Is Climate Change a hoax?

[DrAdams]

I agree with President Trump that it certainly is.

Yes

No

[Anonymous]

I personally see it as a balance. I believe climate change is occurring but not in the drastic degree a lot of outlets and people like to claim.

I believe it is utilized to manipulate people to vote for or sometimes just except huge spending bills in the name of combating climate change and I have a strong suspicion that a lot of money is laundered that way in the world of politics.

Because people that speak about climate change such as Al Gore or Leonardo DiCaprio show with their actions that they don't think climate change is serious. Like when Al Gore predictions came wrong from his film instead of saying hey isn't this guy like a television evangelist? Selling us a doomsday that didn't happen as he claimed would? Instead of taking pausing and maybe not listening to him with such certainty they do mental gymnastics to come up with reasons why climate change is just as dire as ever.

Ignoring their private jets and mansions that eat up more power that tons of people would ever utilize in their lifetime. My favorite was when DiCaprio took his private jet thousands and thousands of miles to accept an environmental award; I mean if you care so much for the environment shouldn't you limit your private jet trips unless fully needed and work to fly first class commercial which has more justification since it is transporting many people?

That's why I believe that while it is important to respect the environment and do our individual parts to keep the nature around us clean and healthy in coexistence I do believe bad faith people in power in collaboration with certain outlets utilize alarmist fear to manipulate people to both control them and increase taxes. I know many don't truly care to make impactful changes because very few ever discuss the best option we have for cleaner renewable energy and that is in the nuclear power area. One of the few people in recent memory who tried to bring that issue to the forefront was Andrew Yang and yet his party downplayed and even outright overstepped his points and information on the matter.

That is why I hope more people if they see lack of evidence and the half truths and full lies of various people who tout this around they will at least consider the possibility that they are being manipulated and their kindness and concern for our Earth is being exploited. But, that's just my two cents.

[Garud]

Summers are hotter. Winters are shorter and colder. The monsoon and rainy season is changing a lot.
But the measures being taken are from the point of view of making money.
Not to solve the main causes, because that is how political parties get funded.

Instead of distributing green energy technology, it is being sold with huge profit margins behind it, which leads to buyers developing their own technology. Due to this, it is taking a lot of time to resolve this issue.

So this raises a question whether climate change is as serious an issue for these people as it makes out to be?

Global warming is happening. Pollution is increasing. Yes.

But nothing has been done in my country in the name of increasing taxes on climate change.

For example, we can use two-wheelers as long as they can run. The government has put a limit of 10 to 15 years on this because old vehicles emit more smoke. They also do pollution tests every 3 months to keep the pollution emitted by vehicles under control. And other taxes like green tax.
What happened is that the pollution certificate makers are making money. Vehicle manufacturers are making money. The government is also making money and can show on paper that people are buying vehicles, which means the economy is good.
It seems that dumping a vehicle every 10-15 years is causing less pollution than a vehicle used for 30 years.

My government did nothing to replace old building materials. They cause a lot of pollution during the manufacturing process. There is silence on the use of new materials, which cause less pollution, recycle industrial waste and are cheaper to produce...

[Anonymous]

If you don't have a high school education one might think this.

[saraupstairs]

The hoax is that these idiots think humans can fix it.

[Lliam]

The idea of too much man-made CO2 and the need to go all electric to counteract is certainly is a hoax.
That is a scam to profit from lithium mining, selling electric cars and appliances, monopolizing energy distribution, and controlling human activity.

There may be climate change. But it could be due to the sun and Earth's natural cycles. It could be exacerbated by clear cutting jungles and forests, or modern farming practices, or other forms of pollution (chemicals and plastics) that destroy ecosystems.
Then there are the various means of "climate modification" that have been going on for decades.

[shortster]

The hoax is that climate change will destroy the planet. We are currently in an Interglacial Period of the current Ice Age. Global warming will put us into a Tropical Age; the last one was during the Mezoic Era, when the dinosaurs were the dominant species. It is worth noting that currently atmospheric CO2 is about 400 ppm. Atmospheric CO2 was 1500-1700 ppm during the Mezoic Era. To quote Jeff Goldblum's character in Jurassic Park, "Life finds a way." Also I totally forgot BD Wong was in the original.

[shortster]

Oops forgot the link.

https://youtu.be/kiVVzxoPTtg?feature=shared

[Dargil]

Human causes is the greatest hoax in human history. Communism is second. Global Warming happens cyclically for reasons beyond what Hockey Stick can account for. Human caused GW is an unproven hypothesis with Zero (0) repeatable, peer substantiated evidence.

[AviatorTom]

Climate change is real. Our planet has had several significant climate changes over the centuries and millennia. The question is how much we humans have effected climate change, and that is still being debated.

[Syntosi]

There is more proof for climate change than there is for gravity. You can deny it all you want but its not like denying gravity will let you fly away (unfortunately)

[NamerOfStars]

Step outside and look up. See the great Precambrian ice shell encasing the planet? No? Then there's your answer.

[Astarlessnightsky]

I lost my faith in humanity again looking at the poll. Why do so many people believe its a hoax?

[sawno]

Climate change itself no, man made climate catastrophe due to co2 emissions yes.

[John_Cobretti]

I don't know we've been hearing about how "Environment is about to be destroyed in the next 5 years" ... for the past 50 years.

[exitseven]

Yes, if you notice evertone who is pushing this will get rich.

[Cubus]

Climate change is real. The problem is the left is willing to sacrifice the economy just to address climate change

[In_Trance]

I don't know how people can believe it's real when not one climate change prediction has become true ever

[BarryLiverstone]

Nope. The climate always changes. The only disagreements are the timing

[seeyounexttuesday]

The climate changes. I don’t think me paying more taxes is a factor in it.

[msc545]

No it is not a hoax. You want it to be a hoax to protect your profits.

[GOLDFISH_smile]

What makes you think it's a hoax?

[Apple1996]

I think so yes

[FunkyMonkee]

ABSOLUTELY!!