Do you believe in global warming? And what is the future impact? lastly do you have any feeling's about it?
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No and yes. \n\nWith regards to un-educated and mis-informed rubbish that goverments tell us that global warming is an artifact of human activity on this planet no I do not. Global warming is a topic which for the last thirty years or so has been 'fashionable' to study. If you look it at this way, the Earth is approx 4 to 6 billions years old and we are only studying the past few centuries. To me this is not even a dot on the Earths timescale so how can we possibly deduce mans influence on the climate. The climate of the earth is changing constantly. What we recognise as the four seasons; sping, summer, autumn (fall) and winter have only been in existance for the past few million years!\n\nAlthough some scientists have looked at the recent erosion of the ozone, they fail to see the bigger picture and take into account the varying orbit the planet has around the sun, its tilt and wobble (see link below for info on the Milankovitch Theory). They also fail to recognise in they're studies the gravitational pull of the earths core and the movement of the fluids contained within. Additionally the 'hotspots' or 'solar flares' on the sun are not taken into account when global warming is discussed, of which also effects our climate.
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No. There are plenty of other theories. The EPA can't and hasn't proven any of their theories. Even a Harvard scientist said that we may just be recovering from a mini Ice Age that caused famine for 400 years (Ireland's potato famine). Who am I supposed to believe? I am not scared, although I do believe it is a good time to start reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Who knows what the cause of "global warming" is? Oh well. Let's just reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There's nothing harmful in that.
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It is too early to tell but with Global Warming the chances are getting better and better!\nBut it would be pretty weak.
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There are many possible futures,depending on what actions we\ntake-or don't take-in the present.Here are some...\n\n1. Global Warming is universally accepted by all as reality and not\ntheory when it's effects are fully felt-in the form of coastline flooding,a rise in the world's average temperature,famine.\nNone of the old people admit to the fact they had thought the whole thing was a story invented by foreign scientists to devalue\nthe U.S. economy. Noone will admit ever having voted for G.W.\nBush after accepting his brilliant opinion on global warming.\nEventually most people die as a direct or indirect result of the\ndamaged environment. The survivors move underground to escape UV rays and humanity becomes a subterranean race.\n\n2. Humans create AIs in the form of robots and computers,\nwho gradually take over the tasks needed to keep society functioning. After initial turmoil and mass unemployment suffered\nby countless now obsolete human workers,people adjust and\nenter into a new golden age of luxury and leisure. After they become useless drones,the AIs decide they are more worthy\nto govern the world and take over. Humans become extinct.\nThe AIs remember them much the same way as descendants\nof cro-magnon remember neanderthals.\n\n3.In the twenty-first century,after years of economic and political\ncompetition,the United States and China go to war. Their allies\ntake sides,the long-awaited Third World War finally happens.\nNuclear weapons are used with two possible outcomes here:\na) The human race proves it's stupidity and destroys itself.\nb) After limited use of nuclear weapons,millions of people are\nkilled,nation-states disappear from the world scene and there\nis a technological regression because of the global destruction.\nIt's the beginning of a new dark age,worse than after the fall of\nRome.\n\n4. Humanity solves global warming,effectively controls the use\nof AIs and avoids nuclear war again. Overpopulation becomes\nthe world's biggest problem,bringing birth control to the spotlight.\nHuge advertising campaigns urging people not to have more\nthan one child take place. Eventually it becomes law. There\nare huge riots,many people killed as the world adjusts.\n\n5. A few years into the future,a wandering asteroid hits Earth.\nThe impact destroys all life on the planet as if it had never been.\nThe rest of the universe doesn't even notice.\n\n6. Humanity solves all of the above problems and enters a period\nscience fiction writers dream of. Technological advances take\nplace. There are no flying cars,but cars are programmed with\nautopilot and GPS. Cures are found for diseases like cancer or\nAIDS. The human life span is extended to twice the previous \nextent. Space travel progresses-colonies are established on the\nmoon and Mars. The solar system is explored,and preparations\nare made for the first interstellar flight. The human race,in the\nthird millinieum,goes out into the galaxy.\n\n My favorite option is the last,of course,but I consider it to be the\nmost unlikely-with the possible exception of the asteroid scenario.\nThey say one is bound to hit Earth eventually but noone knows\nwhen. It could be tomorrow or a hundred years from now. Anyway\nthe future will be a difficult road and who can really imagine?\nWould a person from 1906 be able to imagine the events and\nadvances of the twentieth century?
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NO because of all the new cars and fossil fuel that people are burning. because of that the hi concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere Will result in global warming. In the last 100 years the global temperature has GROWN by 1 degree Celsius. and in the next 50 years or so the temperature Will rise by another 3 degrees resulting in freak weather.
