Climate Change is natural, and to think we can do anything to stop it is absurd. The planet goes through cycles of heating and cooling, and it doesn't give a shit whether we like it or not.
Why worry about it? Why stress about something you can't control. The entire Western World could up and disappear tomorrow and it would have no impact, because it's not the West taking a giant shit on nature, it's the developing world, and they have no intention of stopping. So, let's assume we're all fucked. Why put a cap on our own economic progress, and standard of living, when it makes no difference?
The cult of Global Warming is nothing more than another religion focused around the end times.
The climate always changes and always has. Changes occur so slowly that they have to be measured on the scale of decades and centuries.
Are you saying that humans are now so powerful we can do with the weather as we wish? Rain, flooding, storms, wind, tornadoes, hurricanes, Earthquakes have always occurred, they've always caused disasters for humans.
Are you arguing suddenly humans get to adjust the entire planet's atmosphere to our own liking and set it higher or lower as we chose and as we see fit?
The climate has indeed always been changing. BUT climatologists have studied what caused climate change in the past and nothing that has driven warming in the past can explain what's happening now except the rapid input of greenhouse gasses.
Yes I am concerned and it is my responsibility, but it's a collective responsibility for everyone and if everyone actually made an effort to look after the planet, we could do great things! Unfortunately people have the attitude that they won't make a difference themselves but the more people who have that mindset, the less likely anything will improve quickly! It doesn't help the US have an idiot for a president who doesn't believe in or understand climate change. It is the people with the most power and money who can do the most, so it's a huge drawback when they're reluctant to do anything.
I'm not even a little concerned and I don't understand why you seem to think I'd be ashamed of that. Reading the poll options I thought you were a 16-year-old tumblr snowflake, but i guess you're a 46-year-old tumblr snowflake. Unless you lied about your age, that wouldn't surprise me.
I'll give you credit for your courage to speak your mind with reckless regard despite the name-calling. You have the right to express yourself however you see fit just as much as I have the right to post a poll in whatever way I want. We've come to the right place for that. For the record, I never lie about my age.
I am not surprised that climate change deniers exist in this word.
What I find shocking is that educated people in industrialized countries deny that global warming could be influenced by mankind.
Science has brought you the ability to connect to people on the other side of the world through a wireless device you can hold in your hand. You might be using that device right now. Actually, every manmade object that you see, touch or hear in your daily life has been enhanced in some way by scientific achievements. But when the scientific community says that mankind almost certainly plays a role in global warming, people scoff at the idea and say it can't be credible. This is not wacko fringe science. Some of the best and brightest minds are saying that this is a serious problem. Maybe we should listen.
I still remember the coming "New Ice Age" that would be caused by sunlight being blocked out, by sulfur dioxides (not just that Acid Rain), more clouds from jet aircraft vapor trails, and industrial man kicking up dust in general. So pardon my skepticism about people with an agenda to take away my money and liberties.
By the way, remember when Polar Bears were going extinct, rather than romping through Churchill and other northern Canada towns like they always have? Good times!
We are already past the point of no return, it baffles me that people are still trying to debate this when we’ve already had warming and sea level rise. This is very likely to get very bad. I think most Americans don’t realize the Midwest is running out of water.
The climate has been changing constantly for millions of years. We've had an Ice Age and periods of warming. I agree The climate is changing but that's nothing new. I just think we need to adapt to the changing climate rather than worry that it's a Doomsday scenario.
And what that has driven warming in the past is driving it now? Because if you can't identify it then this whole "climate has always been changing argument" is just a cop out.
It's a major point of focus here in the UK at least, often talk about how much of a concern it is... then again, the commercialisation of 4x4s by pretty much every UK car manufacturer is still legal, and encouraged actually.
Blatant, inexcusable hypocrisy. They are military or farming vehicles. Anyone who drives one for any other purpose cannot talk about a concern for environmentalism without exposing themselves as a narrow minded hypocrite.
I do acknowledge climate change and its affects on the world. I do acknowledge that humanity had a strong hand in the acceleration of climate change. But am I concerned about it? Not really, if we can't survive it, then we don't deserve to survive at all.
None of the above. No and to some point yes is the answer… of course the 3rd world destruction of the rain forests, industrial pollution and using the oceans as a garbage dumb does not help. But when it comes changing the temperatures, we have had an unusual amount of volcanic activity this past year and each incident puts more pollutants into the air than all human active put together.
