A few people in the thread about the 2008 US presidential election mentioned this might be a good debate and I agree. So I'm curious to know:
- Do you believe in Anthropogenic Global Warming (from here on labelled as AGW)?
- What are you reasons for believing/disbelieving?
- How do you feel about the IPCC?
- How do you feel about proponents/opponents to the theory?
- What proof can you show one way or the other (Links would be good here)
Just for clarification purposes, for those of you who are not native english speakers or do not know much about the debate, Anthropogenic Global Warning refers to the increase in average global tempurature that can be attributed to humans, and NOT global warming or climate change in general. Whether the world is actually getting warmer or not is an entirely different debate.
Please be polite in this thread. I realize this is a heated debate and people feel very strongly about both sides, but calling people "skeptics" or "brain washed tree-huggers" in a derogatory fashion serves no purpose. Also, please try and keep an open mind about both sides of the debate. Contrary to popular belief, AGW is still a scientific THEORY, not FACT. There are scientists on both sides of the debate. I hope this means we can have a debate without people simply stating things like "Anyone who doesn't believe is stupid, or gets money from big oil".
I'll reserve the right to keep my personal beliefs private for the moment. Happy debating!
