Isn't global warming a farce?

No, look into studying Science

Global warming is a scam designed to make certain people very wealthy. Until the theory is a proven fact no policies or money should be spent on it.

Al Gore is an idiot. He will not debate this issue with anyone because he knows it is a scam. Gore rejects all invitations to debate the issue.

Dude of course it is.Everybody knows it's just Al Gore and Chi Guy's massive farts.

Yes it is a farce.

It is being used to help give government control over the people and business.

I was in -40 degrees of "global warming" the other day in MN.

And am currently enjoying the "global warming" that is ravaging the North Central/North East United States.

The fact is that global temperatures have been dropping, The polar bear populations have been growing, and the ice caps are not melting.

You're joking, right?

The rich are the ones trying to say its fake, so they can continue polluting.

The international community of scientists agree that its real.
Sure, there are some who disagree, but there are still people who believe the earth is flat, too.

Scientifically, there's no debate. It's real.

Politicians can argue until they're blue in the face.

do you believe your thermometer to be accurate when you read it? Global Warming is no different. It is simple science to take measurements and see that the globe is getting hotter. The only part that is debatable is the cause.




Edit: wow at some of the levels of stupidity shown here. I'm not saying man is the end all be all cause of global warming... but what do people think happens to the carbon and methane and what not that we contribute? they think it just "poof" vanishes or dribbles off into space? Gasses that took millions of years to be stored in the ground are being added TO the natural cycle in unprecedented quantities. SOMETHING is going to happen and we have at least SOME part in it.

Not Drinking The Global warming Cool-aid - i am not. No, no cool-aid for me.

It is the greatest scam in history. Global Warming; It is a SCAM.
Some corrupt scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create in [sic] allusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the "research" to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims.

Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus.

Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild "scientific" scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmental conscientious citizens. Dozens of scientific papers and scientists have the research to prove it.

There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril. Incredible media glamour, the politically correct idiots and rude dismissal of counter arguments by the high priest of Global Warming(AL GORGE-fa-fa- frank-peloosie).

That reminds me -- BARNEY FRANK SHOULD GO TO PRISION. free home loans-no qualifications necessary. I got ya covered.

Not Drinking The Global warming Cool-aid - i am not. No, no cool-aid for me.

Global warming is for real. Now they call it climate change. Where do you think all those carbon dioxide produced by factories, vehicles and burnings go to? If we don't switch to clean energy, dooms day may not be that far away. Everyone has a part to play. Do what little you can.

Think clean, think green.

Al Gore's electricity bill is almost $1500 a month. If he doesn't practice what he preaches, why should anyone else? NASA finally said they screwed up in their research and the entire northern US is currently being hit with some of the coldest weather in decades.

Climate change may be happening, but it has been happening on it's own for hundreds of billions of years. Humans already experienced one ice age without 27 billion metric tons of extra carbon annually.

Yes! ofcourse it is. I think someone would have to be a complete fool to think that after billions of years we could change the climate within 100 year's. The climate has changed 1000's of times over before human's were even here much less keeping records.

I think there is enough evidence of global warming-Like some 2 degrees in the last 50 years or so But I do not believe it is anything but natural-not man made. the world has been doing these things for a long time now.

yep it is a farce by the pied piper of Global warming Al "Smokin Hoots "Gore ,mean while Al Gore uses more power than most and flies around in his private jet yet tells everyone to cut back , he should cut back himself.
Al "Hoots" Gore probably has lots of money invested in green tech and goes around preach-in the earth is melting to scare everyone to buy into his theory so he can get richer.

Actually in the last year the global temperature has decreased a degree or two. This may indicate a pending Ice Age. : 0

Global Warming may not be a farce, but it is a fad not a fact.

Check out articles on Fox News and BBC about the La Nina affect that is happening.

The adamantly ignorant can always be spotted by the stories they tell. Its no stretch to see who hasn't done any research.

