Global warming - Do you mind it?

[fubol]

I searched and I was suprised that there wasn't such a tread already :|

 

 

 

 

 

So , do you mind global warming and do you want to do something about it , or do you are the type of person who doesn't even know what it is (If you are then don't ask :D ) ?

 

Well I , for one , I really begin to care more about it , wich I'm sure alot of teenagers don't ..

 

Do we really have to destroy the earth? Do we really have to make a good place worse for our children(yes I think about it)?Do we want to destroy the human? NO , WE DONT !

 

Why not take your bike to go to your school wich is 500 metres away from your home , instead of your mum taking you there (yes there are peaple like that)

 

Why not turn of the lights when your aren't in your room?

 

Why not ... ?

 

All these small things would help , indeed, it wont STOP global warming (wich wont stop even if there would be no cars) , but we could try to stretch the explode of the Earth .

 

 

 

Have you ever seen the movie "The Day After Tommorow"? Yes , like that the earth will be sometime soon if we don't do annything NOW!

 

 

 

NO , I aint am some hardcore guy like the greenpeace guys who are protesting at Buckingham Palace , I'm just someone with common sence , so please , don't flame me , 'cus if you think I'm an idiot for posting this , then you are even more!

 

 

 

Thanks for reading and tell me what you think about it / what you are going to do to make it stabalize

[Giordano]

I kinda like it actually. California had its coldest Christmas since I can remember and the cold is terrific. :)

 

 

 

On a serious note, I don't mind it at all. We're not going to die because of it and the world will most certainly not end. If anything, this would of happened a thousand years down the road. It's just a natural increase of tempature.

[PoorLepRecon]

I do care about global warming. It is one of the biggest problems facing our world, and not enough is being done about it.

 

 

 

One of my contributions to help prevent global warming is that I have been walking to school every day for 4.5 years now. I save a lot of carbon emmisions not having anyone drive me. I also try and turn off the power in all of the rooms I am in when I am leaving or when I am done with the item.

 

 

 

 

 

I kinda like it actually. California had its coldest Christmas since I can remember and the cold is terrific. :)

 

 

 

On a serious note, I don't mind it at all. We're not going to die because of it and the world will most certainly not end. If anything, this would of happened a thousand years down the road. It's just a natural increase of tempature.

 

 

 

Global Warming is a natural process, but it has been rapidly accelerated by human involvement. All of these changes would have happened gradually, but because of all the carbon emmisions global warming is happening at a much faster rate. The world doesn't have time to adjust to these changes on its own, and many species of animals are starting to die out because they don't have the time to adjust to the changes in the climate.

[OldJoe]

All northern regions of the earth are warming up twice as fast contra warmer regions.

 

Global warming is just one part of the crap we humans do.

 

If you have, like me, grown up with cold winters and snow... You are used to it, and then later on it f'ing rains in december... Then you know something isn't right.

 

I'm a keen sports fisher, and been so for 15 years, and then you suddenly hear that the lakes are getting more sour (don't know proper english word) and that the fish is getting more toxic... It makes you think.

 

If you like nature, wheter you like hiking, fishing or hunting, i think it's easier for such a person to "take in" all of the problems, than one who lives in the city and rarely goes to the forest.

 

 

 

I saw on Top Gear (which is not a program for pro-nature) a very intresting car in one of the lastest episodes of season 12 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_FCX_Clarity

 

Such a car has a much brighter future than something like an ordinary electric car that you have to charge for several hour.

 

 

 

And there is two older topics on several pages, just depends on how far back you go.

 

 

 

I do my share, i put plastics and such in the bin for burning and food in the one for compost... Sorting batteries in one place and lighbulbs in another... I've also started eating less meat. And i'm used to take my bike to alot of places since i don't have a lisence.

[Shiny]

I agree we need to a lot more to prevent this. The Runaway effect is what scares me really. Say if the polar ice caps melted, that would mean more and more heat, with nothing to reflect it back. And then the disaster of a 5/15 degree warmer sea would be horrible. Think of Florida. They would get millions of hurricanes, from warmer seas. In 2005, the South Eastern USA had the most Category 4 and 5 hurricanes ever.

