Discussion: Global Warming and Other Environmental Issues

[bulok]

We can detonate all the nukes in the world, it would still become hospitable in a few million years.
Man thinks too much of himself and not the insignificant insects that they really are.

 

[OverMyHead]

Like you, I presume

 

[Bat Attack]

There is no snow in Vermont and it's mid-december, and the temperature was 45 degrees today. WTF? This time 5 years ago we already had 2 1/2 feet of snow.

 

[muertevilla]

earth will probably flood over way after i'm dead so eh.....

 

[WeaponZ2]

so if the snow wasn't melting then you wouldn't believe it?

No. Just saying that its very visable. I mean....we should have a meter of snow out there....but no...I see grass.

 

[OverMyHead]

Why is an old grandpa like you posting on a superherohype message board, muertvilla?

 

[OverMyHead]

No. Just saying that its very visable. I mean....we should have a meter of snow out there....but no...I see grass.

It won't just be grass. Soon, it will be dead, brown grass.

 

[Darth Elektra]

I would say yes, atleast to a certain extent.

 

[Fanticon]

our future is lookin Soylant Green-ish. Global Warming is f'real.

 

[Mayor_McCheese]

It's real but not caused by humans

 

[Nathan]

I live in Canada...its December 13..... *looks out the window and sees the snow melting in spring like conditions* Yeah...its real.

I live in Berlin. No snow at all. Often we even still have temperatures a little over 10°. It's real alright.

 

[Mike_D202]

Back in '95, our city had the record for most snow fall (at one point we had 5ft of snow!) We were under a state of emergency and nobody could even walk around outside.

I look out the window right now, its 40 degrees and rainy. Somethings wrong here.

 

[StorminNorman]

Back in '95, our city had the record for most snow fall (at one point we had 5ft of snow!) We were under a state of emergency and nobody could even walk around outside.

I look out the window right now, its 40 degrees and rainy. Somethings wrong here.

Guys, simply because you have one year of strange weather does not mean that we are in the middle of crazy climate madness. Look at last year - we had hurricane after hurricane, people were shouting that Global Warming is causing this trouble, we are all doomed, etc.

This year? No major hurricanes.

BTW - anyone who can stand to watch An Inconvenient Truth gets a boost of respect from me. Between the monologies about Gore complaining that he is not president, the normally insignificant tales of Mr. Gore's youth, and the fact that the actual environmental presentation is just a power point using exaggerated facts- it is not exactly a fun or enlightening. experience.

 

[Darthphere]

Sure why not.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

no, Hippies made it up to stop me from driving my 2008 hummer "el Dorado" with genuine leather interior made out of darfurian Children.
the headlights are made from the eyes of 20 baby seals BTW because it's the special edition.
GAWD I hate hippies and everyone who cares about the environment.
such hypocrisy, it's not like their not producing CO2 themselves!!!! what an outrage!
I hate the global warming people more than accords made in Kyoto.
that's where Honda is right?

 

[Gonking]

It's not real. Global Warning is a lie, part of the liberal agenda.

 

[Prodigy]

part of the liberal agenda for what? ... for making your air cleaner? for conserving energy and lowering costs to live your daily life? ... those effin liberals I tell ya... up to no good !

 

[Gonking]

I was joking man, it's called IRONY

 

[Prodigy]

so was I, it's called SARCASM

 

[Knives122]

 

[cryptic name]

I just rented Al Gore’s video on global warming and had to comment.

Do I believe humanity can mess up our environment to the degree that we make our planet actually inhospitable to life? Yes, I do!

You see, like everyone on this forum, I have an opinion. But the world is so complicated today I can’t possibly know enough to develop an informed opinion on every issue impacting my life. So, I rely on faith. The question is whom do I believe? The scientist or the politician. The scientist examines and tests data to arrive at studied conclusions. The politician manipulates data to support their self serving conclusions. It’s the spin, I believe, that confuses people and prevents intelligent well thought out and executed solutions.

Certainly, Al Gore is a politician, not a scientist. Yet, I believe he is truly serious about protecting the environment. His, is not a politically profitable fight. He would have little hope of winning elections proposing changes that might negatively impact peoples lives. Sadly, he is nothing more than the messenger of doom.

Al Gore’s message is indeed frightening. I accept the legitimacy of the warnings proffered by the scientific community. The data they’ve collected is indeed overwhelming. The planet is certainly getting warmer. There’s no doubt that the ice caps are melting. The data firmly establishes that the atmospheric changes are unprecedented and not part of normal fluctuations. The danger is evident. Yet, there are still many that refuse to believe that we will soon have a day of reckoning.

Why? Why do people choose to accept the words of politicians and industrialists over scientists? I believe its because they fear change. Change can impact their lives taking away that with which they’re familiar. Change can damage industries, lose jobs and lower standards of living. It’s far easier to ignore warnings and continue blindly on assuring each other that danger doesn’t lurk ahead.

It’s so convenient to disbelieve warnings and do nothing. That appears to be what we’re best at, doing nothing especially if any action might cost us something or cause us to lose something. We can, without any knowledge of the facts, dispute anything we wish. We can find a thousand reasons not to accept the “experts” opinion. That doesn’t make us safe. Even inaction is an action when not moving prevents other things from happening or, as in the case of global warming, causes real events to continue unabated.

So, as Al Gore plainly put it--would you rather have money or the world? Who will you serve: Earth or Benjamin?

i choose money.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Yes it is real.People dont want to belive in it because humans are effecting the planet`s change.Some are selfish,because they think that they wont be alive when the climate changes,its not their problem.I can tell them this,you wont be alive,but your family and children will be.So do you want them to suffer for your mistakes?

 

[Mike_D202]

Guys, simply because you have one year of strange weather does not mean that we are in the middle of crazy climate madness. Look at last year - we had hurricane after hurricane, people were shouting that Global Warming is causing this trouble, we are all doomed, etc.

This year? No major hurricanes.

BTW - anyone who can stand to watch An Inconvenient Truth gets a boost of respect from me. Between the monologies about Gore complaining that he is not president, the normally insignificant tales of Mr. Gore's youth, and the fact that the actual environmental presentation is just a power point using exaggerated facts- it is not exactly a fun or enlightening. experience.

I've lived in this town my entire life and not once have we had a green christmas. Apparently its not just happening here.

But I guess it might be a coincidence with the polar ice caps melting and all.

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/26/global_warming

So roll your eyes at THAT mister!

 

[OverMyHead]

wow...





No more penguins and polar polars in the near future, sigh. Dew K. Mosi = extinct

or something to that effect.

 

[OverMyHead]

Here's another interesting article related to human pollution:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_sc/china_dolphin_extinction_5