Global Warming - Should we worry about it now?

[AntiHacker]

This is actually my school research, Should we worry about global warming?

I just need some opinions, Would help me alot

Here are some of my thoughts

No...
- It will cause too much panics !

(Thats all lol, thats y i need more opinions)

Yes...
- Stopping it now would have a better future
- Will cause too much danger to our world (Floods, Volcanos, etc.)
- All animals and human will die
- Earth explodes....
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[Gekkostate]

Of course we should worry about it, it will gradually over time heat up the planet to such extents that humans will all die to the increase of heat in the atmosphere. The polar ice caps melting could also disrupt the weather system causing drastic effects aside from massive floods and covering up/drowning a good portion of the population and massively covering up much of the land. Something needs to be done fast and it has to be drastic. Along with the heating up of the planet and melting of the polar ice caps, this could also plummet the planet into the next ice age.

This is, of course, purely speculation off of a random assortment of suggestions of things which i have heard/read about.

 

[jebckr]

No, it is simply a political trend. Yes, as of right now the earth is heating up(100,000 years from now the average temp will be 10 degress warmer if the current trend continues), but the facts are the earth goes through cycles. Humans have a small impacts on the "greenhouse effect". Natural methane from oceans alone accounts for 25x more "greenhouse effects".

The earth continually warms and cools. There was big political talk of global cooling in the 70s, point being we can't do a whole lot about it nor will we see any drastic changes.

 

[Moij1]

Anyway.

I don't think we should worry about Global warming. It would be widely beneficial for the whole human race. Melting ice caps would provide water for the starving poor people to irrigate their land to grow food, England would actually have a nice temperature, and Al-Gore would be an epic producer of Lulz.

Unless you kill every animal in the world and send them into space, along with the human race, it won't stop, so there's no point of wasting millions of tax money overpaying scientists to say what the government wants them to.

Oh, and if you wanted why it would be good or bad:

No - We can't stop it
No - Too many god damned Tv adverts as it is
No - Taxes
No - Some people want a car that doesn't run on rice
No - The world is gonna end in 2012 anyway, who cares?

Yes - Moar monies for the government
Yes - Rich people will get richer making their false promises to attract people

And by the way.
What the hell do volcanoes have to do with climate changing?

 

[Shredderbeam]

Anyway.

I don't think we should worry about Global warming. It would be widely beneficial for the whole human race. Melting ice caps would provide water for the starving poor people to irrigate their land to grow food

It would also flood those fields so nothing could grow there. They'd be underwater.

No - We can't stop it

Well, we could probably stop it, but it would take a while.

No - Too many god damned Tv adverts as it is

Not a valid reason.

No - Taxes

Taxes to save humanity from huge stresses. Yeah, that's tough.

No - Some people want a car that doesn't run on rice

That's not necessarily the only solution.

No - The world is gonna end in 2012 anyway, who cares?

Lame. It's not going to happen. If you want, you can argue about it in the 2012 thread somewhere in SFA.

And by the way.
What the hell do volcanoes have to do with climate changing?

They emit vast amounts of greenhouse gases. >.>

 

[TJ]

Yes, the oceans have gotten taller, from all of the ice caps melting.

Algal blooms are occuring more and more often.

We have people running suv's all the time

Like my teacher said, our generation is going to decide if it gets fixed or not.


edit/

and Shredder sums it up quite nicely above me.

 

[Damien0124]

Anyway.

I don't think we should worry about Global warming. It would be widely beneficial for the whole human race. Melting ice caps would provide water for the starving poor people to irrigate their land to grow food, England would actually have a nice temperature, and Al-Gore would be an epic producer of Lulz.

Unless you kill every animal in the world and send them into space, along with the human race, it won't stop, so there's no point of wasting millions of tax money overpaying scientists to say what the government wants them to.

Oh, and if you wanted why it would be good or bad:

No - We can't stop it
No - Too many god damned Tv adverts as it is
No - Taxes
No - Some people want a car that doesn't run on rice
No - The world is gonna end in 2012 anyway, who cares?

Yes - Moar monies for the government
Yes - Rich people will get richer making their false promises to attract people

And by the way.
What the hell do volcanoes have to do with climate changing?

Wow, I have never seen so much ignorance in one thread!!


We CAN stop global warming, but it's a huge problem to convince everybody, especially the USA and China. They are the biggest polluters of the whole world. The USA is too stupid to sign that damn Kyoto protocol, and China will say it's our fault, because we moved all our labour and factories to them.
Ofcourse there's still Europe, but they did sign the Kyoto protocol.
IMAGE: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Kyoto_Protocol_participation_map_2005.png
Hence the fact that only the US is red.
(red is declined, yellow is pending, grey is no position)

On the TV there are alot of ads about green current (or w/e it's called).
On school they teach kids about global warming, recycling, etc.
But the biggest problem is, people still drive around in huge ass cars, who run on less than 1:6 (liters:kilometres).

 

[Young Geez]

This is a natural earth cycle. Its nothing to get worried over.

 

[Vakoth]

Young Geez, are you retarded? =|

 

[TJ]

This is a natural earth cycle. Its nothing to get worried over.

Um, cars burning gas and creating greenhouse gasses, and big suv's wasting gas, and polar ice caps is a natural earth cycle?

dont think so

 

[tkmstr1009]

Personally, i think at THIS point in time, it is too early to be REALLY concerned with the state our planet is in. Right now, it is not a dire situation, and it wont be for a looong time, maybe 30-40 years from now. Yet, its is a thought in the back of all our heads.....

