What do you think of global warming?

[Alysser]

I'm not the one to ask about global warming, but I think it's a huge problem for people,animals,and the envirorment. It causes alot of problems and they are really begginning to show in my area. We've had pretty much a five year drout here thanks to these problems. In NJ, *I heard* we have to have many of our crops transported from other states because of this drout. I mean I would like food from my own state rather from a different place. Many crops in my area aren't doing well at all and it's a sad thing. Many places used to buy our crops and now they don't(and can't) because of globabl warming. I even heard they may have to change the whole water system in my down beacause our water source is drying up. I hope that's not true!

[shihtzulover850]

Below are some links you might want to visit:

http://www.climatehotmap.org/namerica.html

This one is on biofuels:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...h/2690341.html

And this one is on global warming itself:

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/global-warming.htm



Be informed these are long articles. But very interesting and informative

[Lady's Human]

On the global warming media frenzy:

http://www.denverpost.com/harsanyi/ci_3899807

No, not all scientists are convinved that global warming is a problem, or that it's even happening.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

On the global warming media frenzy:

http://www.denverpost.com/harsanyi/ci_3899807

No, not all scientists are convinved that global warming is a problem, or that it's even happening.

Well, even if global warming is a "hoax," do we really want to take the risk of it being real??? The principal behind the idea of global warming is real- more carbon= more heat is trapped in the atmosphere from the sun= higher temperatures. By reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere we are doing no harm- so why does it matter if global warming is real or not? Planting more trees, and reducing emissions is good for everyone regardless.

Even a small increase in global temperature can wipe out biodiversity- a study found even increasing the temperature by 5*F can greatly reduce the amount of plant life! Maybe that columnist at the Denver Post is right, but frankly the piece sounds just as sensationalized as the global warming hype he's trying to dismiss.

[Lady's Human]

Wouldn't it be better to gather the data carefully, research slowly, making sure your results are real and THEN go to the press rather than raise the alarm and then shift your arguments to fit the results as your data produces different results?


(They were using the same data set in the mid '70s to sound the alarm about the coming ice age)

[shihtzulover850]

yeah I agree. Either way we are destroying our planet. Whether global warming is real or not pretty soon we will face consequences for being ignorant. That is just how it is. and unfortunately too many people who have the power to turn things around just choose not to help.

[Lady's Human]

Some countries are doing more than others, which is why Kyoto was such a bust. The signatory countries have all but admitted that there is no way they can meet the protocol.The biggest reasons Kyoto was a failure out of the starting block is that they set limits to low for any country to reasonably reach, there was no enforcement mechanism, and the countries that are the biggest polluters (China and India) were not required to abide by the restrictions whether they were signatories on the treaty or not.

Yes, the US uses more energy per capita than most other countries, but we also produce energy in cleaner ways than most countries, the sole exception being the old (not all, just the truly ancient) coal fired plants that were grandfathered under the clean air act. The US doesn't send brown clouds across the ocean to other countries (China and India both do), it's damned near illegal to burn lignite in the US (China's main source of coal is lignite) and chemical dumping is completely illegal in the US. Most of the current chemical pollution in the US is due to accidental spills or residue from chemical spills and dumping in earlier times when the results were not known and not monitored.