| __XBrawlX__ said: I can't see how people can't believe in Global Warming! We spill oil in our sea, we bury our garbage everywhere, the planet is obviously heating up, so why can't you believe. Oil in water kills countless sea creatures, garbage and toxic waste gives us diseses which shows it is dangerous besides the point. It is impossible to say that Global Warming is a Myth. |
I'm not sure I'm convinced with the argument, but it's not hard to understand the reasoning. First you have to understand the typical position, which is that we have not been taking accurate measurements of global temperatures long enough to know whether the current warming trend is abnormal, or part of natural cycles (very few flat out deny that some measure of climate change is occuring). Even the majority of scientists will concede that at least part of the GW phenomenon is natural,given that we emerged from a cooling period in the mid-late 1800s (which in turn followed the medieval warm period).
Second, there are questions as to how long GW will continue, and how "bad" the effects will be. Most predictions are based on computer models with very questionble accuracy. To accurately predict long term weather patterns requires us to understand a whole host of variables, many of which are still not well understood. Thus it is not unreasonable for people to question the validity of conclusions drawn from these predictions.
Third, if you live long enough you'll see many end of the world predictions, and it is rare that any of them come true. GW certainly carries many elements typical of this sort of hysteria, and it doesn't help when you have stuff like Inconvenient Truth blatantly misrepresenting some aspects of the science. In fact, many scientists are concerned that the hysterics are undermining the message.
Lastly, XBrawl, oil in water and toxic waste have not a thing to do with global climate change.
