Global Warming Poll

[SkywlkrSnd]

Well, let's get right to it. Do you believe humans and their actions are responsible for global climate change/global warming? Or do you not believe global warming to be an issue in the first place?

[IndyRPh]

The climate is clearly changing...just as it has been since the beginning of time. Trying to place blame solely on human behavior is just a way for the political left to take control of and destroy industries it does not like and to have a hand in personal decision making that they feel they can make better than the rest of us. There's nothing wrong with recycling, buying hybrids and wearing Birkenstocks if that makes you feel better. But it won't change anything. Leave the rest of us to decide whether we want to do the same or not. Ok, end of soapbox.

[maxkone]

The climate is clearly changing...just as it has been since the beginning of time. Trying to place blame solely on human behavior is just a way for the political left to take control of and destroy industries it does not like and to have a hand in personal decision making that they feel they can make better than the rest of us. There's nothing wrong with recycling, buying hybrids and wearing Birkenstocks if that makes you feel better. But it won't change anything. Leave the rest of us to decide whether we want to do the same or not. Ok, end of soapbox.

Oh, please. Yes, the climate of the Earth has always had a certain wax and wane to it, but the argument is that it has gotten disturbingly worse since the Industrial Revolution. The fundamentals behind the climate change issue are scientific, not political. If you don't think it's being caused by humans...fine...point to some scientific research that says it's not. But the idea that the whole issue is political and was invented by Democrats to accomplish a political agenda is just ludicrous! People (on both sides of the aisle) agree that something bad is happening and big steps need to be taken. And you're right, recycling and buying hybrids isn't going to make much of a change. But if you think that's all there is to it, you've got a lot to learn.

This is about finding cleaner ways to energize and power our world on a large scale, while at the same time finding more efficient ways to live each of our individual lives on the small scale. Together, a synergy can be reached....and dramatic results are possible.

And so you know for future reference, just because someone cares about their impact on the environment, does NOT make them some tree-hugging hippie. However, wearing Birkenstocks is the key to saving the planet!

[simplicity]

To maxkone:
Well said!! Well said, and the sooner everyone realizes the seriousness of the problem, the better off we'll be.

[Purbliss]

Isn't the earth getting colder now? Strange how the earth goes in cycles!

[Smartenuff]

I'm afraid we are at least exacerbating the curent climate change, even if we are naturally trending towards it.

[MovenStore09]

We are going through a global climate change. If you look at the history of the earth, there has been I think 5 ice ages. The amazing thing about that is, right before each ice age the earth was warming. Are we helping to accelerate the change? we may or may not, i do not know. Everything goes in cycles.

[jemspitter]

Hi,
Definitely we are responsible for global warming.This is a one reason which is under which shows that why we are responsible but there are many more things for which we are responsible.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century was caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation.The IPCC also concludes that variations in natural phenomena such as solar radiation and volcanism produced most of the warming from pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.These basic conclusions have been endorsed by more than 40 scientific societies and academies of science, including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.

[ribonzz]

I think that global warming is really our faults.. We do pollute our lovely earth with everything we do to make money without thinking t he bad effects to our earth..

[AnzeL]

Here is the bottom line, if we humans were able to live on our earth with out harming it, then global warming would not be our fault.
But that's not the case, we live on this planet as parasites, we consume the resources that our wonderful planet has to offer us, alter it, and spit it back out. We take things and change them not worrying if they are able to fit back in their natural state.
Due to our advancing industries, we are able to greatly benefit. But at the same time, we are thickening the ozone layer making it much harder for heat/sun rays to leave the earth thus making it warmer.

This is the heart and cause of global warming.

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Stay Cool (get it?) :cool:

[runkaproducts]

It has been observes constant / relentless consumption of all the non renewable sources of energy, almost leading them to the point of extinction and global warming.Due to non careful burning of non biodegradable materials like the plastic bags, our environment is getting hot and resulting in global warming. To avoid this we all should have to acquire green living by using more and more Eco friendly products (http://www.runka.com/index.aspx) in our daily life routine.
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[mauikekai]

It is time to quit arguing about Global Warming! Those that do not believe in it probably never will. We must try to sell Greeen Energy and sustainability through other means. Their benefits greatly outweigh their cost in many ways. Sell these ideas on the merits without invoking fear!

[NotSoSillyBands]

NASA scientists say the most recent meteorological year, which ran from December 2009 through November 2010, was the warmest in 131 years of record keeping. (California Watch Environmental / Daily Report -12/14/10.)

Scientists agree the most likely cause is pollution of the Earth's atmosphere with greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from the burning of coal, oil, and gas to produce energy and fuel automobiles. notsosillybands.com - Environmental awareness increasing bands. Band with us!

[SnellExperts]

NASA scientists say the most recent meteorological year, which ran from December 2009 through November 2010, was the warmest in 131 years of record keeping. (California Watch Environmental / Daily Report -12/14/10.)

Scientists agree the most likely cause is pollution of the Earth's atmosphere with greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from the burning of coal, oil, and gas to produce energy and fuel automobiles. notsosillybands.com - Environmental awareness increasing bands. Band with us!

So what about the natural polar change that takes place every few million years? Would that not have anything to do with "global warming."