 

 

 

I think if Al Gore managed to get presidency the world would be a lot different.

[D Jay99]

I don't care. It doesn't affect me, I'll start worrying about it by the time it does start to do that. Like I can do something about it on my own, the government will have to think of something that really helps, defenitely on a much greater scale than they're now doing.

 

 

 

It's not like I'm wasting energy on purpose by leaving on the light when I don't need it or something, and I try to use my bike for everything within 2 miles. But I guess that's normal lol.

[Agunimon979]

Every christmas for the past couple of years I've woken up to the nice Christmas mud and dirt. And I live in freakin' connecticut.

[Wot]

I don't believe in it, its the goverments way of charging us extra tax...

 

A few points to back me up:

 

While its true some ice caps are melting, more ice caps are getting thicker.

 

The suns a little closer to us now then it was lets say 100 years ago, this happens every now and then (it happend in roman times, thats how they managed to grow grapes in england)

[Deiophobus]

I don't care. It doesn't affect me, I'll start worrying about it by the time it does start to do that. Like I can do something about it on my own, the government will have to think of something that really helps, defenitely on a much greater scale than they're now doing.

 

 

 

It's not like I'm wasting energy on purpose by leaving on the light when I don't need it or something, and I try to use my bike for everything within 2 miles. But I guess that's normal lol.

 

 

 

I would have thought you would be very worried about rising sea levels, living in the Netherlands.

[D Jay99]

I don't care. It doesn't affect me, I'll start worrying about it by the time it does start to do that. Like I can do something about it on my own, the government will have to think of something that really helps, defenitely on a much greater scale than they're now doing.

 

 

 

It's not like I'm wasting energy on purpose by leaving on the light when I don't need it or something, and I try to use my bike for everything within 2 miles. But I guess that's normal lol.

 

 

 

I would have thought you would be very worried about rising sea levels, living in the Netherlands.

 

I live 18 feet below sea level (Flevoland) :lol:

 

 

 

Nah, we have dikes that protect us, and if we do happen to get flooded I'll just stay in my room so I don't drown, I'm there all day anyway and I have a stack of sweets/cookies :P

[tripsis]

I definitely do care about it and believe that it's happening but I'm not overly enthusiastic like some people who I know. At this point though, I do think it may be too late to 'fix' the problem.

[Lenticular_J]

Where are the manbearpig jokes? Ah well.

 

 

 

I don't much care. It's going to happen anyways. I can [bleep] and moan, but it won't help. Live it up while we still can, the world will take care of itself or it won't.

[Ouchy]

I care about the environment and the like, but I think that must of the stuff we hear about Global Warming is complete bull [cabbage], that has little to no evidence, or they only look at a select period of time. Most of what is happening now has happened millions of years ago, when Carbon Dioxide was only produced by animals and the like. Sure, we need to limit the amount of Carbon Dioxide we produce, but it is not as drastic as it sounds.

 

 

 

And to all of you that think the sea level is rising, that's total crap to. I don't have any sources because I can't find them again, but apparently there is volcanic activity going on under the Ice Bergs, causing them to melt. But if they do melt, the sea level is not going to rise. The mass of the Ice Bergs are already in the water, when the melt, they go from a solid to a liquid, and don't loose, or gain any mass. Think I'm wrong? Go fill a glass with water, then put some Ice Cubes in it, and measure the weight/height of the water at the time. Then chuck it in the micro wave or put it in the sun with Plastic Wrap on top so it looses no moisture, and wait for it to melt. Nothing show have changed.

[Nom]

I'm of the opinion that it's a completely natural process. I find the arguments to support it a hell of a lot more convincing than the argument that less than 200 years of human industrialization is having an adverse effect on a process that takes thousands of years.

 

 

 

In the meantime, it's not like you need a special reason (WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE) to try to conserve energy and not trash the planet.