Im far more concerned about those first few things you mentioned. Those are things we can quantify and control. Let's focus on fixing the things we can control. We can clean up water to an extent, plant trees and find alternatives to using wood (in many cases), and many companies are already collecting and recycling much of their waste and by products. Im a machinist, and every company I've worked at collects and recycles waste oil, cutting fluid (often called coolant), and the material left over after cutting parts (chips).
@Sixgun77 - Look what Asia is doing: Indonesia uses dynamite to fish, in the process 40% of the kill is too young to use and the coral reefs are damaged. Indonesia’s coral reefs are the worlds fish hatchery when they are gone so are the fish…what does the UN do? NOTHING …. Indonesia burns its forest once a year before planning…. It destroys the soil, sends smoke so that in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar the people need ware gas masks and causes respiratory problems. Indonesia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos us the oceans as a trach been dumping into them their raw waste materials. (2018 figures) As for air Pollution Mongolia #1, Myanmar #2, Afghanistan #3, Bangladesh #4, Lebanon #5, Nigeria #6, Vietnam is #7, Egypt #8, Nepal #9 and Monaco #10. China comes in #12, the first civilized country is South Korea at #64, France is the first Western country at #77, the USA is #86. All of this to say yes there are issues, but its not the civilized countries that are causing the them. When I visit Beijing, my daughter meets me at the airport with a gasmask, one that I used when I was in the military where we had to go into the gas chamber in our practices.
Im not disagreeing with any of that, since I only know about my experiences in the United states. Those nations you mention need to work on curbing those practices. I may not be wording things properly but I'm definitely on the same page as you.
Yeah kinda freaked me out this morning thinking about the harsh weather these past weeks and how literally nothing is being done to fix it. I’ll give it a few decades left
We as humans are going to fuck up the only life sustaining planet in our galaxy
I don't believe in climate change. I believe in weather being a little bit colder or warmer than normal... I don't believe it's going to kill everyone in 50 years time, or ever for that fact.
You should be concerned since you will suffer the most, and a young girl. The result of climate change is extreme weather, causing many natural disasters like flooding, volcano eruption, earthquakes etc..
If you don't think increased extreme weather is a problem, then you are truly ignorant.
@smølf I'm not a scientist but if climate change is happening then the damage is already done. Extreme weather is nothing new, it happens. Weather is not constant and neither is climate.
@Littlewife you are right about it about it happening and the damage is already done.
You should be worried though since it increases extreme weather, it will be more often and more extreme than in any other time period in human history, and more importantly in our lifetime. It has been going on for more than 40 years as it is, and will get rapidly worse over the next two decades. It will notice and feel the difference before your 40th birthday.
It is that fast. Had it been in a 100 years, then who cares, but it's in our lifetime so it matters to us.
When I say worry, I don't mean cry at home and do nothing else. I mean take precautions, have insurance coverage, don't buy a house at the cost lines etc..
@smølf well it's too early to predict and the extreme weather you speak off is not so extreme. If the damage is done then no need to worry as there's nothing more we can do. Scientists still can't decide if climate change means global warming of another ice age.
@Littlewife Not true at all, we know the end result. All the Co2 from oil, gas, and coal is from the age of the dinosaurs. If fully released we will get the same climate as they had.
Globally temperated zone without icy poles. The predictions are based on the past and our knowledge, so it's not way too early. The is no bases for an ice age.
The majority of scientists can decide, and this is what matters. But no matter, you've realized this in time.
@smølf why would she be concerned? She can't do anything about it, I can't do anything about it, and obviously the scientists can't either. Sorry bro. If we're done we're done. Not saying climate change isn't real but there's no solution. Earth is meant to get warmer. We're just speeding it up is all. I don't worry about things I can't control. Neither should you or anyone else. This question is just ridiculous anymore...
@smølf actually I'm not wrong. There are almost 10 billion people on this earth. Not everyone is going to stop what they're doing right now to address climate change. Sorry but it's true. People have their own lives to live. Most would rather not spend their lives worrying about something they have NO CONTROL over. If you have the time, money, and resources to spend your life working on climate change then more power to you. Most of us though have our own issues and concerns that far outweigh climate change. As I said before though. If you have the time, money, and resources to make a difference then be that difference you want to see in the world.
The climate is always changing. It has been going on for millions of years now. There is nothing we can do to stop it. The only thing the government will do is drain more cash out of the taxpayers pockets.
I'm really concerned, the weather changes have been dramatic and not only with just severe cold and warmth, there's been more hurricanes and I'm sure tsunamis and going to start happening more too
Yes I am, but many people are pretty stupid and refuse to do anything good for the planet if it happens to inconvenience them in the slightest. It's pathetic, but that's how people are.
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