Global warming

You are young and live in the worst polluter in the world. It is your life that will undergo the most dramatic of changes. Saying that you will decide what steps you will take is rather like saying you will decide how fast you can drive. Not to worry, the US will be the last one to act, and likely when it is too late, as usual. Forgive the rest of the planet for being pushy about the survival of the species.

I'm sorry that people approach the need for change in an arrogant and pushy manner. You sound like you are willing to listen to the facts and options and make some choices on your own. So I encourage you to learn about global warming on your own. Al Gore's recent book and film "An Inconvenient Truth" is full of interesting information and offers some alternatives that individuals can choose to make a difference. I'm very concerned about global warming and want very much for us to work to slow or stop it. Some people get pushy, I guess, when they feel passionate about something. I try not to be pushy, but I do encourage people to make "green" choices. For instance, I no longer let my engine idle when I'm waiting for someone or something in a parking space. I recycle as much as I can. I am switching to the fluorescent lightbulbs one by one. Those are just a few small steps I'm taking while I try to learn more about what I can do. I trust you will make some good choices after you know more about the issues from your own research.

Saying that other people are arrogant for trying to save the planet, is making you out to be arrogant. Because of people like yourself, this planet will not be habitable when your children and children's children become adults. Please, for the love of Christ, change your habits and change how much pollution you make.

There is nothing to be done on the issue of Global Warming. A bunch of scientists getting together and forming a consensus that man "might" be responsible for global warming means absolutely nothing. That word "might" suggests that the possibility exists and nothing more. There is now news that a lot of scientists are now changing their positions on this idea that man is responsible. The truth is that the facts do not really support this theory and that there is not nearly enough data available to really understand global warming, let alone assign any blame for it. There are scientists who say that Mars is also undergoing global warming at this time...so the idea that man is responsible for it is seriously in doubt. We already know that the earth goes through warming and cooling trends which range from Ice ages to tropical conditions. The earth is still emerging from the last ice age and so it is warming up. That means that ice packs and glaciers will shrink and melt, as will the polar ice. This will continue until the earth gets warm enough to then start to cool again. This happens in cycles in much the same way that the seasons change and is completely normal for the earth. Man has very little if anything at all to do with this process, and there is no more way that he could prevent it than there is that man could cause it. Preventing pollution and saving energy makes sense and is a good thing to do, but doing these things is going to have no affect on global warming or climate change. To suggest that man is in control of these thing s is arrogant and irresponsible of those scientists and fearmongers who make those claims. Man can not control nature...man is governed by nature and subject to whatever nature dishes out. This is not the first time that global warming has been an issue with scientists...in the last 100 years it has been brought up at least 4 times, and global cooling has been used at least twice. Each time the forecast was for imminent doom because of catastrophic climactic change. This is like a fad that reappears occasionally in the scientific world, always preaching doom and gloom and always calling on man and governments to take extraordinary steps to prevent the end of life as we know it, or the end of the world. People get pushy and arrogant about this because they buy into the BS that the scientific world comes up with. They think that just because some scientist says something that it must be fact. What they forget is that scientists start with an educated guess and try to find ways to make the guess to be proven as fact. While individuals are usually fairly intelligent, people as a group are stupid, and as a group tend to believe anything that someone with a little education or authority tells them, and mass hysteria can quickly follow. Once something is reported on TV, then it becomes regarded as irrefutable truth because the TV news would never mislead anyone or run stories that weren't true. Anyway, those are some of my thoughts on this issue.

Global warming has been turned too much in a sort of fashion trend which is tiring quite a lot of people, guess what; you CANT stop it. So whether it is going to happen within 10, 20, 50 or 100 years that we have a drastic climate change. What does it matter? Or do you think it's more fair simply that you live in an age it didn't go it it's worst yet but pushed that off to your grand children? Myself I'm just enjoying life as well, if a climate change would come in a couple of years then so be it. In my opinion the governments can better be looking into methods of protecting the cities and working on evacuation plans for when it happens rather than trying to stop something you simply can't stop.

If the government was secretly hiding billions of taxpayers money, that they had diligently skimmed over the years and vigilantly covered up. And all of a sudden you kept running into people that were trying to convince you that we all need to do something to stop this embezzlement and secrecy and we should all get our entitlement of the money, I think you would be in favor of that cause. The difference is, that helping the environment is not something that you will receive instant gratification for. The reward isn't something you can buy a Gucci purse with. And if you plan on "livin fast and dyin young, then saving the environment would be a big waste of time for you. Preserving the planet we live on is something that will happen one way or another. At this point in time, it is a matter of choice. But when this planet starts cooking (excellent for those who like to tan in a hurry, you won't need more than a few minutes), it won't matter how mighty the nation, or how strong the arm of that nation......When it comes to mother nature, there is no prejudice or favorites. Those of us who worked our butts off reducing, reusing and recycling will fry in the street right next to those of you who didn't give a damn. And good ole mother nature (who has been around since the beginning of time, a lot longer than man) will make right what has been made wrong. Is it possible that you have mistaken pushy and arrogant for frightened with a sense of urgency. It's a time in the world where everyone needs to start looking out for everyone else. On this matter it's: "United we stand. Divided we fall."

Global Warming has become a religion. I'm still wondering what happened to the Hole in the Ozone crowd. ;~D

we all have the freedom on how we treat our environment..but if we know what's really the best for our mother earth, then i therefore conclude that we better make some good things that can help to lessen the progress of global warming..were living in this world, and it's only in our hands if we want to destroy it or preserve it for the coming years..that's all my friend..have a nice day..

You said in a comment "Is the planet warming? Absolutely. To say that the effects of that are going to be more severe than at any other time in history and are going to be uniformly negative is, on the face of it, nonsensical."You really have got to be kidding here. My dear girl, not only this year is going to be the warmest ever but there are also more deeply ingrained changes. For example in my country one of the most fertile areas we had (and which has been known throughout the history as such) is said to be turning to desert in a few years. Isn't that radical and severe? When did fertile land turn to desert in all the history you know? (there are of course the Sahara desert and others but I think there were deserts before man appeared). As another example the icecaps are melting. Once again when in history have you known this to happen? According to the scientists it did happen but before man appeared and with catastrophic consequences. And so on. The thing is there are changes, irrevocable ones, all around us. In my country we used to have four seasons, now we only have two. It changes from very cold to hot in a matter of days. It's pretty freaky if you know how it used to be. And this only in the past few years, who knows what the future will bring. As for "a right to decide for myself" it's clear that you don't understand how serious the matter is. It isn't for yourself you make that choice, it is for all of us, and for your kids and grandkids and so on. It isn't like if you make the wrong choice you and only you are going to suffer the consequences. It's all of us. Sorry if I seemed to you "pushy and arrogant" but it always amazes me how people choose not to see what they do not want to see. There are changes for the worst all around us and we're the only ones who can at least slow them.

I certainly agree that things have gotten quite hysterical with regards to this topic. The science is extremely complex but gets reduced in the media to sound bites that project 100% certainty that there is some sort of cataclysmic ending that is coming. Humans have been around for 100 thousand years and have managed to survive worse conditions. Our technology is better than at any time in history, I feel pretty confident we can adapt to any minor (or even major) climate disruptions in the future. -Mark Jabo www.environmentaltalk.com

But can´t you see that global warming is a danger for the whole planet? This is not a question of opinion or majority, this is what will change the life of your children for worse and they will ask: "Mommy, what did you do when it was still time?¨"

hi....everyone decides for themselves the steps needed to take towards any issue. global warming is for real and my push to you...is any renewable resource of energy is always a plus for everyone. ecobusiness