WEll, pretty much every single RESPECTED scientist on the entire earth would disagree with the theories I am hearing. How can you say it’s blown out of proportion when almost every single scientist out there agrees that it is extremely serious and the world as we know it will change drastically if we dont act within the next 10-15 years. If your OK with that fact, then fine, but nobody should bury their head in the sand and pretend this doesnt exist…every single piece of scientific evidence points unequivocly to the opposite of what you have just said.
Yes, the world has undergone cooling and heating cycles.That much is true and any scientist accepts that. But the fact of the matter is, that naturally occurs over the course of tens of thousands of years (an accepted fact) We are going to do it in less than one hundred!!!
IT is true that there have been periods in history when carbon levels rise and fall…but the fact of the matter is, we have caused the carbon levels to reach many many MANY times higher than they would EVER reach naturally. The earth is getting hotter at an astounding rate. Almost EVERY single respected scientist agrees on this.
CArbon traps heat in the earth and will not let it escape…the earth quickly grows hotter and hotter causing even more carbon to build up. Pretty soon, the earth is thrown completely off it’s natural cycle…the damage becomes irreversible and the decline becomes unstoppable. The earth becomes hotter than it has EVER been. Millions die, hundreds of millions displaced. Drought, hunger, floods, storms, mass disease from the aftermath of disasters…to the guy who stated this is already happening. WEll, of course it is…I’m not denying it is. But that does not mean it cannot get significantly worse. How about severe drought in parts of the united states…it’s entirely possible and likely, according to the scientific evidence. Massive sections of Asia will flood for example and millions shall be displaced from those areas.
AS for industrialisation being a good thing. I agree, but there are ways to industrialise without destroying the planet. We are going about industrialiation in a VERY foolish manner.
Sound nice?? These are accepted facts by almost every single respected enviornmental scientist out there so dont make the mistake of choosing to believe otherwise just because it feels nicer to do so.
As for Al gore, I respect him a lot. Sure, he has some flaws…he has a big house and uses a lot of electricity…he’s overweight…blah blah blah. WEll nobodys perfect and perhaps he doesnt stick as rigidly to what he says as he should. But this man has dedicated much of his LIFE to this. He travles thousands of miles across the world to give talks on this massive danger regularly. (cynics are gonna chime in now and say he’s a hypocrite for taking the plane)
He also recently, together with Richard Branson, put in 25 MILLION dollars of their OWN MONEY into a prize fund for the first scientist to come up with a viable way of scrubbing carbon from the atmosphere…call that hypocrisy?
Seriously guys, dont bury your head in the sand. Your theory that this is a “natural cycle” of the earth does not have a shred of valid scientfic evidence behind it and pretty much not a single RESPECTED scientist on the face of the earth backs that theory. Again, why is this process happening thousands of times faster now than it would naturally?? I’ll tell you why, because we are causing it.
I would love to see what scientists you claim back up this theory of yours. I’ll point you to the recent intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change where all the top scientists in the world gathered to discuss this issue and agreed, to 90% certainty, exactly what I have just told you. YOu can point me to individual theories that you like the sound of, but the FACT IS, ALMOST ALL OF THE GREATEST MINDS IN THE WORLD ON THIS SUBJECT AGREE WHAT I HAVE JUST TOLD YOU.
I’ll also point you to the recent United Nations report, which paints a near-apocalyptic vision of the Earth’s future if temperatures continue to rise unabated: a billion people suffering SEVERE drought, extreme food shortages in Africa and elsewhere, a blighted landscape ravaged by fires and floods, and millions of species sentenced to extinction. Again, this is not an individual scientists theory…I am giving you facts accepted by the VAST and almost total majority of the greatest minds in the world on the subject.
EVen your own president accepts the scienctific conclusions of the IPCC report. This is the same president BUsh who vehimently denied Global Warming existed during his presidential campaign against gore, and cast Gore as some kind of enviornmental nut. There are numerous reports from the Pentagon on the reality of GLobal warming and dozens of reports from the EPA. am I hinting at a pattern here?
Sure, you can talk about your “alternate theories”, but there are crackpot “alternate theories” for everything. I am quite sure almost no respected scientists backed up those theories. Like I said, the fact of the matter is, the greatest minds on the world are 90% positive of this being a serious and impending problem that we are responsible for.
You wanna use that 10% figure to justify ignoring the problem, be my guest…but I for one dont wanna bet the fate of the planet on a 10% chance that the greatest minds on the earth MIGHT be wrong.
I hate to sound insulting, but everyday I see a level of ignorance and people burying their head in the sand which astounds me beyond comprehension, and I am seeing the same on this site. All you guys are showing me is individual theories, backed up by, at most, a handful of scientists.
I am showing you the facts, as accepted by the almost TOTAL MAJORITY of the most knowledgable scientists in the world on this issue. Look to the worlds biggest reports and conferences (eg IPCC, UN reports) on the issues and tell me I’m wrong. You cant. All you can say is, “well, it happened before, it’s natural”, and “look at this alternate theory, you are wrong man”.
WAtch one show on TV or one individual scientists report that presents an alternate view on TV and choose to believe it…ridiculous. There are alternate theories for everything guys, but jesus christ, the fact that you choose to ignore the INCREDIBLY OVERWHELMING body of scientific opinion shocks me…
Given the fact that the almost OVERWHELMING TOTAL body of scientific opinion agrees with what I have told you, do you choose to believe some individual theory about global warming that has no scientific merit behind it?
Pretty much every sceintist, government (including your own president), international body on the subject, enviornmental body, the UN, the Pentagon, the EU, the EPA agree that this is a MAJOR and man made problem (I could list many other bodies) So why do you ignore it and choose to believe some another individual scientists crackpot theory???
Face the reality…
