Comments on: An Argument For Action On Global Warming

By: Alicia Meyer

Alicia Meyer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:42:12 +0000

Global Warming and Climate Change is the biggest environmental issue that we face these days. the long term effects of these environmental changes to a nations economy is quite damaging. there would be a shortage in food supply as well as on water supply too.

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By: TaxedPayer

TaxedPayer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:07:28 +0000

Latif is one of the leading climate modellers in the world. He is the recipient of several international climate-study prizes and a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has contributed significantly to the IPCC’s last two five-year reports that have stated unequivocally that man-made greenhouse emissions are causing the planet to warm dangerously.

Yet last week in Geneva, at the UN’s World Climate Conference–an annual gathering of the so-called “scientific consensus” on man-made climate change –Latif conceded the Earth has not warmed for nearly a decade and that we are likely entering “one or even two decades during which temperatures cool.”

The global warming theory has been based all along on the idea that the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans would absorb much of the greenhouse warming caused by a rise in man-made carbon dioxide, then they would let off that heat and warm the atmosphere and the land.

But as Latif pointed out, the Atlantic, and particularly the North Atlantic, has been cooling instead. And it looks set to continue a cooling phase for 10 to 20 more years.

“How much?” he wondered before the assembled delegates. “The jury is still out.”

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Scientists+pull+about+face+global+warming/2010571/story.html

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By: Beautiful Girls Gallery

Beautiful Girls Gallery — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:45:00 +0000

Global warming is becoming such an obvious problem that someone somewhere other than the US President needs to step up to help drive a massive campaign which aims to reduce Global Warming.

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By: Bodydetoxguy

Bodydetoxguy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:12:03 +0000

the effect of Global Warming these days is even worst. i think every government should pass stricter laws on Carbon Emissions. we should also concentrate more on renewable energy sources and avoid fossil fuels.

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By: Diego

Diego — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:16:18 +0000

Altight, since you haven’t been able to find any flaws in your own argument, i’ll nit pick for you.
First of all, you argue about the debate whether Climate Change is real or not? that is not the debate, most would agree that climate change is happening. The argument is over whether this change is BAD as such. Several models predict doomsday and enconomic catastrophes damaging us. However those are not the only models, others argue extra CO2 would be helpfull to several areas of our environment and plant growth and that serveral areas would highly benefit from the adverse effects of global warming and that infact increased Sea Level rises may be counteracted by greater evaporation to a degree. So much is currently not clear and is dificult too act upon.

Furthermore, you go out on the idea that any action taken, though costly would be successfull. Have you ever thought of the alternative or Europe spending public money and increasing taxation further laxing the economy in order to try and help the planted, while India and China are building a new powerstation made of dirty coal every week? How can you expect a country with 1 bn in poverty to care more about an unknown areaa of science while people are dying and starving?

By oversimplifying, important debates and details have been left out, changing the entire debat. Just my 2c, keep your mind open at all times.

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