Global Warming

[JESUSFREAK1354]

Just Wondering What Everyone Else's Opinion Was On This Matter. I shall reveal mine later.

 

[Naomi4Christ]

None of your three choices fit for me...

I think it is happening, but I think its effects are exaggerated. We know that sea levels will rise and cause flooding to low areas, but we don't know to what extent.

I'm not sure about the weather changes. I think, for us in the UK, a few degrees of higher temperatures are very welcome, but we don't like what comes along with that - unpredictable weather, less rain, nasty insects, etc.

Sadly, I think there are plenty of folks poised to make money off global warning.

If the hype causes us to conserve fossil fuels, then that is a good thing. The problem is when judgemental (and usually hypocritical) people cause others to feel guilty.

As a teacher of Science, I am often dismayed at how the media portrays the science and how the population latches onto misconceptions, and change their behaviour inappropriately. It gives me lots of good discussion material, though.

 

[Robbie_James_Francis]

I think it's an imminent threat. A majority of top scientists believe it to be a very serious threat that needs to be dealt with immediately. And a range of top global economists and political experts are convinced its effects will be catastrophical.

 

[ImmortalTechnique]

while its effects may not neccesarily be an imminent threat, I do believe that we must change our behavior drastically and very soon in order to stop it. by the time the actual threat is imminent, it would be too late to stop

 

[Naomi4Christ]

while its effects may not neccesarily be an imminent threat, I do believe that we must change our behavior drastically and very soon in order to stop it. by the time the actual threat is imminent, it would be too late to stop

very good point

 

[Bombila]

If not our children, then certainly our children's children, will curse our generation if we don't at least attempt to mitigate the effects of climate change, regardless of whether you argue it is man made or naturally occurring. There is little doubt left at all that the climate is changing, to my knowledge.

 

[Brieuse]

I think the damage has already been done.

 

[Arnold_Philips]

At this point I believe we can only stem the damage that is coming, not stop it completely. Though not doomed, we are still screwed.

 

[MoonlessNight]

Question 1: Existence of Global Warming
Question 2: Human Impact on Global Warming
Question 3: Solvability of Global Warming
Question 4: Cost-Benefit analysis of solutions to global warming.

Questions 3-4 are rarely if ever asked. Or at least rarely get any attention. Question 2 gets better treatment but is all too often conflated with question 1.

 

[Robbie_James_Francis]

Question 1: Existence of Global Warming
Question 2: Human Impact on Global Warming
Question 3: Solvability of Global Warming
Question 4: Cost-Benefit analysis of solutions to global warming.

Questions 3-4 are rarely if ever asked. Or at least rarely get any attention. Question 2 gets better treatment but is all too often conflated with question 1.

There are a myriad of reports about all of those questions. Perhaps the biggest that I know of addressing the final two is the Stern Report.

 

[silimauleaf]

I agree with all three, to some extent.

While the UK, a small island country, might be a prime position for a good media scare, I also believe that we humans have not done quite enough for our planet, and persist in our philosophy of sit-and-wait. You need to look no further than the petrol company's zealous purchasing of patents of any technology that might render fossil fuels redundant, or the horrific figures of waste dumpage in the ocean each year to feel rather yucky being human.

When a lot of the world is underwater, and we have not even begun to look into planet colonisation yet, maybe people might realise.

 

[silimauleaf]

Looking at the issue through the point of an individual with faith in a benevolent deity, it might be argument enough to say contentedly: "<deity> has a plan for us all." With global warming, however, they may have considered that their deity may have instrumented global warming as a test of sorts, competence with their creation. Anybody have any thoughts on this theory?

 

[Sapphos]

The thing with global warming is it doesn't matter if its our fault, or even if its actaually happening, it doesn't hurt anyone to follow the scientific communities recamendations and use our cars a bit less. And if it is happening and caused by us, then we'll have done our bit.

 

[Sapphos]

In which case we should still do something about it. Once you get onto that particular slippery slope, you end up never doing anything, never trying to change the world.

And as I said, it hurts no one to try and do something.