Learning to live with Global Warming

[Matthitjah]

Quote Newsweek;

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17997788/site/newsweek/

Why So Gloomy?

By Richard S. Lindzen

Newsweek International

April 16, 2007 issue - Judging from the media in recent months, the debate over global warming is now over. There has been a net warming of the earth over the last century and a half, and our greenhouse gas emissions are contributing at some level. Both of these statements are almost certainly true. What of it? Recently many people have said that the earth is facing a crisis requiring urgent action. This statement has nothing to do with science. There is no compelling evidence that the warming trend we've seen will amount to anything close to catastrophe. What most commentators

[apothanein kerdos]

Many scientists also proved that Y2K was a serious threat.

[The Lorax]

I am glad that you are willing to admit global warming is actually occurring, matthitjah, because many people here won't even admit that much.

[apothanein kerdos]

Global Warming simply is not occurring because it is a misnomer. Climate Change is a much more accurate description.

Al Gore and his ilk give us these dire consequences, but there is little to no scientific evidence that these consequences will ever occur. It's all to make money and raise taxes. After all, if Gore, Travolta, and others were so concerned, why do they jolt around the nation on their jets, with their limos, and use up electricity in their massive houses...but turn around and require us to pay a tax on pollution and tell us to cut back?

Climate Change is occurring, and I'm sure that man's intervention (pollution) is not helping - but the consequences won't be all that bad. Temps are just likely to heat up, and then drop drastically in the next 100 years.

[The Lorax]

Global Warming simply is not occurring because it is a misnomer. Climate Change is a much more accurate description.

Al Gore and his ilk give us these dire consequences, but there is little to no scientific evidence that these consequences will ever occur. It's all to make money and raise taxes. After all, if Gore, Travolta, and others were so concerned, why do they jolt around the nation on their jets, with their limos, and use up electricity in their massive houses...but turn around and require us to pay a tax on pollution and tell us to cut back?

Climate Change is occurring, and I'm sure that man's intervention (pollution) is not helping - but the consequences won't be all that bad. Temps are just likely to heat up, and then drop drastically in the next 100 years.

The IPCC is staffed by thousands of scientists from dozens of countries and they have a far better idea than you, I, Al Gore or Newsweek have about global warming. They represent the biggest, most comprehensive investigation of global warming, and they have concluded there is a >90% chance that the recent climate change is primarily anthropogenic.

If this is true--and most climatologists agree it is--it implies dire consequences, because humans are not going to curtail their carbon emissions any time soon.

[apothanein kerdos]

Global Warming simply is not occurring because it is a misnomer. Climate Change is a much more accurate description.

Al Gore and his ilk give us these dire consequences, but there is little to no scientific evidence that these consequences will ever occur. It's all to make money and raise taxes. After all, if Gore, Travolta, and others were so concerned, why do they jolt around the nation on their jets, with their limos, and use up electricity in their massive houses...but turn around and require us to pay a tax on pollution and tell us to cut back?

Climate Change is occurring, and I'm sure that man's intervention (pollution) is not helping - but the consequences won't be all that bad. Temps are just likely to heat up, and then drop drastically in the next 100 years.

The IPCC is staffed by thousands of scientists from dozens of countries and they have a far better idea than you, I, Al Gore or Newsweek have about global warming. They represent the biggest, most comprehensive investigation of global warming, and they have concluded there is a >90% chance that the recent climate change is primarily anthropogenic.

If this is true--and most climatologists agree it is--it implies dire consequences, because humans are not going to curtail their carbon emissions any time soon.

And history has shown us that when a majority of scientists agree on something, it is most likely wrong.

[The Lorax]

And history has shown us that when a majority of scientists agree on something, it is most likely wrong.

You've gotta be kidding me, ak. I thought you were an intelligent guy...

[VelvetVoice]

When it comes to global warming, I don't worry. There's nothing we can do as a group to stop it. I am called to be a good steward of what I have and how I live, so that is all I will do. God will provide whatever it takes for me to live tomorrow.

[The Lorax]

When it comes to global warming, I don't worry. There's nothing we can do as a group to stop it. I am called to be a good steward of what I have and how I live, so that is all I will do. God will provide whatever it takes for me to live tomorrow.

There is plenty we can do to stop it. Start by buying a few fluorescent lights.

[Giaour]

Floresent light fixtures carry mercury.When mixed with protons(electricity) it turns to a gas and produces light,thats why on cold mornings it takes awhile for them to work. Mercury is bad for the environment and people,so if we are forced to use them how do we dispose of them?A disposal tax,maybe?