There are very few people that beleve that climate change (Global Warming is a misnomer) is happening. That has been scientifically proven.
What the debate is about is whether it is natural or caused by humans ("It's just God Huggin' us closer"-Tina Fey as Sarah Palin).
Most scientists agree, though, that it is caused by man, and we should work on it. I agree, many of the people who are lecturing us about it are hypocrites, but that doesn't mean that they are wrong.
Just remember, you don't own the planet, the planet owns you, and you need to respect your mother, mother nature, because when the shelter of the earth and the Ozone layer are harmed too much, they are taking you with it, and so you'd be better safe than sorry.

Not really, and without the politics,its a normal cycle for the earth to go through heating up and cooling down. I am sure we might be a very very small factor, and not the main reason for the cycle we are in. It is like anything else, it is a way for various factions to aline themselves for self serving purpose. It usually involves contributions to a organization that is fighting the other side because "they" are wrong and we are right.

I think too, that it is being used to divert your attention away from something they are hiding and don't want us to find out about.
It this case, it is strange that the people against drilling for oil in the US are the same ones saying it is warming and the ones for drilling are saying its a hoax.

i really do pity americans and their lack of trust in science

You can't ignore reality just because you don't like it. Have you not seen the glaciers melting?

Global warming is actually a fairly interesting question. On one hand, the earth does cycle through warm and cold phases, we can tell that from studying evidence from both the known ice ages and warm eras. There are a significant number of scientists who believe this is what's going on, and that things are getting a bit warmer due to natural causes. On the other hand, there is a lot of evidence behind the hypothesis that high amounts of pollution do cause this sort of problem, including analysis of other atmospheres on planets in our solar system; Venus is a veritable hell, with the highest component being carbon dioxide. It's very difficult to argue that these things are harmless to human life; it doesn't take a 95% CO2 composition to warm things up enough to cause serious problems for humans living or growing food.

My feeling (this is not my field) is that whether or not pollution is causing global warming, it's better to pollute less, and to be aware of my plastic and chemical wastes as well as my carbon footprint. So I do what I can; the hippy laundry detergent does fine for me, I pay a tiny bit extra to buy power from wind, solar and biomass generation, and my commute is short (and bikeable, weather allowing). It may be that no amount of this will help, if pollution isn't the cause, but the world is heating up according to the observations we have. The number of private jets is very small, the number of dirty factories in China, ships burning low quality diesel, and inefficient cars everywhere is very, very high. The garbage patch out in the Pacific is not getting smaller, and all that plastic is still out there. This really isn't about class or economics, it's that the majority of people cause the majority of the pollution, and if people don't know there's a problem it'll never be fixed in time... though I agree the approach taken so far has been annoyingly preachy. I think Al Gore and the Hollywood mouthpieces only know how to preach and pose, so they're doing what they do.

At the end of the day, the song was right, it's just a space between ice ages. Science doesn't argue, science proves and science hypothesizes. Farces, preaching, conspiracy theories and happy thoughts don't address the issues, only how people think about them. My suggestion, if I can make one, is to take a look at the data and what the nerdy guys in lab coats, who don't have jets or houseboats or beauty and social lives are saying. Science is not a politician's job, you can't expect them to be good at it. Look for the professional geeks out there and see what they say, and make your mind up from that.

In direct answer: Not a farce, but not fully understood.

No.

And your whole thing about it being a conspiracy by the wealthy to keep them flying in jets and whatnot is just foolish. If there was limitless oil then why would they care?

Yeah, say that when it is too late. there are lots of scientific researches and evidences and records that show it is real. so stop believing in what your rich cons who cares nothing about you and the environment want to disbelieve.

Both sides sound convincing. Regardless of your beliefs....going green can't hurt. I have been recycling for ages and sorting out my garbage. It doesn't take that much effort. I make my best attempt at not over using my heater and air conditioner. But I am not going to freeze my balls off this winter either nor suffocated during the summer months. If I were younger I would consider solar panels on my home thus cutting my energy bill to almost nothing. Our behavior effects everyone else. My biggest worry is all those 3rd world countries cutting down and/or burning the rain Forest's.
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