Global Warming Is a Cause of This Year’s Extreme Weather

How dumb do you have to be to not see the effect we, as humans, have on the Earth? How dumb do you have to be to ignore it? How dumb do you have to be to not see that the politicians who are molding your little minds, are lying to you so they can continue to make obscene amounts of money. Have they lied so much to you that your little brain can't seperate fantasy from truth? And finally, how completely brain-dead stupid do you have to be to think God is on the side of people who start wars to pad their pockets? All of you who voted for George Bush the second time, you should apologize to your children ( they will suffer from your decision) for not paying attention to reality. You, truly, must be all about being evil or dumb. Really, really dumb.

After living many years outside the American fishbowl, I've seen first hand the degree to which virtually every other country is talking constantly about solutions to a universally accepted impending crisis. For those "inland Americans" who are disconnected from the rest of the world, and who tend to only listen to the propoganda of those like Limbaugh, I have two questions:

- If this is a conspiracy or hoax, then how can it be a conspiracy in every single country? Are you claiming a worldwide conspiracy?

- What possible political incentive can come from having to tell people that we must reduce their standard of living to pay for a very expensive problem? One which is not in the best interest of Big Oil?

Man has always blamed himself for changes in the climate and weather in order to feel in control (if we are to blame, then we can do something about it!). Primitive man blamed himself for not giving enough offerings to his gods, so he made more offerings and atonement. Christian man blamed himself by saying his own sinfulness was being punished by God, so he repented and tried to sin less. So modern man blames his technology for provoking the wrath of nature, and he changes a light bulb or buys a phony carbon offset. The climate and weather on earth have constantly changed over time in both short and long-term cycles (due to the changes in solar output and wobbles in the Earth's rotation - hence alternating ice ages and warming spells). And there were even more drastic climate changes long ago that make today's worries look like child's play. Global warming is nothing new and neither is man's attempt to blame himself for it or any other type of climate change. Instead of wasting our time and effort on trying to change what we don't control (even though many would like to think we do), we should be concentrating on what man has always done in the face of climate change: adapt or die. Use modern technology to be able to survive climate change, not futilely attempt to stop it.

AL GORE IS PERPETRATING A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY ALONG WITH NEWSWEEK WHICH IS NOW NO MORE THAN THE LIKES OF 'THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER' AL SHOULD BE IN JAIL AND NEWSWEEK USED TO START YOUR GRILL.

"Global warming is wishful thinking by all who want begger government, higher taxes, diminution of freedom and less. fun. There are hundreds of tenured climatolist professors who believe that global warming is overplayed and that changes in weather are not the same aschanges in climate. Ten to one that Sharon Begley is not trained in physical science but in political science at liberal academe
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What totally amazes me about all of the angry folks up in arms against the possibility of global warming is that they offer either a specific example that goes against a broad 'global' trend, cite gods will, bash Gore, or have some conspiracy theory.(Don't even get me started in yokels saying 'Heck I haven't witnessed any global warming.)
The scientific community, not all, but a majority percent (80%+ ) is looking at data and is saying in general it all points in one direction. The average global temp IS going up, that is fact. Has is been hotter at some point in earths history? I am sure this is true also, does this mean we should not be proactive and do what we think is in the best interest for everyone? Never in the history of the earth have there been 6 billion people with the technology and means to effect the earth like we can today. Just like in the fossil record there have been huge specie die-offs, which we are also experiencing are a higher rate today than any point compared to the best data we have available to us. If I argued with the same logic that I'm seeing in these posts I would say 'Hey we've had specie die-offs before, I see no reason to do anything (i.e. spend money) on saving species today'.
I just don't understand why there is so much anger and resentment towards the group of people saying 'A lot of data is pointing to warming of the planet maybe we should do something about it'. Can it really be as simple as people are so damn fixed in their lives that the thought of changing current lifestyles is more catastrophic and scary than the potential of what the MAJORITY of scientists are saying is likely happen to the planet? (I do believe that because the MAJORITY of scientists who are knowledgeable in these fields have been pointing to global warming for some 20 years now, and that it is the 'wack-jobs' scientists refuting the scientific community as a whole, not the other way around.)
Are scientists always right? Of course not. To all the folks who gleefully point out the supposed ice age predicted in the 70???s, are you suggesting we change nothing, just keep on keeping on? Scientists are seeing data trends and they present it and extrapolate what they think the ramifications are. Al Gore has taken the next step by saying we are causing this effect on the planet, AND we better change our ways. Scream at Gore don???t blame the scientists if you are somehow offended or feel guilty that over the last 50 years the US has pumped more C02 into the atmosphere than any other country, even better take some responsibility yourself, which it seems is the whole goal of your arguments. ???Not my fault, can???t change the world, not changing my ways???

