Global Warming does it exist?

[RIROCKHOUND]

The hurricane 'trend' is tough to prove, but I believe there is some credibility to it. As far as cooling: IF you increase melt from the Greenland ice cap, and make the oceans a bit warmer you can slow down the conveyor belt of the Gulf Stream and actually cool Europe and that part of the world. Global warming doesn't mean uniform temp increases across the world. take it or leave it.

[Raven]

we had the most hurricanes ever recorded last year.
If that isn't proof...... what is.

hurricanes are spawned by warm water mixing with cold air
instead of how land storms form ...cold air mixing with warm air.

the glaciers and ice are melting at a rate 8 times faster than normal.

that guy Grey is a crackpot and totally close minded to the facts.
he's no friggan gardener thats for sure.

our weather has become increasingly more extreme.

things like water towers freezing completely solid
first time in our recorded history. thats CHANGE

he refuses to admit that anything has changed??

with global warming comes ice melting and MORE
precipitation..thats why it's raining like mad in JULY.

if he thinks the seasons haven't changed at all
he's so locked up into a stuffy old office he's clueless.

i wanna bitch slap that old fool.

[stripersnipr]

Originally Posted by Raven

we had the most hurricanes ever recorded last year.
If that isn't proof...... what is.

I don't think that is exactly right. 2006 produced a below average number of Hurricanes mainly due to cooler than normal sea temperatures in the Western Atlantic.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

I think global warming is happeneing. In fact i know its happening. But there has always been rises and dips in temperature throughout the history of our world. Is the current warming trend man made or naturally occuring is the question. I think we are helping it along. It pisses me off that people bicker whether global warming is happeneing or not in reguards to changing the way we live through policy changes, etc... We should be trying to clean up the air and the environment in general whether or not global warming is taking place, its just the right thing to do.

ps when i say it pisses me off when people bicker about global warnming, i wasnt refering to this site or the people that already posted. Im talkin about the people of the world that make decisions that effect the world as a whole.

[Skip N]

Originally Posted by Raven

we had the most hurricanes ever recorded last year.
If that isn't proof...... what is.

hurricanes are spawned by warm water mixing with cold air
instead of how land storms form ...cold air mixing with warm air.

the glaciers and ice are melting at a rate 8 times faster than normal.

that guy Grey is a crackpot and totally close minded to the facts.
he's no friggan gardener thats for sure.

our weather has become increasingly more extreme.

things like water towers freezing completely solid
first time in our recorded history. thats CHANGE

he refuses to admit that anything has changed??

with global warming comes ice melting and MORE
precipitation..thats why it's raining like mad in JULY.

if he thinks the seasons haven't changed at all
he's so locked up into a stuffy old office he's clueless.

i wanna bitch slap that old fool.

I guess you're the expert on the subject, and the real expert knows nothing? Ummm ok

[Slipknot]

who knows? maybe the guy is just a contrarian

all those greenhouse gases can't be good for the atmoshere
I wish the rainforests weren't being wiped out as fast as they can burn them

[buckman]

Hold on to your wallets guys. Globel warming, real or not, is going to be used by other countries that are not as fortunate as ours, to bring our economy to a grinding halt. The big scam of "carbon credits" is only the begining. You are going to see enviromentally based taxes on everything the "experts" think is related to global warming

[spence]

Originally Posted by buckman

Hold on to your wallets guys. Globel warming, real or not, is going to be used by other countries that are not as fortunate as ours, to bring our economy to a grinding halt.

This has long been a right wing talking point that's been pushed to the extreme by an energy lobby hell bent on killing the debate.

Put all the opinions into a bucket, mix well and you still have a scientific assessment that indicates human activity is having a measureable impact on global temperatures.

The anti-global warming position is designed to do one thing, maintain the status quo. Even if the alarmists are not justified, doing nothing could have dramatic consequences.

But perhaps even more important, the innovation required to drive a green economy could be a critical factor in sustaining the US economy long-term.

Instead corporate interests focused on short-term profit are simply extracting energy from existing sources that by all account have a limited lifespan.

-spence

Food and wine they had aplenty
And they slept beneath the stars
The people were contented
And the gods watched from afar

But the winter fell upon them
And it caught them unprepared
Bringing wolves and cold starvation
And the hearts of men despaired ...

-neil peart

[baldwin]

I like the poem, Spence. And as far as the hang on to your wallets nonsense: I wouldn't ruin the earth for any money. I believe that we aren't going to leave the earth to future generations, we're merely borrowing it from them.

[afterhours]

[QUOTE=Slipknot;

all those greenhouse gases can't be good for the atmoshere
I wish the rainforests weren't being wiped out as fast as they can burn them [/QUOTE]

yup...