Global Warming - Or Is It Really?

[tim098]

Basically the title says it all. Is global warming the whole huge hoo-hah it has been made out to be? I personally think not.

Go read up on it, you might find out things you never knew. There is nothing unnatural about 'global warming' and us turning off our lights for one hour isn't going to do SHIT about anything. It is in fact the biggest collaboration of idiocy I could have ever imagined.

The Earth changes with time. From hot to cold to hot to cold, it's an endless cycle. What the media portrays as 'Global Warming' isn't entirely true.

[Hickey_]

Oh really?

[billthegeek]

It may or may not be true. Insufficient information to arrive at conclusion.

Nonetheless, we still have to deal with other big problems, such as depletion of natural resources and environment pollution. Switching off lights may or may not help to prevent global warming, but it does help to cut down usage of natural gas and air pollution.

[tim098]

Pollution harms us, I agree fully. Depletion of natural resources I gotta agree with you, its an impending problem that is yet to fully smack mankind in the ass.

But Global Warming. That's my biggest issue here. I have friends, well basically all the people I know, who think that it is US HUMANS who are causing Global Warming, which further throttles us toward the path of the Earth exploding or imploding or whatever you imagine armageddon to be.

Global warming is natural. Stopping carbon dioxide emissions will not do anything to stop this non-existent phenomenon from happening. Greenhouse gases are comprised largely of water vapour. Human carbon dioxide emissions account for barely even HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT; ie 0.28%.

Why put so much useless pathetic effort and resources on the non-existent issue of 'Global Warming' when they would be SO much better spent on issues such as natural resources, reducing pollution and decreasing poverty?

It's amazing how humans work. They feel the weather has been hot for a week, and they instantly say,"Damn, global warming truly does exist, lets spend millions on a worldwide campaign to promote awareness of global warming!"

Amazing.

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

its the awareness the campaign is trying to sell, not so much of immediate effect. Of course after the initial shout out, excitment, whether do people still quietly practise what they preach or just moved on to some other "latest topic of the month"(kinda like some topic discussion on the forum here..), thats another thing.

while i doesnt really believe that the campaign going to help much as well, i think its good that some hotels in singapore are coming up with corny idea to sell room package, to boost their sale, be part of the wagon and having publicity in paper

[Dime]

Well from the documentaries I watched its true that Global Warming happens in________(numerical figure) years.

But the past Global Climatic changes(Dinosaurs and First Man) doesnt include depletion of resources until the beginnings of Ice Age.

In conclusion Global Warming is natural but our generation is speeding the process.With all the bull crap oxides and whatever stuff.

[Ocean]

Well from the documentaries I watched its true that Global Warming happens in________(numerical figure) years.

But the past Global Climatic changes(Dinosaurs and First Man) doesnt include depletion of resources until the beginnings of Ice Age.

In conclusion Global Warming is natural but our generation is speeding the process.With all the bull crap oxides and whatever stuff.

Have to agree with Dime. We, Humans, are speeding up global warming.
With all the pollution etc, its no wonder in just a few years, the temperature rises by so much, that it causes the ice shells to melt at an alarming rate.

[iansoh]

yeah global warming is inevitable but the current rate of warming is alarmingly higher than natural. we're still supposed to be just coming out of the ice age and supposed to take few millenia before the poles thaw completely, but we're managing to cut that figure down to centuries.

also agree with above-mentioned need to reduce the depletion rate of fossil fuel energy for conservation sake.

Americans are among the biggest opponents of the global warming hype because they and their consumerist lifestyle are the biggest contributors towards the warming. then they're also pointing at upcoming India and China and refuse to change if these countries don't change. typical schoolyard bully attitude.

[tim098]

Heh Ian, ironically your DP has the face of the Statue of Liberty

[j_m_s]

We, in Singapore do not make up a large part of the world, so no, turning off the lights for an hour doesn't do much. But when BILLIONS of people around the globe turn of their lights for an hour. What's the effect?

We're looking at the saving of burning tonnes of fossil fuels to generate electricity. Might not seem much but it does help.

Global Warming, with or without humans would take place, but our activities are really speeding it up, a quick look at a CO2 emissions graph like what Al Gore's documentary shows it all. after the industrialization of our world and the introduction of new technology, we have been emitting MUCH more Co2 than ever before. Where does the Co2 come from?

you should know.