Why do people think we're causing global warming?
537105
You are correct, oh wise one!\n\nIn my college days, the worry was another ice-age.\n\nOf course, that was a while back, and it came and went, and here we are!
859112
I do agree,they claim el nino is responsible,some claim global warming. The semi cold weather with wet,cloudy days is depressing not to mention it brings on aches and pains......Illness The cold snowy days seem to bring excitement, to cold for the germs. My personal theory is the whole Earth has shifted orbit just enough to mess the weather up. Scientifically I would go with global warming or the green house effect. We have used and released so much freon or R-12 into the atmosphere, plus other pollutants its really damaged are enviorment all for comfort. Maybe we should go back to horse and buggies..lol
803494
Yes.  Global Warming is occuring.  It will just keep getting worse if we don't take measures to try and prevent things from getting worse.
49797
There is a lot of conflicting science in this area.  I do not believe it is the fault of people, and our day to day lives.  I believe it has more to do with the natural cycles that nature goes through.  I also believe that it has more to do with what the sun is doing, than what we are doing.  I just read an article that said Mars is also experiencing global warming.  Which lends to the theory that it has to do with the sun, and the cycles that it is going through.\nI love it when I hear the reason that we are having such a bad winter is because of global warming...lol.
143632
Yes, I don't get why people don't understand the idea of "better safe than sorry", even if global warming isn't proved yet we should cut down emissions now before it's too late.
751848
Its for the tax money. Global warming is just the excuse.
260304
global warming is cause by greenhouse gases being trapped near earths atmosphere, which causes heat to be trapped nearer to earths surface which increases the temperature on earth slightly which melts the polar ice caps which makes water levels rise which means islands will be flooded and shores will advance into the land making living space smaller in an already overpopulated world.
207625
It's not really a cover-up, part of the problem is that if global warming really is caused by human activity, the people complaining really don't understand what they are asking human civilization to do in order to counter this. So long as mundane technology such as conveyance and every day activities remain tied to fossil fuels and products made from the petroleum molecule, society cannot continue without monumental sacrifices of standard of living, productivity, length and quality of life, etc. This is not just the "drive the hybrid and turn off the lights when you are out of the room" that we are being told, any decrease in overall greenhouse emissions will demand that our standard of living retreat at least fifty years if not more and we Americans prove every single day that we simply are not willing to sacrifice anything.\n\nThere simply is no replacement for petroleum and other fossil fuels that has the same concentration of potential power to keep our society moving. The entire Green Revolution where food production has increased so dramatically depends entirely on petroleum based fertilizers and chemicals. Half measures will cause indescribable trauma both societal and political without any noticeable improvement in the environment. In all likelihood the die-off from starvation and lack of medicine will be at least as bad as that caused by out-of-control temperatures.\n\nAnd this from the last of the Johnson Democrats!
305628
many different factors, one being us. Humans speed the natural process of global warming, just like an ice age, the earth every few million years goes through a process of warming, but greenhouse gases and other things that humans do have been speeding up the process. However, we are not the ones that cause it, since it's a natural cycle, so basically this was bound to happen. This has nothing to do with the end of the world or anything crazy like that. Some theories suggest that this will bring another ice age (a lot of water evaporates and creates a thick layer of clouds, preventing the sun from reaching the surface...the temperature gets colder and an ice age occurs. We will probably not live to see these events since they happen over a Long period of time.
649669
People babble a lot on this page! If you don't know the answer properly, please don't answer!!!\n\nGo to the link below, it will tell you all about Global Warming and comes from a legitimate source.
1113639
Global Warming is a myth
1173864
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.
537292
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.
