Why is there so much disagreement on the environment??

Question

Virtually all the issues have two sides. war, business, corporations, and immigration.

But when it comes to the environment and preserving it, why is there so much debate? why do so many seem not only apathetic, but actually dead set on destruction.

Do people not realize that we need this planet to survive? do you enjoy breathing carbon over oxygen?

Answer 1

One problem with global warming is that the concept is so vague in the minds of the people. The critical interpretation is basically how it’s explained in the first answer. However most of the public see global warming connected with the ozone and pollutants which cause harmful greenhouse gasses, etc. therefore investigating and fighting for things like alternative energy (ie. Solar, wind, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, etc)

Greenhouse gases are real and do contribute to global warming. Think of the different gas layers like ozone (o3) that circumference the globe as the clear plastic on a greenhouse. Longer rays of light from the Sun go in and reflect off different thermal masses bouncing back and creating shorter lengths of energy that cannot exist the plastic barrier. These beams then just continue to bounce around inside the green house until they’re finally absorbed completely (some do escape but very few), thereby warming the greenhouse greatly even in cold temperatures.

Basically there are 2 ways that this reaction (or lack of) affects the planet. Global warming and global cooling.

1. as we add to the gases in the stratosphere, where the ozone layer is (Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc), we add to the plastic of the greenhouse, trapping more short wave length energy and heating the earth more.

2. as we deplete the ozone (with chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs), we allow more long wave length energy, which bounces back out to space without heating any thermal masses on earth, thereby cooling the planet.

It’s pretty easy to see the results..

Melting ice sheets & glaciers

Floods & droughts

Great hurricanes & cyclones

Seasonal extremes

Seasonal phenomena’s

Species extinction

New & resurgent diseases

There are many ways to stop both global warming and cooling from accruing or at least slow them down until we can discover a way to reverse it, but Stop burning fossil fuels is the biggest.

I currently own 2 converted h2 vehicles which run on 100% hydrogen and 1 EV (electric vehicle), not to mention our home is completely off the grid, using alternative energy (solar, wind, etc)

If you interested in DIY alternative fuels / energy info, or step by step guides to walk you threw Green living do a google search for agua-luna alternative energy

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions,

Dan Martin

Retired Boeing Engineer now living 100% Off-the-Grid with my family, using Alternative Energy & loving every minute.

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Answer 2

It seems to go beyond debate, there seems to be significant anger to the global warming questions, on both sides.  I wish I knew the answer.

To me clean energy is far superior to dumping lead and mercury into our environment.  Lead and mercury is not healthy for us humans; the less we are exposed to, the better for our health.

Answer 3

Human beings are allergic to bad news and usually advocate ignoring environmental issues, since we've gotten this far without doing anything (then again "this far" is destroying the planet!)

Also, people seem to have a problem with thinking "globally". That is, their lives have always been about themselves. So why should they change their lifestyles just to suit the rest of the world? What has the rest of the world ever done for them?

Ignorant thoughts, no?

But I'm glad you're one of the people who have realized that we need to do something!!

Answer 4

Dear it is basically because of vested economic interests. Those who oppose environmental protocols, to be in operation, think their land,space n water bodies are well protected. We are interested only in our quarterly n annual balance sheets not on sustainable development. We have forget that our next generation has all the rights to live on this earth..

Answer 5

Because it is important to balance environmentally sound practices with economically sound practices - sure it would be ideal for each person to grow their own foods in their backyard or window box, but that would cause loss of jobs for everyone from the farmers who attend the land, the factories that process the food, the truck drivers that transport the food, the retailers that sell the food, etc.

It's very deeply rooted in our economy in more ways than one, and it needs to be changed gently and with consciousness to the fact that all things are connected.

Answer 6

Because polluting is profitable.  It costs money to clean up emissions.  While you're correct that we all rely on the environment, people don't like to pony up the money to keep it in good condition.  They'd rather somebody else do it.