Global Warming???

Leora Klingelhoets: why are you afraid of the Earths natural heat fluctuation's?

Carolin Southers: There is currently no evidence that man has made any significant contribution to climate change.Some interesting facts.1. During most of the past 2,000 years, the temp has been about the same or higher. Currently, we are barely over the average for the last 2,000 years.http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2008/0...2. During the medieval warm period (820 â€" 1040 AD), Greenland supported farming. Those areas previously farmed are now covered in glaciers. Obviously the melting and reformation of glaciers is a cyclical occurrence.3. The earth experienced a little ice age which ended around the late 1860's or so. This is about the time man started recording temperatures. This would be like measuring a lake depth after a severe drought, then worrying about it flooding as it rose to normal levels.4. The earth has been warming for the last 10,000 years, since the last ! major glacier time period. Also, for most of the last 1 billion years, the earth had NO glaciers or ice coverage.http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/in...5. The AGW theory states that CO2 is the primary driver of temperature. They arrived at this idea because they did not know of anything else which could cause it. But during the 70's and during the current decade, temperatures dropped while CO2 continued to rise. This means that natural occurrences are driving temp, not CO2.6. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation and sun spots provides a much better correlation to earths' temperature than CO2 levels ever have.http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/wa...7. Polar Bears are experiencing a population boom. Coke sales in the arctics are through the roof. Polar Bears have been around for thousands of years, and remember, we are only at the average for the last 2,000 years. They lived through all the previously warmer climates.http://www.spiked-online.com/index.ph! p?/...8. The glaciers have been melting now for over 10,000 ye! ars. the current rate of melting is similar to previous melting.9. There is no consensus on AGW. This was a lie that has been propagated by the media.http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton_papers/...10. Yes we emit CO2 into the atmosphere and it is a greenhouse gas, but, we only contribute about .28% of all the greenhouse effect. Water vapor makes up about 95% of the greenhouse effect. CO2 and other trace gases round out the greenhouse gases at about 5% for all of them. Of that 5%, only 3% is CO2, and most of that is natural. Again, our contribution to the greenhouse effect is a paltry .28%http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data....11. The spread of disease is not attributed mainly to temperature. If this were the case, Florida would be a giant festering disease ridden cesspool. Economic standing is the primary determining factor in the spread of disease. Poor cultures can not fight the disease or eradicate the pests like more successful nations.http://online.! wsj.com/article/SB120778860618203531...http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=0ea...12. Natural climate disasters (hurricanes, cyclones, etc) have never been scientifically linked to global warming (whether natural or man made).http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/02...http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=ae9b984d......Show more

Aron Ramu: its happened before, it'll happen again - live on a hill

Toshia Metzker: most people say its people over-reacting. It is always going to happen its a form of evolution. If the ice people stopped the world from melting then we would never have happened. I think we just need to let nature take its corse, humans are doing too much to prevent nature, its not what was intended.Also global is happening but its not going to happen to us, its going to happen a lot more generations on.hope that helped, try not to think about it :Dxo...Show more

Angel Klym: look..its a natural process and may lead to the en! d of human life. everything on th every moment is changing..live to ur ! present its so beautiful..if u do so past and future will take care of themselves.because what u r at present,what u can do now u may not be able to ddo the same thing tomorrow..life is precious don't waste it caring and fearing about the future of which u r not sure also........!!RELAX..TAKE DEEP BREATHS AND CLOSE UR EYES AND THINK U R A HAPPY HUMAN BEING..WHO DON'T WORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...Show more

Sharri Scalley: It's happening and real and we should all be at least a little scared. Mostly for our childrens children. Fear can be both a great tool, and a disabilitating obsticle, depending on how you handle it. Get involved in doing something about it. Fear can be a great motivator. Use it. The definition of fear is : F alse E vidence A ppearing R ealI'm not so sure that is a good reference in your case, but, while global warming is happening and is real.....the world isn't going to end tomorrow, or even next week or next year.There is still time......ge! t involved!Start recycling, buy environmentally friendly products, spread the word. Join some organizations! Check out these sites. www.wecansolveit.orgJoin the Sierra Club - www.sierraclub.orgHelp yourself, help the planet.Good Luck to you....Show more