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Yes, it does worry me a lot.\nI try to do my share in order to give a better future not only to other people but to animals as well.\nAnd I think it is very insensitive and selfish to say that one is not worried, because we have seen and read the effects of global warming in our daily lives (floods, heat waves, cold waves, etc).\nWhat happened in New Orleans last year, was a sign of the climate change and people's actions towards the environment.\nIt won't be only our great-grandchildren to feel the consequences, we are feeling them right now. Open your eyes, the changes are out there!\nAnd together we can do something to save the planet, but as long as we have people that won't give up their cars, that will take baths instead of showers, that will light up all the lamps in their houses when they only need one, countries that don't honour the Kyoto Protocol etc. This planet, as well as humans, are condemned.
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GLOBAL WARMING/THE ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL\n\nAny and I mean any environmental cause or approach must be grassroots in nature. Having PhD's talk about global warming and having those representing industry interests debunk these present theories is a high level and almost an entirely futile effort. Don't get me wrong, it is great that someone with Al Gore's connections and exposure is getting the word out. However, people are people they want to see results. \n\nYes, the expression is now trite but still true, "Thing Globally, Act Locally". Watching the sky over a city, town or even a more rural area become darkened by smog has local impact, people take note and actually see A PROBLEM. A problem that can measured in terms of air quality or perhaps an AIR QUALITY HEALTH INDEX like the one that the provincial government in Ontario, Canada is in the process of implementing. You can measure results (however small) in terms of air quality and the affect it has on the health care system (those with breathing problems, doctor's visits, etc). It certainly speaks to the advantage of a UNIVERSAL health care system (however, actually implemented) as it actually makes sense to improve the environment as it keeps people healthy (a humanitarian cause) and when health care it publicly funded it affects the public coffers when people become ill therefore it even makes better financial sense to keep the environment a top priority.\n\nPlus any approach must be entire with a complete overall plan (the big picture). Including recycling initiatives, energy solutions (alternatives/renewables can now present a real potential financial threat to the big oil companies and even power companies...), government involvement at all levels, public transit, greener vehicles in general (Hybrid, Hydrogen, Conventional electric, bio-diesel, ethanol), conservation in all energy arenas, ETC!\n\nEconomic viability is the real sell as many of these solutions are just that economically sensible (ensuring we look at the entire picture). Yes as more people use solar, wind and other renewable energy sources the cheaper the technology will get. Two of the newest billionaires have earned a large portion through renewables Solar (India I believe) and Wind (China I believe). Yes in many ways developing nations and economies will be the first and early adopters of such renewable tech as they are just building much of their infrastructure.\n\nSo what do we all need to do? GET INVOLVED ! Contact your local government about improving your recycling program, contact provincial/state/federal government about the adopting of these new technologies (renewables such as solar/wind), buy gas with ethanol in it and demand it, use and demand bio diesel, buy products with less packaging and demand manufacturers to reduce packaging and to offer a price break as a result. More ECONOMIC VIABILITY! After all energy diversity just like economic diversity is the safest and best bet for good long term results and return on investment.\n\nJoe...\n\n\nKEEP IT UP MR. GORE THE POLAR BEARS NEED YOU FIRST **GRIN**.
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I guess I am not allowed to answer since I am concerned about global warming.  I am also concerned about the massive population explosion of dim wits.  Both are great causes of concern.  But since you did not ask for solutions I will not give you what you did not ask for.  You seek to get blabble babble static and drivle...
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>>>>>Do you know anything bout global warming?\n\nYes, quite alot.\n\n>>>>do you not agree about global warming?\n\nThat sentence makes no sense. Resubmit in English.
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Many scientists believe that we are actually heading toward a global ice-age as opposed to a global warming.  \n\nAlthough a work of FICTION Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" provides evidence to support this.\n\nI suggest reading it (it's FIRST AND FOREMOST a good FICTION book, but is supported by genuine theories and statistics that ARE IN FACT from "Science" and "Nature" magazines, the worlds fore-most scientific mags)\n\nTo be honest I don't think we're experiencing anything unnatural about our environment right now.
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Yes!  I believe strongly in environmental issues.  I'm not really a tree-hugger, and I don't blow up Humvees on my weekends.  I simply believe that global warming is one of the biggest dangers facing our country.  Far more so than terrorism. \n\nIf I had the ear of US lawmakers, I would encourage them to follow California's rules, forcing carmakers to manufacture vehicles with lower emissions and higher fuel efficiency.  \n\nI would fine companies that pollute commiserate to the amount required to clean up the pollution plus a punative fine that would be calculated upon the amount of money that they saved by causing the pollution to begin with. \n\nIE: Acme dumps acetote into the drains, which go into our rivers because they don't want to pay $1500/mo for proper disposal.  They would be fined the amt of $$ to clean up the mess, plus the $1500/mo for however many months they've been destroying the environment.\n\nIt's just fair.  A person can't get away with this sort of stuff, so why should our corporations?
