelligence one way or the other.

Answer 2

My name answers the second part of the question.

There is currently no evidence that man has made any significant contribution to climate change.

Some interesting facts.

1. During most of the past 2,000 years, the temp has been about the same or higher. Currently, we are barely over the average for the last 2,000 years.

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

2. During the medieval warm period (820 – 1040 AD), Greenland supported farming. Those areas previously farmed are now covered in glaciers. Obviously the melting and reformation of glaciers is a cyclical occurrence.

3. The earth experienced a little ice age which ended around the late 1860's or so. This is about the time man started recording temperatures. This would be like measuring a lake depth after a severe drought, then worrying about it flooding as it rose to normal levels.

4. The earth has been warming for the last 18,000 years, since the last major glacier time period. During this time frame, the glaciers have been melting at a fairly consistent rate. Also, for most of the last 1 billion years, the earth had NO glaciers or ice coverage.

http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/i...

5. The AGW theory states that CO2 is the primary driver of temperature. They arrived at this idea because they did not know of anything else which could cause it. But during the 70's and during the current decade, temperatures dropped while CO2 continued to rise. This means that natural occurrences are driving temp, not CO2.

6. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation and sun spots provides a much better correlation to earths' temperature than CO2 levels ever have.

http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/200...

http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/...

7. Polar Bears are experiencing a population boom. Coke sales in the arctics are through the roof. Polar Bears have been around for thousands of years, and remember, we are only at the average for the last 2,000 years. They lived through all the previously warmer climates. The original picture of 2 bears on a floating ice block was a complete scam. The photographer explained that the bears were in no danger and close to shore. The picture was lifted from a public PC by another passenger and sent around the world.

8. Many glaciers are expanding. Even Antarctica is growing on 98% of is land mass. Only 2% is melting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1...

9. There is no consensus on AGW. This was a lie that has been propagated by the media.

http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckt...

10. Yes we emit CO2 into the atmosphere and it is a greenhouse gas, but, we only contribute about .28% of all the greenhouse effect. Water vapor makes up about 95% of the greenhouse effect. CO2 and other trace gases round out the greenhouse gases at about 5% for all of them. Of that 5%, only 3% is CO2, and most of that is natural. Again, our contribution to the greenhouse effect is a paltry .28%

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenh...

11. The spread of disease is not attributed mainly to temperature. If this were the case, Florida would be a giant festering disease ridden cesspool. Economic standing is the primary determining factor in the spread of disease. Poor cultures can not fight the disease or eradicate the pests like more successful nations.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12077886...

12. Natural climate disasters (hurricanes, cyclones, etc) have never been scientifically linked to global warming (whether natural or man made).

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppa...

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?i...

Answer 3

I know global warming is a scam and I am conservative.

Answer 4

Climate change is real and natural, but I think that all these predictions of doomsday are ridiculous and could lead us to policy blunder. Politically, I believe that it is a big mistake to have one of the most inefficient entities (Government) stick it's nose in the economy and market by having penalties, regulations and taxes in the name of something that isn't as dire as many make it out to be. This country will move away from fossil fuel based energy in time, and through the FREE MARKET. Not because we are all doomed, but because this country can't afford to keep sending billions of dollars overseas and continue to be held hostage.  

Answer 5

Global Warming is a complete scam, hoax , fraud.  The hype should be stopped now.  Politically I am an anti-marxist.

Answer 6

I think GW is a sham perpetrated as cover-up to explain a rise in 'natural' disasters.

I use the word natural to mean events that cause destruction by indirect means.

Watch this - and try to explain what you see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3wQU2OTS...

Politically I would like to see a complete change in government every 8 years, with nominated candidates sitting-in on many levels, and a greater transparency of spending budgets.

I would like a democracy based actually on the will of the majority.

Answer 7

As a geologist, I think in longer time intervals than most and I think harmful human caused global warming is a myth created by leftists and yes I am a conservative  

Answer 8

I don't believe the global warming.  Politically I am a conservative along the lines of Reagan and Goldwater.

Answer 9

Regardless of what I learn or read about global warming I can't look at it as anything other than a scam.  It's absolute nonsense.

I'm small-c Conservative.

Answer 10

The earth as been around way before human existence, and it will remain long after we as a human race are gone. We are only a mere spec of history for planet earth. Our earth self heals and I really doubt our existence has anything to do with what is happening. Its going to happen no matter if we are here or not. its the beauty of mother nature. But if recycling makes your feel better dont let me be the one to stop you

Answer 11

I believe we are part of the problem.   I stand by myself since I could probably do better than the yahoos we have in office now from either party.   That seems to be all it is to them, a huge party, at tax payer expense.

Answer 12

I dont follow the political part of your question, science and facts forms my opinion not politics. Dont guide the truth, let the truth guide you.

I believe climate change is a natural process which we can not change and we have none to little impact on it.

I am not affiliated with any political parties or environmental groups. I am all for saving the planet, but see targetting co2 as counter productive based on a un-proven theory when there are known issues we are sure of that need resolving.

Answer 13

I am highly skeptical of the claims of the AGW crowd.

Politically I'm the type of person that doesn't like to be told I'm in violation.

Answer 14

i'm liberal, and global warming is a serious problem.

now if you thought about it, why didn't you ask whether evolution was real, or if creationism is how we got here.

evolution is real.

Answer 15

Global warming is a real phenomena. The science is well-known and has been for decades. Those ice-caps really are melting, and there has been no increase in solar insolation.

Politically, I am not fixed one way or another, and may lean to conservatism on one issue (eg economy), and to the left on another issue (eg environmentalism).