Who has more facts about global warming and is the earth worth protecting?

Question

I am still a little skeptic about global warming. We have proof that the earth has been cooling for the last ten years and they predict this year will get colder then usual, yet i keep on hearing more and more about it. And even if global warming is real, it will be years before we can really become green. Al Gores idea of becoming gas free in ten years will not work, and even most of the demos agree about that. Most believe the solar and wind tech will not be efficient enough to use until 2050, yet they still refuse to use nuclear energy witch is emission free. People also say that we shouldn't eat cows because their farts make a lot of emissions (but if we did that wouldn't there be more cows). I believe that we should go green, but i do not want to pay $8.00 a gallon for that like they are in Europe. I don't see Al Gore going green, with all his jets and limos.

Also to all you green freaks that will do anything to save the planet, you do know that you are killing the planet every time you breath. So if you really want to save the planet, i think you know what to do.

(sorry that took so long:)

Answer 1

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 2

I have one important fact: WE CANNOT SAVE THE PLANET.

The entire cosmos is decaying via a heat death...the 2nd law of thermodynamics.  Everything dies and there is nothing we can do about it.

Furthermore, most liberals believe in evolution...so man is then simply a natural, subcomponent of the cosmos...WE ARE NATURE.  Global warming (if true) is NATURAL.

Answer 3

How on earth did the Polar bears survive past melting of the arctic? It must have been Al Gore, he must have built a time machine and gone back in time to save them.  

Answer 4

you are stupid. Go Al! Save those Polar Bears.

Oh, and we "green freaks" do things to offset our own carbon emissions.  

Answer 5

Taking a breath does NOT kill the planet!

Sure,when we breath out we release CO2, but plants take in CO2! It's like a big cycle. If we were to stop cutting down trees and started planting more the holes scientists believe are in the ozone would start to close up.