Why does TV always leave out the most major factor in climate change?

Question

Well, it's part of the sun's natural cycle, and naturally the maxima/minima of sunspots closely match global temperatures. Also, just before the beginning of the 20th century there was a major volcanic eruption which caused temperatures to dip, so maybe the temperatures are returning to normal?

I think pollution and environmental ipact should be cut down as it reduces air quality, I'm just tired of every single day climate change is blamed solely on humans,anyone else feel this way?

Answer 1

Hmmm it's a tough one. I think there are good reasons to change the way we use energy, whether or not 'climate change' is as scientists say it is (which I think it is). Air pollution was a good one as you said. We are fast running out of fossil fuels anyway so more time and money should be invested into alternatives. It would be nicer if the world was a cleaner, greener place. We need to stop deforestation as well!

Answer 2

To get people involved more willingly.  I for one think that climate change is brought on by a combination of both natural AND human influences.  And that we shouldn't hesitate to take responsibility for our own role in it.  Some people, though, will feel that because nature is a player in this game, we should just let things be and forget about how unstable our modern lifestyle is or its potentially disasterous impact on our planet.

Just basic rules for motivating people to act.  Any cause will have its pros and cons.  Generally though, when you're rallying up the troops for battle, you try not to mention those, "oh and by the way, your families are getting taxed all to h**l to pay for this" type little details.  Those are the sorts of things that deflate people's balloons.  And in the case of climate change, there's that simple -- and frightening -- possibility: that even after we do make changes and resort to a sustainable lifestyle, our Earth will never be what it once was.  Climate change will probably still be in motion.  Maybe not in the force that it would have been if the human factor hadn't been largely reduced.  But even after all our efforts to change, nature will still be going full course ahead without us and that scares people into inaction.  The sort of, "Why should I change if it won't fix the problem?" attitude will become even more prevalent if more people understand that humans are not the SOLE cause of climate change.

That is why they don't delve into those other details, those other "causes".  Because we DO need to make changes in the way we live.  And we can't afford to lose energy to inaction.  We need to preserve the earth and also restore much of what we've already taken.  We need to become sustainable.  We must recognize that we are a part of the vastly interconnected web of life on this planet, no matter how much we try to avoid that reality.  And it's not only for making a prettier world to look at.  We don't know what changes are ahead of us.  They could be milder than we fear, or they could be our worst nightmares combined.  Yet either way -- maybe, just maybe, humans and other species will have a better shot at surviving whatever is ahead if there's some actual healthy land left to draw food and water from.  And honestly.  Look around you.  What if you no longer had the opportunity to run to the supermarket for food because all our crops died?  Or you could no longer drive away from your town because they shut the gas pumps off?  Would you know the first thing about surviving in your area?  Do you know the edible wild plants?  ARE there any wild plants left close by?  Or wild game to hunt?

As much as we try to hide away from it, all safely tucked away in our cities of concrete and glass, we need the land.  Away from the crops and the fragmented "wild preserves".  Because you never know.  It might be that someday there won't always be someone else to till it for us.  Those cows might not always be presented to us already butchered and cut into choice slices.  We don't KNOW what is ahead.  Yet one thing we CAN see is that we've done a d**n good job of not following our own advice.  We've put all our eggs into one basket thinking we can hatch them into a productive chicken farm, yet unbeknownst to us, three fourths of those eggs are rotten.  We've gone into these past few centuries with enough speed and vigor that we've convinced ourselves that we'll be able to keep at it forever.  But we won't.  Our current way of living is a ticking time bomb.  For our own species.  None of the changes we make will go toward some global good will to "save the planet".  The earth will keep going even after every last human has perished.  And more life will spring up after us.  No, this is just about saving our own skins.  Because you know what?  No one is going to do it for us.

Answer 3

Here here. I'm fed up up of the scaremongering also.

Answer 4

Because scientific data shows clearly it's not the main factor.  Proof, simple and detailed.

Simple.  This chart is based on extensively verified and peer reviewed data.  It shows the sun is about 10% of it.

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

This website from the Solar Center at Stanford University discusses the effects of the sun on climate in detail.

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-...

The idea that it's the sun is often posted here, but not with hard, peer reviewed data.  Because the data says it is not the main factor.

Answer 5

I'm sorry but your information seems incorrect

and also all niformation based on Global warming is incorrect.