[dusqi]

I don't believe in it, its the goverments way of charging us extra tax...

 

A few points to back me up:

 

While its true some ice caps are melting, more ice caps are getting thicker.

 

The suns a little closer to us now then it was lets say 100 years ago, this happens every now and then (it happend in roman times, thats how they managed to grow grapes in england)

 

 

 

These are myths. Read the truth: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... lexed.html

[Kirudaymi]

I'm kind of concerned about the future of our planet, but I don't really make much of a conscious effort to save energy. I switch lights off when I don't need them, and don't leave electronics on standby. I take the bus to school out of neccessity - if I was old enough to drive, and had a car, I wouldn't use public transport. I know a few people who will have a hissy fit if a milk carton or something is put into the wrong recycling bin, when it obviously can't go in that one. :roll:

 

 

 

If global warming is really destroying the planet (and is neither a government hoax or a natural process) then as I see it, it's going to happen whatever we do. Even if people cut down on energy use, eventually the same thing is going to happen, just it'll take a while longer.

[warri0r45]

I do care about it, and I think the action by governments on reducing emissions has been pretty lacking.

[Chained_life]

Speaking of that movie. Didn't Al Gore's film take clips from the fictional movie the day after tomorrow :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

As for me minding it, I kinda miss it, I'm freezing down here in Southern California.

[Ouchy]

Speaking of that movie. Didn't Al Gore's film take clips from the fictional movie the day after tomorrow :lol:

 

As for me minding it, I kinda miss it, I'm freezing down here in Southern California.

 

 

 

Probably, seeing as his movie was fictional, too. :roll:

[Nero]

Well the projection is that if global warming hits full force, Canada will have a climate like the mediterranean. I like the sound of that!

[ember3579]

Here's all I really need to know. You see, of all of the different effects of Global Warming (otherwise known as Climate Change), there's one that, in my opinion, trumps all others. You see, there's certain parts of Antarctica and all of Greenland which are basically entirely land-based ice. Through processes which are NOT naturally occurring, they're becoming structurally damaged, to the point where both look like Swiss cheese. This presents the problem of them falling into the ocean. If EITHER one of these two masses of ice fall into the ocean, it will almost immediately force the global ocean level up 20 feet. That will turn every single spot on this planet within at most a couple miles to the ocean into a death trap. What do you think will happen if BOTH of them go? I don't know about you, but I think that would throw the world into mass anarchy. Throw in a couple nukes, and there's a chance that this world might become uninhabitable VERY fast. That sound fun to you?

[Giordano]

Here's all I really need to know. You see, of all of the different effects of Global Warming (otherwise known as Climate Change), there's one that, in my opinion, trumps all others. You see, there's certain parts of Antarctica and all of Greenland which are basically entirely land-based ice. Through processes which are NOT naturally occurring, they're becoming structurally damaged, to the point where both look like Swiss cheese. This presents the problem of them falling into the ocean. If EITHER one of these two masses of ice fall into the ocean, it will almost immediately force the global ocean level up 20 feet. That will turn every single spot on this planet within at most a couple miles to the ocean into a death trap. What do you think will happen if BOTH of them go? I don't know about you, but I think that would throw the world into mass anarchy. Throw in a couple nukes, and there's a chance that this world might become uninhabitable VERY fast. That sound fun to you?

 

Oh yeah, because the world will be completely flooded overnight and people will just revolt against the government the next morning. Great timing. Don't even start on the nukes...

[meol]

I care about the environment and the like, but I think that must of the stuff we hear about Global Warming is complete bull [cabbage], that has little to no evidence, or they only look at a select period of time. Most of what is happening now has happened millions of years ago, when Carbon Dioxide was only produced by animals and the like. Sure, we need to limit the amount of Carbon Dioxide we produce, but it is not as drastic as it sounds.

