Post by teddy on Feb 27, 2008 13:56:55 GMT
Feel free to move this if you think this is not the best place for this topic.
Here are my views on Global Warming:
The temperature of the earth is always changing, for many different reasons, but mainly due to factors such as sun spots, the precession of the equinoxes, el nino, and so on. In the last century the temperatures have increased but not in a way that is extraordinary. So is global warming man-made or natural? I believe it is mostly, if not entirely natural. Simply put, carbon dioxide accounts for about 0.05% of the atmosphere, and so as a green house gas has less of an effect than, say, water vapour. Al Gore's documentary attempts to show that temperatures go up & down according to changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The counter argument is that in reality as temperatures go up, more carbon dioxide is emitted by the oceans into the atmosphere, and when they go down, the oceans absorb it. Which is true? Common sense tells me that carbon dioxide is not a driving force in the greenhouse effect. More likely is the Sun's activity with regards to Sun Spots. Either way, the fact has not been proved as it is a complex business, but common sense tells me it's more to do with the sun than carbon dioxide.
Now, why? People are under the misconception that the US have been blocking attempts to deal with global warming for years. Well, what better way to make the world believe that global warming is in fact a real problem? Also, it is not true that the US has ignored it, because for years now it has been pouring billions into the "global warming" industry. Scientists are not in agreement about whether it is man-made, but the ones you hear from are those on the man-made global warming side of the debate .What's in it for them? Well, plenty of funding for their projects for a start. Also, I am suspicious of the part played by the Environmentalist movement in all of this, that at the upper echelons of the movement are driven by people also with other agendas, such as Eugenics.
Is this like Nuclear weapons? Once we in the west have them, let's have a treaty that says nobody else can manufacture them? Is the concern now that with peak oil a reality, it's time to control consumption with the Kyoto treaty so that we maintain current levels and prevent expansion? Surely that would harm the developing nations, and also nations like China whose demand is growing massively? Wouldn't the petroleum companies be glad that they are now able to increase the prices today while reducing consumption, therefore keeping profits sustained but for a longer period of time? And what about Al Gore? His involvement in this is like a smoking gun! His movie "An Inconvient Truth" was extremely emotive but did not discuss the fact that one of the proposed solutions is for a global fuel tax - more money for governments and international bankers, I feel.
Global warming is a reality, but I don't think it's man made, and I also believe that in 20 years we'll look back and see what a massive hoax this was.
There are some documentaries on this which I'll post at a later time.
Here are my views on Global Warming:
The temperature of the earth is always changing, for many different reasons, but mainly due to factors such as sun spots, the precession of the equinoxes, el nino, and so on. In the last century the temperatures have increased but not in a way that is extraordinary. So is global warming man-made or natural? I believe it is mostly, if not entirely natural. Simply put, carbon dioxide accounts for about 0.05% of the atmosphere, and so as a green house gas has less of an effect than, say, water vapour. Al Gore's documentary attempts to show that temperatures go up & down according to changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The counter argument is that in reality as temperatures go up, more carbon dioxide is emitted by the oceans into the atmosphere, and when they go down, the oceans absorb it. Which is true? Common sense tells me that carbon dioxide is not a driving force in the greenhouse effect. More likely is the Sun's activity with regards to Sun Spots. Either way, the fact has not been proved as it is a complex business, but common sense tells me it's more to do with the sun than carbon dioxide.
Now, why? People are under the misconception that the US have been blocking attempts to deal with global warming for years. Well, what better way to make the world believe that global warming is in fact a real problem? Also, it is not true that the US has ignored it, because for years now it has been pouring billions into the "global warming" industry. Scientists are not in agreement about whether it is man-made, but the ones you hear from are those on the man-made global warming side of the debate .What's in it for them? Well, plenty of funding for their projects for a start. Also, I am suspicious of the part played by the Environmentalist movement in all of this, that at the upper echelons of the movement are driven by people also with other agendas, such as Eugenics.
Is this like Nuclear weapons? Once we in the west have them, let's have a treaty that says nobody else can manufacture them? Is the concern now that with peak oil a reality, it's time to control consumption with the Kyoto treaty so that we maintain current levels and prevent expansion? Surely that would harm the developing nations, and also nations like China whose demand is growing massively? Wouldn't the petroleum companies be glad that they are now able to increase the prices today while reducing consumption, therefore keeping profits sustained but for a longer period of time? And what about Al Gore? His involvement in this is like a smoking gun! His movie "An Inconvient Truth" was extremely emotive but did not discuss the fact that one of the proposed solutions is for a global fuel tax - more money for governments and international bankers, I feel.
Global warming is a reality, but I don't think it's man made, and I also believe that in 20 years we'll look back and see what a massive hoax this was.
There are some documentaries on this which I'll post at a later time.
