by jangobean on February 2nd, 2007

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Is planet earth doomed? Can we save it? (I'm referring to today's news about global warming).

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by Anonymous on February 2nd, 2007
I think that there is probably a bit of scare mongering going on, but at the same time the fears are valid.
I reckon we'll be the death of ourselves in one way or another sooner or later. I think we'll all blow each other off the face of the earth before we destroy it, and the earth will recover (albeit a different place).
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- Who is scaremongering? The scientists? Why would they do that?
  
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  by jangobean on February 2nd, 2007
- Maybe because the actual facts didn't get noticed in the least and the only way to get the ears of ANYBODY nowadays is to go over the top?
  
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  by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on February 2nd, 2007
- I agree jervinator
  
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  by BobSaccamano-is-back on February 2nd, 2007
- Well said, saved me the typing Jervinator :)
  
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  by Anonymous on February 2nd, 2007
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by Glenn Blaylock on February 2nd, 2007
I just happened across a series of articles (http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=22003a0d-37cc-4399-8bcc-39cd20bed2f6&k=0) that I think everyone here should read. In recent years those that support the scare campaign known as global warming have increasingly tried to dismiss those that disagree with them on this issue as being untrustworthy, in the pockets of of various industries, cranks, and/or one the periphery of the scientific community. In this series of articles the credentials of several global warming critics are examined and their arguments presented. If you will take the time to go through the articles, you will find that they are not what the global warming advocates claim they are. You will also get a perspective that such people don't want you to have.

One of the articles that I found particularly interesting (http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=edae9952-3c3e-47ba-913f-7359a5c7f723&k=0) tells about how Mars is also experiencing warming. Obviously, it would be very hard to make an argument that we humans are responsible for Martian global warming. So, perhaps another explanation should be sought that accounts for the changes in the climates of both planets.

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"jangobean: Like i've said previously, the big problem isn't what or who has caused it - the problem is what are we going to do about it?"

If we don't really know what is causing climate change, then how can we really formulate a response to it? For example, before we discovered that it was microscopic organisms that cause diseases, people tried many different things to cure people. Most of the time, the "cures" were ineffective at best to deadly at worst. Until you understand the true nature of a problem, you are not likely to be able to find the solution to that problem. If global warming is caused by wholly natural processes, as some contend, then all of the solutions that the environmentalist propose would have us crippling our economies for nothing. Ever since the inception of modern environmentalism, the environmentalists have been making predictions of doom. Back in the late 70's and early 80's the fear was not global warming, it was global cooling. The were predicting that we were heading into a new ice age. That did not get enough attention. One of the gurus of the environmental movement, Paul Ehrlich predicted wide spread famines cause be a shortage of most resource because he said the Earth was getting over populated. However, ALL of his prediction proved to be grossly exaggerated to just plain wrong. Despite the track record people still listen to him. The fact of the matter is that the dire predictions of these people keep failing to materialize. Yet they want us to listen to them and alter behavior based on this faulty track record. I will take them more seriously when they can actually start to make accurate predictions.

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I have been slowly working my way through the series of articles to which I linked above. If you don't read any of the other, you really should read "The original denier: into the cold" (http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=63ab844f-8c55-4059-9ad8-89de085af353&k=0). This one describes the politics that go on behind the scenes of the IPCC. It talks about how the report summaries are not written by the scientists, but by politicians and how they really do not reflect the findings in the reports themselves. It also talks about how those that support the cataclysmic predictions are rewarded with research grants and those that question these conclusions are punished through character assassination and the withdrawal of funding.

This issue of funding is particularly interesting because it reveals the hypocrisy of the global warming alarmists because one of the criticisms that they level against those that dispute their finding is that they are being funded by industry. So, of course their findings are biased. However, we are supposed to ignore the fact that this issue of funding based bias is a two edged sword. If we can't trust the scientists who are funded by industry, the why should we trust the scientists who face the very real possibility of being destroyed academically and financially if they don't tow the alarmist line?
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- Like i've said previously, the big problem isn't what or who has caused it - the problem is what are we going to do about it?
  
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  by jangobean on February 3rd, 2007
- Wow, a very interesting answer Glenn. This gives a completwely different view on the situation. Are the articles that you have referred to true?
  
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  by Biggie15 on February 4th, 2007
- I have not reason to distrust these articles. I have similar things from other sources as well. Have a look at the following as well (http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/16560147.htm).
  