 

 

 

And to all of you that think the sea level is rising, that's total crap to. I don't have any sources because I can't find them again, but apparently there is volcanic activity going on under the Ice Bergs, causing them to melt. But if they do melt, the sea level is not going to rise. The mass of the Ice Bergs are already in the water, when the melt, they go from a solid to a liquid, and don't loose, or gain any mass. Think I'm wrong? Go fill a glass with water, then put some Ice Cubes in it, and measure the weight/height of the water at the time. Then chuck it in the micro wave or put it in the sun with Plastic Wrap on top so it looses no moisture, and wait for it to melt. Nothing show have changed.

 

It's not as simple as you may think. Greenland's ice is sitting over landmass, and the same goes for the Antarctic and all glaciers in the world. If they melt, the sea levels will rise. You also have to remember thermal expansion as well: if water gets warmer, it expands, rising the sea levels. [Link]

 

 

 

Living in a tropical country, I get to experience the effects of hurricanes and El Niño/La Niña effects, so yes, climate change do concerns me. Maybe it won't bring people to anarchy, but it's dangerous enough already.

[ember3579]

Here's all I really need to know. You see, of all of the different effects of Global Warming (otherwise known as Climate Change), there's one that, in my opinion, trumps all others. You see, there's certain parts of Antarctica and all of Greenland which are basically entirely land-based ice. Through processes which are NOT naturally occurring, they're becoming structurally damaged, to the point where both look like Swiss cheese. This presents the problem of them falling into the ocean. If EITHER one of these two masses of ice fall into the ocean, it will almost immediately force the global ocean level up 20 feet. That will turn every single spot on this planet within at most a couple miles to the ocean into a death trap. What do you think will happen if BOTH of them go? I don't know about you, but I think that would throw the world into mass anarchy. Throw in a couple nukes, and there's a chance that this world might become uninhabitable VERY fast. That sound fun to you?

 

Oh yeah, because the world will be completely flooded overnight and people will just revolt against the government the next morning. Great timing. Don't even start on the nukes...

 

 

 

 

 

Alright, here's a little experiment: Find a large pot or tin. Fill it close to the brim with water. Now, take a bunch of ice cubes about half the size of your head. Now, dump them into the pot/tin all at once. Clean up the mess after.

 

 

 

In the real world, the part that goes out of the tin (if either mass of ice I mentioned) goes into such places as most of Florida, parts of New York City (the WTC Memorial site would be underwater), India (second most populated country in the world), and basically everywhere that's has any part of the area between it and the ocean being under 20 ft. above sea level. Do you realize just how many people and administrative offices on this planet would be utterly SCREWED by that? Everybody who doesn't get washed out to sea or otherwise turned into fish food is going to swarm inland. No country or organization on the planet will be able to handle something of that magnitude without extreme help, and this is presuming that all the people who run those countries or organizations don't die from either the flooding or the aftermath. I might not be a scientist, but the flooding is probably going to take a grand total of 2-3 days to reach all the corners of the world. The parts of the world that are going to be hit by this will be going absolutely mad to get to safety. That is what I mean by anarchy. It's not revolting, it's entire disregard to anything the government says if it means their death.

 

 

 

Also, on the nuke thing, how many different areas do you think which hold these things are going to be put underwater? That's not even considering the possibility that the more extreme countries on the planet will view this as being one (or more) nation's fault, and throw everything they got at them before they're 6 feet underwater (yes, that was a pun). They're gonna die anyway, why should they give a f**k as to the consequences?

 

 

 

Meol, I didn't mention that mainly because it helps get people in gear if they can see the effects will be quick and almost immediate. The best way for that is to go at the largest plausible target. I think that Greenland and the Antarctic fit the bill.

[Hawks]

What N0M said.

 

I'm of the opinion that it's a completely natural process. I find the arguments to support it a hell of a lot more convincing than the argument that less than 200 years of human industrialization is having an adverse effect on a process that takes thousands of years.

 

 

 

In the meantime, it's not like you need a special reason (WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE) to try to conserve energy and not trash the planet.

 

 

 

Plus I'm also of the opinion that I'm going to die before anything awful happens. 8-)