97874
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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Global warming is a plot devised by scientists of the world to dominate the planet !!!\n\nYou see if we accept this theory as fact from then on scientists will be able to control everything that we do based on the complex interactions, almost unfathomably complex, between consumption and global warming effects -- thus, scientists will be allow to make educated guesses if they like, which will almost always certainly result in politically correct and repressive conclusions that forward the goals of this neo-imperialism.\n\n\nThe bottom line for this question is that the LONGEST historical charts showing the temperatures on Earth show that we are currently quite COLD !!!  In fact we are currently tied for the coldest period ever on the long term charts, the entire period if life on Earth. Thus, odds are very good that temperatures will raise no matter what we do so over the very long term scientists will be found to be correct that the Earth is indeed warming up. And I am sure they will continue to blame the heating on human activity and they will continue to try to use this to gain control over the free peoples of the world. Although since this trend that shows the Earth being currently quite cold is a very long term trend, in the million of years, so this is a long term gamble for the scientists a lot can happen between now and when the longer term trend is likely to kick in.\n\nBut the idea that this heating is unnatural or some how damaging to the Earth is silly because the long term charts show that the Earth is usually much warmer, during the last 542 million years, the entire period of time that life has existed on Earth.\n\nEvery classroom and library show have a large poster on the wall to show the temperature record of the Phanerozoic period, the last 542 million years, to remind people of the absurd conclusions science can reach from time to time.\n\nIsn't it interesting that 542 million years shows that we are currently tied for the coldest temps EVER !!!\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Phanerozoic_Climate_Change.png\n\n"The Phanerozoic (occasionally Phaenerozoic) Eon is the period of geologic time during which abundant animal life has existed. It covers roughly 545 million years and goes back to the time when diverse hard-shelled animals first appeared. The Phanerozoic eon is still ongoing." \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanerozoic\n\nIf you look at the chart of Holocene temperature variation we are not hotter, on the average we are cooler -- notice the long term cooling trend or downward slope of the chart.\nHolocene Temperature Variations ...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Holocene_Temperature_Variations.png\n\nFrom this chart it looks like we are currently on the top of an upward swing that started with the mini-ice-age in the 1600s and that we are currently topping out.\n\nThis is probably why scientist are currently predicting in the future, both, much HOTTER weather, and a new ice-age, it is because it is time for a new long term downward trend -- well, that is on the short term chart showing the thousands of years, yes in terms of millions of years we are still currently VERY cold !\n\nAnd 5 million years of temps changes shows we are cooler, but fluctuating ...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Five_Myr_Climate_Change.png\n\nAnd 65 million years of temps changes shows we are\ncooler, but fluctuating ...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:65_Myr_Climate_Change.png\n\nIsn't it interesting that 542 million years shows that\nwe are currently tied for the coldest EVER !!!\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Phanerozoic_Climate_Change.png\n\nSo I think the scientists that know about this LONG term temperature change believe we will get hotter no matter what, so they can't loose even if the current theories of Global Warming turn out to be BULL of planetary proportions !!!\n\nThe ice-age temps shows our current temps to be fairly typical, notice the other peaks were HIGHER and sh
806691
Global Warming is taking place, and I am not so sure it is just the people who are the culprits of this catastrophic event. There are much deeper reasons for this phenomenon that is taking place. We may be contributing to this problem. But  we alone aren't the only contributing factors. Scientists are studying this, and they have other theories. Reverse polarities may be taking place. \nPersonally, I think that because the Earth spins slightly off its axis, thus it has a wobble, and the Earth is coming to a stop. The sun is a powerful force, and as the Earth slows, sun's effects upon us are becoming more and more prolific. Cancer is more prevalent than ever before, for just one example. \nYes, Global Warming is happening, and I don't know if we are really able to stop it, or how much we contribute to the problem. We may be speeding up the process, but I don't think we are completely to blame.
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We don't need to counter the greenhouse effect. Global warming is caused by the Sun, not by anything that we are doing. and we cannot prevent it. We need to make realistic plans to move our cities inland, not to waste time trying to prevent it.\n\nAttributing global warming to human causes is political hype, exploited by unscrupulous people who want to gain fame without having to do anything to earn it and influence without being responsible to anybody in their use of it.\n\n13 NOV 06, 0323 hrs, GMT.