catprog on 06 March 2008
| makingmusic476 said: Global warming is happening. This year things got a bit cooler, but we are definitely on an upward trend. It will take more than a year to reverse that. Now the question is, what is the cause of global warming? Yes, an increase in CO2 levels should theoretically cause the Earth to warm, however, we have no conclusive evidence as to what effect the current levels of CO2 are having, and how much would be need to significantly alter the Earth's temperature. We honestly have no idea. All we know is that the Earth is warming up. However, the Earth's temperature has fluctuated all over the place for the past ~4.6 billion years, so for all we know, the Earth is just doing it's thing. I don't see why the human race should suddenly cut back on everything and anything simply because there is a POSSIBILITY that we may be causing the Earth's temperature to rise. Should we take better care of the environment, and not waste resources left and right? Yes. However, we shouldn't just stop living. Chances are, whatever we cut back will have little to no effect on the end result. The Earth is the Earth. It's not going to let some puny humans bitch it around. |
we do nothing : worst of climate change happens.
we de everthing: only hit is on the economy which is easy to fix. (and we also avoid peak oil)
If you are right (man dosen't cause climate change)
we do nothing : Nothing happens.
we de everthing: only hit is on the economy which is easy to fix. (and we also avoid peak oil)
So are you prepared to gamble the entire planet on the basic of you being right?
