Who thinks were going to be able to stop global warming?

Question

Who thinks were going to be able to stop global warming?

Answer 1

We can't stop it entirely, at any reasonable cost.  We can slow it down enough to avoid the worst effects, and save ourselves a ton of money.  Here's the plan:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/worl...

http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg3.h...

And here's what it can save us from:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6096...

Answer 2

i dont believe in global warming. its just another thing for the media to obsess over on slow news days.  the earth goes through its own warming and cooling cycles and it has been doing so for a very long time. we should limit pollution but we aren't going to be able to change what takes place naturally.

Answer 3

If the climate is warming, it is warming.  If it is cooling, it is cooling.  We aren't causing it and we can't stop it.  That's just people saying stuff to get our money.  Relax-enjoy your life; no worries.

Answer 4

Some parts of global warming we can stop but the others aren't possible unless everyone in the world contributes, which is most likely not going to happen. The biggest part that plays in Global Warming is green house effect, which is all the pollution that gets built up in the atmosphere which causes the sun rays to be trapped so it technically melts the ice. some of this pollution is from cars that let out smoke and other gas. If this doesn't stop C2O will come...

Name: Charlene Marcum

Age: 12 years old

Answer 5

The future generation.

So are u ready now? no????

Answer 6

I know we can reduce our impact on the atmosphere, clean up our waterways and live better lives. I do not want to stop GW, I want to control earth's surface temperature and rebuild the ozone layer by removing the bad stuff we put in the atmosphere starting in the 1930. Many of these chemicals are still up there causing destruction. I have designed a machine to retrieve them. You can see it at CollingEarth.org. Then we need renewable energy, new electric motors, new generators, and new wetlands.

Answer 7

How do U intend to stop something that has not started.

Answer 8

Since the Sun is responsible for all warmth on Earth, I doubt there's anything we can do to control the heat output of the Sun.

Answer 9

No, we can only dramatically slow it from the current rate of warming.  Full elimination of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere takes hundreds of thousands of years:

"...unlike other greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide does not undergo a simple decline over a single predictable timescale. Instead, the excess carbon is first diluted by the carbon cycle as it mixes into the oceans and biosphere (e.g. plants) over a period of a few hundred years, and then it is slowly removed over hundreds of thousands of years as it is gradually incorporated into carbonate rocks.

The dilution of carbon is such that only 15-30% is expected to remain in the atmosphere after 200 years, with most of the rest being either incorporated into plants or dissolved into the oceans. This leads to a new equilibrium being established; however, the total amount of carbon in the ocean-atmosphere-biosphere system remains elevated."

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Ima...

It is because of this fact, that every bit of carbon that we emit today contributes to asustained elevated carbon level, that

every person on the planet must pay the full, carbon-mitigated cost of energy and "development".

Answer 10

Well if we can stop the sun from doing what it has for eternity, then maybe we have a chance, maybe we can build a giant space umbrella!

Answer 11

hahahahahahahaha wow. Theres some not very smart people here. One person said they didn't believe in global warming hahahahahaha. Global warming is a fact, the earth is getting warmer due to our pollution.

Answer 12

The debate, however, is not about the merits of socialism over capitalism and free markets; the debate is about water. The bill will give to the federal government control over all water in the United States, and control over all "… activities affecting these waters."

Water is essential in the production of virtually everything. If the government controls water, and all "activities affecting these waters," then the government controls the sources of production.

There is absolutely no need for the government to take this draconian step. Water is already regulated far beyond necessity. The control and regulation of water has stripped property rights from people in every state – often for no definable public benefit. This bill will destroy the last vestige of the idea of private property rights.

For a generation, these people have been gaining political power in local, state and federal offices. Now, it is difficult to find an elected body of government anywhere that is not dominated by people who believe the power of government must supersede the power of the people.

This condition will not be corrected overnight – if ever. Someone has to teach a new generation why the U.S. Constitution produced the most prosperous nation ever. Someone has to explain to a new generation the difference between a free market and a market managed by government. Someone has to teach a new generation that the exercise of freedom does not require the government's permission.

The "someone" here will be the people who are elected to local, state and federal offices over the next several years. If the people who cherish freedom over government control fail to find and elect like-minded representatives, then freedom will continue to fade and government control – socialism – will continue to flourish.

Listen carefully to the candidates for every office, and reject those who campaign for more government programs and more government control. Identify those in the city council, county commission and in the state legislatures who vote for expanded government control – and vote for their opponents (if they advocate more freedom). Look at the list of cosponsors of H.R. 2421, and tell them to vote against this socialist bill. Read the bill yourself, and don't let your representative tell you that it doesn't expand government power over all "activities affecting these waters."

This bill is expected to see floor action within the next several weeks. If it is enacted, it will not likely ever be undone. Once government gets its hands on new power, it is never relinquished.