That my friends is utterly selfish.

Badlogic the reason why is because you will cut the artery which runs the economy. I'm all for alternative fuels for future solutions, but if you need to handle the problems in tandom. If the boat your on is flooding you don't kill the motor and start rowing until you've stopped the flooding.

Yes, it's funny how they won't believe in a science that can be simply put. Carbon dioxide clogs atmosphere. Carbon dioxide has no where to go. carbon dioxide causes greenhouse effect.
What is so hard believing that?
There's actually a youtube video that proves we should do everything we can to stop global warming. "The most terrifying video you will ever see". It's no science, just logic that everyone can agree with. It's not longand it's very interesting, so I'd suggest taking a look at it.

I'm old enough to remember how the tobacco industry fought tooth and nail against the medical and scientific community over the causal effect between cigarette smoking and cancer. It's no secret that Big Oil, Big Coal, right wing-nuts like Rush Limbaugh, Libertarians, and others have used the tobacco industry's tactics to cast doubt on the validity of what the scientific community has concluded about the causal effect between climate change and the release of greenhouse gases by mankind. Many Americans died because of Big Tobacco's greed and selfishness. This time around, the stakes are much higher. For the sake of our children and future generations, we need to take action now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate against the climate change consequences that have already been set in motion.

Everyone seems to have a slant on whether ot not global warming might be the cause of our weather changes we are experincing around the world.
It is common knowledge that if you shut up a car in a garage and let it run that you will be suffocated within a short while.
I think this could be what is happening in the case of global warming. Thousands upon thousands of cars, plants and other means of burning fossil fuesl are continually spewing out this posions into the atmosphere not only in our country but all around lthe world into an atmosphere that is like an egg shell surroundin the world.
It stands to reason that in time this is going to tend to build up and who knows what resulting affects it will have on the world as we now know it.
God has given us the answer to what we could do to prevent this polution, but the evil and greed of mankind has refused to persue and develop it and we are now reaping the results and consiquences of that greed.
Hydrogen can easily be produced to power everything from cars to homes with abaolutely no adverse affects on the world that surrounds us.
Until man understands these things and does something about it we will continue to suffer the adverse affects of our greedy lifestyles and will be required to live with it.
Once we loose our bees to polonate our crops by using pestisides and other chemicals to kill everything from earth worms and the like all we will have to look forward to is the on coming faming that will result.
I know this sounds like far out logic, but just wait and see what is on the horizon............................

Interesting isnt it.
Global warming has the whole world polarized either for or against it. There is no middle ground.
If you dont believe it, you are "evil". If you do, you are a "fool" or a "zealot".
Simple facts are:
1: We do NOT have the long term data needed to conclusively PROVE that global warming is real.
2: We do NOT have the ability to prove one way or another if humans are responsible.
3: It is infinitely arrogant to believe that, in just a few short years, mankind can affect the earth to this degree.

It is also interesting to note that as recently as the early 1970's scientists were worried because the earths temp was COOLING and we didnt know what to do about THAT either.

We need to be good stewards of this planet - its the only home we have - but not get caught up in the political BS when we simply do not have all the answers.
We dont even really know all the complexities of the question yet.

Unless you are a meteorolgist, an archeologist, a historian, or an expert on earth evolution, I consider your comments to be baseless, politically motivated,and inflamatory to the real experts that DO know the weather and earth changes patterns through its evolution; so go to school and learn or shut up.