scottie said:
Ok, so obviously you don't respond to evidence, or to the beliefs of those who are much, much smarter, and more knowledgeable in the field than you and I, I have but one thing to say to you. You are picking and choosing which peoples beliefs to place faith in. SInce this theory is no where near close even being proven remotely correct. One thing that is very obvious is that C02 (As others have stated) has lagged behind temperautre. A phenomenon that can't be explained by the Al Gore camp. It's fear mongering and a billion dollar industry. All we concretely know right now is that the temperature is rising on the planet, whether that is by Humans or moreso by external forces is the question. Considering how small a percentage that C02 makes up of the entire atmosphere and recent research suggesting Solar activity / Water Vapor contribute far more to the global temperature than anything else. If everyone in the world believed me, and you turned out to be right, we would see reduction in air/water/land pollution, a shift to energy sources that will last indefinitely, as opposed to fossil fuels which are predicted to last 40-100 years, creation of jobs and eventually savings in money. News flash, Fossil fuels aren't going anywhere. With a poor global economy and a bunch of under-developed nations developing (on the back of Fossil Fuels) , We will use Fossil Fuel until we run out of it and find different alternatives. Creation of jobs? EVENTUAL savings in money? All I see is rising commodity costs in the United States for electricity and heating our homes and losses of jobs for some of the largest employers in the country (Power plants, etc) due to tons of regulation and increase in base-line costs. Even if the overwhelming evidence is only enough to convince you that there is a 50% chance that human caused global warming is real, surely it is not worth gambling with the future of the human race? We aren't gambling the future of the human race.
Also, this is really interesting. You are the first climate change denyer I have ever talked to. If you don't mind me asking; what country are you from? What level of education do you have? What are you currently doing in terms of a job/education/whatever?
United States. Masters in Computer Science. Software Developer. How about you? |
You have just bought way into the hype, without doing any research for yourself. There is plenty of evidence of fudging of numbers going around because the actual data is matching what was expected. There has been numerous reports and studies and research (By 'intelligent' people) as you referenced to suggesting that this is nothing more than a big load of bullshit.
As HappySquirrel, Kaz have stated. Look into some of the CERN's CLOUD research (And actually take it for what it is). These people are infinitely smarter than Al "I invented the internet" Gore.
Maybe if you're in Europe you haven't had much Al Gore exposure, but the guy is a massive moron. The USA was successful under Clinton (Electing him to 2 terms) and Al Gore couldn't beat Bush. He's the self proclaimed creator of the internet. The guy is a moron. I would question global warming simply by his appearance on the list of people fighting for that cause. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFJ8cHAlco