~ Tkmstr1009

 

[jebckr]

Um, cars burning gas and creating greenhouse gasses, and big suv's wasting gas, and polar ice caps is a natural earth cycle?

dont think so

Hmm, I think it is natural earth cycles. It's happened before, who's to say it's not happening now?

Despite what the media says not all scientists go for the Global Warming Theory. In fact, many cannot believe that the Theory has gotten this far. The reality is that the Earth has only heated up some 1.5 degrees average over the last 50 years and we cannot even be sure that is accurate because the measurements back then were not as good as today.

Sure we see some ice melting which would indicate a heating up of things, but how do we know that is not a regional shift cycle that occurs naturally? Of course if you try to debate this with a CO2 Man-Made Caused Global Warming Alarmist, they will ask;

If Global Warming is Not Real then What Normal Cycles are Causing the Planet to Heat Up?

The fact is that it could indeed be lots of things, so let us look at a few shall we?

Ice melting puts cool water into part of the ocean not normally cool, this changes dynamics and weather flows and patterns too. If weather patterns become less robust in some areas they do not allow the distributive affects to move the air and allow for less cooling, this changes airflows, it changes everything.

Ozone, is an issue, if you have whole in ozone you get ice melt, but if you have no heat escape you get more trapped heat. Lots of theories on what is causing the ozone issues. Remember 25 years ago everyone was worried that our human eyesight would go, skin cancer like the sheep in Tierra del Fuego, now we find Ozone holes closing but the ambient temperature is heating, another scare?

Ocean Surface Temps, huge issue and many things can cause this, greenhouse affect is not the only one. The resultant being ocean surface temps means we have more heat in those regions, changes everything. And mind you these are only three alternatives to the global warming (caused by mankind) theory, there are in fact nearly 20 possible or plausible explanations and still we are only talking 1.5 degrees over a 50 year period.

Please take this into consideration and dump the doom and gloom motif, it is not healthy for that level of stress over nothing. I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.

Link
http://ezinearticles.com/?If-Global-Warming-is-Not-Real-Then-What-Normal-Cycles-are-Causing-the-Planet-to-Heat-Up?&id=455448

I would have posted just the link, but I'd have less people look at it. Anyhow, point is the earth goes through natural cycles. A catastrophic disaster is NOT going to happen. This, in my mind, is yet another pollitical angle.

 

[TJ]

Personally, i think at THIS point in time, it is too early to be REALLY concerned with the state our planet is in. Right now, it is not a dire situation, and it wont be for a looong time, maybe 30-40 years from now. Yet, its is a thought in the back of all our heads.....

~ Tkmstr1009

Ok, so the holes above the U.S and Europe isnt anything? its just a hole that is there to invite our friends of the outer planets to come here?

Hmm, I think it is natural earth cycles. It's happened before, who's to say it's not happening now?



Link
http://ezinearticles.com/?If-Global-Warming-is-Not-Real-Then-What-Normal-Cycles-are-Causing-the-Planet-to-Heat-Up?&id=455448

I would have posted just the link, but I'd have less people look at it. Anyhow, point is the earth goes through natural cycles. A catastrophic disaster is NOT going to happen. This, in my mind, is yet another pollitical angle.

Ok, so the holes above the U.S and Europe isnt anything? its just a hole that is there to invite our friends of the outer planets to come here?

What about the polar caps melting, the ocean getting higher and higher, all of the algal blooms that are occuring because of the higher temps., and do you know what happens when algal blooms occur more often?

If not, heres an explanation.

Algal blooms contain toxins. These toxins in high doses kill.

 

Its not man-made,
its probably beneficial,
and you can't do anything about it.

 

[tkmstr1009]

Ok, so the holes above the U.S and Europe isnt anything? its just a hole that is there to invite our friends of the outer planets to come here?






Ok, so the holes above the U.S and Europe isnt anything? its just a hole that is there to invite our friends of the outer planets to come here?

What about the polar caps melting, the ocean getting higher and higher, all of the algal blooms that are occuring because of the higher temps., and do you know what happens when algal blooms occur more often?

If not, heres an explanation.

Algal blooms contain toxins. These toxins in high doses kill.

You are a HUGE pessimist...just have a positive outlook on life and worry about ur problems not the earths...that is al gores job

 

[Young Geez]

Al Gore is just trying to scare you all into thinking its man-made but its a natural earth cycle.

 

[jebckr]

Its not man-made,
its probably beneficial,
and you can't do anything about it.

Thank you.

 

[tkmstr1009]

Al Gore is just trying to scare you all into thinking its man-made but its a natural earth cycle.

Yes it is a cycle; ice-age anyone?

 

[jebckr]

Ok, so the holes above the U.S and Europe isnt anything? its just a hole that is there to invite our friends of the outer planets to come here?

What about the polar caps melting, the ocean getting higher and higher, all of the algal blooms that are occuring because of the higher temps., and do you know what happens when algal blooms occur more often?

If not, heres an explanation.

Algal blooms contain toxins. These toxins in high doses kill.

1. ozone holes are getting smaller, and the biggest ozone hole on record is the size of north america and currently resides over Antarctica
2. polar caps are melting, what's your point. The colder water could throw the climate into a colder trend.
3. The ocean levels rise and fall from ice age to ice age

as you can see, sea levels are evening out compared to 16,000yrs ago-6,000yrs ago.
4.algal blooms? The only danger of the increase in them I've read about is the toxins staying with a specific type of shellfish that people eat. Not deadly.

 

[Magingzulu]

Simple as it is.
This is my normal point.
Living in the world as we are today we wont be affected WHATSOEVER due to this, so I say, WHO CARES?
Maybe or childrens children, MIGHT get affect but the human race has to end some were? And if you think of it you are gonna die? Why not go out with a bang/everyone else?