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Good...global warming is a very serious issue\n\nhere are few very helpful site that will take you on a tour to contempory issues in global warming, answers all the global warming related questions\n\nyou will love it\nThis is informative site about global warming..\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming\n\nthis one is government's site telling government's actions on Global Warming\n\nhttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
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It seems as though humankind has caused global warming. I don't think that it was pre-ordained, but I'm sure God knew it would happen.
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There are a few aspects to be addressed when discussing global warming...\n\nGlobal warming is the term used to describe how the average temperature of the planet is going up. No one denies that the temperature is, in fact, going up. Therefore, no one denies that global warming is a fact.\n\nHowever, according to studies of Antarctic ice, the average temperature of the planet has been rising for 6,000 years, which is well before the Industrial Revolution of 150 years ago. This proves that global warming is not caused by man. In that time, however, the rate of temperature rise has increased, which means that the actions of humanity probably has worsened the situation.  What has been the degree to which we have?\n\nThe critical questions to be answered about global warming are these:\n\nWhat are the effects of global warming going to be, and how can we prepare for them? Currently, no model of global atmospheric projection has shown itself to accurately predict to any degree the general weather patterns of the Earth (such as the number and ferocity of hurricanes). Until we come up with an accurate way of predicting the effects of global warming, preparing for them will be difficult and based upon conjectures, which are a difficult sell to taxpayers.\n\nWhat can be done to limit the effect of humanity on global warming in the future WITHOUT putting a major damper on economic growth and development, especially in developing nations? For example, all nations could agree to stop driving vehicles that use internal combustion engines, but to do so at once would devastate the economies of many nations. However, other options, such as diverting tax funds to subsidize the development of alternative-energy propulsion for vehicles, would accelerate the advent of such earth-friendly technology.\n\nAll in all, because of the massive stakes involved when discussing global warming (and the subsequent misinformation flying around about it), many people are confused as to the facts about it. I was hoping to be as informative and unbiased as possible.\n\nAnd yes, I am Republican.\n\nPlease let me know what you think!
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I am very concerned with the rash of natural disasters that are happening and can only really attribute them to global warming. Our planet has the ability to "rebuild" the ozone, but not quickly enough at the rate we are depleting it. I think as Americans and as a consumer nation, we need to get on the clue train about how much we are harming our world by car emmisions and we need to switch to a clean alternative. It's possible, but we fear change.
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Hasty and uninformed.  Usually global warming is used as a political tool for lobbyists.  There is no evidence that global warming exists.  It is just a theory based on data.  Another alternative theory is that the Earth heats and cools in cycles. \n\nPersonally, regardless of which theory you believe, I still think that pollution ought to be diminished.  It seems largely responsible as a carcinogen - causing cancer.  But then again, thats just my theory based on the apparent data.
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Is the book you read "State of Fear"?\n\nYou can debate this all you want, but you wont get anywhere until you define 'global warming.'  I think I wrote a long-winded explanation in another answer, so search for that.\n\nThe long and the short of it is:\n\n1.  The Earth goes through natural warming and cooling, based on a HUGE range of varying natural processes, from changes in orbital paramaters to changes in sea ice thickness in polar regions.  It has done this since there were oceans and an atmosphere, and will always continue.\n\n2.  Humans have influenced certain properties of the atmosphere and hydrosphere that may be contributing to accelerated warming (ozone depletion, increased levels of 'greenhouse' gases, etc).  Since we dont know if the Earth would be warming anyway, we cant definitively say that a current warming trend is related to human influence (but its a good bet).\n\n3.  Global warming trends are difficult to understand.  As a paleoclimatologist, I dont even understand it.  I dont know where the temperature data has been collected, the spatial distribution of the data points, I dont know what the temperatures are being compared to (the Earth has been much warmer at times in the past), I dont know if the scientists who tabulate the data are being influenced by something other than true science, etc.\n\nBottom line is that its a VERY VERY complex problem.  Unfortunately, the more data that are generated, the more complex and vague the answer will become, and the more people will become divided over the interpretation of the data.\n\nIt would be wise to minimize our impact on the climate system (or any Earth system for that matter) as best we can, no matter what the answer is.  The more interesting question is: when will the next 'ice age' begin, if it hasnt already?!?!?