It is still unknown what the problem is, some say CO2 causes it , some say global warming causes CO2 which in turn will bring a climate change and cooling of temperatures to ice age.

lol there are a lot of theories but nothing can be proved

as for the sun's natural cycle, the reason TV don't show it is cause its bullshit, there is no way the change in solar emission is causing this change

theyve got 3 satellits orbitting the sun between venus and earth to check out the solar emissions its not an imacting factor.

as for the big volcano .. yes you are right.. and the theory is haywired so it needs to be cleared up first.

Answer 6

I have been a cynic to humans causing the Earth heating up for some time now and find that the media has whipped the public into a frenzy. You have to remember though that people, en masse, are sheep and they believe whatever they are told.

'The Sun', for example, is the most read paper in Britain. Take a read of it and see it's bias views towards Global Warming and other political views. The problem is that people believe the c**p they read in there. It doesn't just stop there. Every single media outlet has a spin. Someone is paying the reporters wages, and they all have opinions they want to express.

So Rupert Murdoch gains from global warming. How? The public lap it up. It is a Doomsday event that will sell his papers. So he prints it.

Answer 7

The sunspot cycle does not affect the earth's temperature and happens with a period of around 11 years. You're close though, the sun has increased its output by about .2% in the last 40 years and Mars and Pluto are also warming up. Read here -

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/su...

Answer 8

They leave it out because its not Political Correct to disagree with this mass hysteria. Most of them follow a liberal lefty agenda also.

Sunil - Typical miss information. There is a basis of scientific evidence to suggest that increased solar activity has a direct impact on climate. Sorry if you don't like to hear it, but there you are.

Answer 9

Why is it everyone feels like they have to be a rebel, and shirk the system... Is there any proof to back up your claim?  I see alot of "maybe" coming off of your theory.  Come talk to me when you have proof.

Answer 10

Yes.

How can mankind have had such an epic effect on the earth when in effect we have only been here using fossil fuels for about 10 seconds?

Answer 11

If you need perspective, examine some of the past global climate changes

http://www.stuffintheair.com/ancient-cli...

that have occurred.

Answer 12

The media wants us to believe that we are responsible for destroying the Earth.  It is all apart of the media's liberal agenda.

Answer 13

I certainly feel that this Global Warming scaremongering has more to it than what is propogated by the media, politicians and other 'interested parties'.

People should try looking at books such as

Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media (P Michaels)

Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming & Environmentalism (C Horner)

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years (S Fred Singer)

There's other info out there if you use a search engine or search a site like www.reddit.com

Here's just one of the many I found

http://www.lewrockwell.com/suprynowicz/s...

As in most cases of media/politician hype I always look around for other points of view (and also for who might be benefiting from the panic LOL).

Answer 14

There's always two sides to an argument and the theory you point out may be correct, and maybe humans are accelerating global warming.  Personally, at the rate we are consuming resources and increasing our population I don't think we will live to see the true affects of global warming (Okay, maybe that's a bit extreme).  We can create statistics and pretty graphs and analyse and manipulate data in various ways until we die, but I think we will never 100% truly understand what is happening there are too many forces and events at work, most of them being natural and some we don't even know about or cannot predict.

Personally I believe in global warming (Mainly because I was taught about it throughout my schooling) and what we see on TV is all subjective.  Like that channel 4 documentary a while back.  Everyone that watched it said 'Oh, no need to worry about that then, it's not our fault'.  It's the easy way out, the no worry, no effort exit, everyone is for an easy life after all and Channel 4 want their audience, but we are affecting the planet, no doubt about it.  You can't have 6 billion going on 9 billion, large, intensive energy consumers sitting on the planet and not affect it.  We will affect the environment, air, land and sea as well as other animals habitats just don't live in a fairy world and convince yourself everything will be fine.  We are running out of resources, we will reach various energy peaks then a population peak (Hopefully not for a long time!).  The Earth can only provide so much and if we are adding to global warming we need to be extra careful, it's people like you that are careful and worried about polluting our environment that will hopefully make a difference.  If you don't do it for global warming, at least do it for clean, fresh air as you say!

That turned into a bit of a rant I know, I tend to get carried away at times!  I'm not saying CO2 induced global warming is true (I believe it though) the theory you point out could be true but I suppose we will never 100% know for certain.