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  by Glenn Blaylock on February 4th, 2007
- Another good article. I noticed a poll on Global Warming on that site and voted in it. Many of the people who commented on it shared the same view as you
  
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  by Biggie15 on February 4th, 2007
- Except he's pulling out shit from the right wing, if you really wanna see what's going on, read these, you'll be set straight as to why they're doing that (by the way, this is where they got the idea for the townhall meetings and the spectacle against healthcare reform). There's no political agenda here just the truth:
  
  Oil firms fund climate change 'denial'
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jan/27/environment.science
  Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2006/sep/20/oilandpetrol.business
  The Truth About Denial
  http://www.newsweek.com/id/32482
  Deniers of global warming harm us
  http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/323181_joel11.html
  Exxon to cut funding to climate change denial groups
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/28/climatechange.fossilfuels
  
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  by Rinky Dinky Do on August 28th, 2009
- EXXON Exposed
  http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/catalyst/exxon-exposed.html
  Ex-Bush Aide Who Edited Climate Reports to Join ExxonMobil
  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/science/14cnd-climate.html?_r=2&oref=slogin
  Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming
  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/08climate.html?ex=1275883200&en=22149dd80c073dd8&ei=5089
  Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science
  http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/ExxonMobil-GlobalWarming-tobacco.html
  What's At Stake? Exxpose Exxon
  http://ga3.org/campaign/ExxposeExxon/explanation
  Exxon vs. Reason
  http://www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow/224378/exxon_vs_reason
  Denial industry
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_denial
  Oil Lobby to Fund Campaign Against Obama's Climate Change Strategy
  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/14-11
  BP and Shell Warned to Halt Campaign Against US Climate Change Bill
  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/20-6
  “Astroturf Activism”: Leaked Memo Reveals Oil Industry Effort to Stage Rallies Against Climate Legislation
  http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/21/astroturf_activism_leaked_memo_reveals_oil
  
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  by Rinky Dinky Do on August 28th, 2009
- Now, that up there is the reason for the denial. These articles will show what is truly happening (which is consistent with those above articles). These are all well-accredited organizations, recognized and respected world-wide, unless what you were given before which was produced by pseudo-scientists paid by Big Oil and embraced by the Right Wing as their bible. Please notice that you were provided with only one source before:
  
  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  http://www.ipcc.ch/
  IPCC’s Climate Change Report 2007
  http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf
  The Encyclopedia of Earth
  http://www.eoearth.org/article/Global_warming
  Union of Concerned Scientists
  http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/findings-of-the-ipcc-fourth.html
  
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  by Rinky Dinky Do on August 28th, 2009
- And I can provide many links to people who disagree with you. You can continue to claim, like the rest of your alarmist buddies, that we are responsible for global warming, but the facts tell me differently. It all comes down to the fact that you and your buddies are trying to blame CO2 levels for changes in the climate, despite the fact that CO2 is NOT the primary gas that traps heat (not by a long shot) and that the historical record shows that CO2 levels FOLLOW temperature changes. The cause CAN'T follow the effect. You and your ilk continue to insist upon this bad science based on computer models that can't even accurate predict current conditions, yet you expect us to believe that they are predicting the future. Sorry, but I don't buy it.
  
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  by Glenn Blaylock on August 29th, 2009
- I can, and have, posted many sites here that support the opposition. Of course, you would rather believe that those that oppose your point of view are all in the pay of the oil lobby and, therefore are biased. You will keep asserting this while ignoring that fact that many of those that promote the human caused global warming myth receive funding from groups that benefit from that point of view. Never mind the fact that scaring people into believing this helps to protect THEIR jobs. They can't possibly be biased in their own way.
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  Finally, I like the one article that you posted above (http://www.guardian.co.uk/.../...ndpetrol.business). In my opinion, this pretty much says it all. True science is about debating ideas. The people on your side aren't interested in this. They want to silence those that disagree with them. They want to deny them the right to speak out. This is the sign of someone who knows that they are wrong, but don't want to admit it.
  
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  by Glenn Blaylock on August 29th, 2009
- Here we go. We make up the lies and believe them ourselves! In the meantime, you're all oblivious to the way to hurt others with them. Hate mongering & screweing up everything in the name of your political agenda is all you right wingers know how to do well
  
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  by Rinky Dinky Do on August 29th, 2009
- Hate mongering? Well, if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black. Need I point out again that it is your very own reference that show that it is YOUR SIDE that is trying to stifle free debate. You are the ones put forward the myth that there is a concensus on this issue and then try to assassinate the character of anyone who dares to disagree with you. I hate to burst your bubble, but your so-called concensus does NOT exist and the science is NOT settled. Just at this site alone (http://www.petitionproject.org/) there are many times the number of scientist that dispute that we are causing global warmng than have signed your precious IPCC report. I know that you are just going to dismiss us all as being right-wing shills, but there is a very sizable group of legitimate, fully trained scientists that don't agree with you.
  
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  by Glenn Blaylock on August 29th, 2009
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by Volt on February 5th, 2007
I don't think planet Earth is doomed but I do think the majority of life including our own is doomed due to our selfishness and disregard for everything when it comes to how fast we can progress. I think that when we eventually wipe ourselves and the life out, this planet will be happy at the chance to rapair itself without the fleas that have been sucking it dry.

*Imagines the earth as a dog being de-flea'd)*
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- good answer - the earth will still be here long after mankind has disappeared.
  
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  by jangobean on February 5th, 2007
- Have you seen any of The Matrix films?
  In the movie it was mentioned that humans are like bacteria or viruses.
  
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  by Volt on February 5th, 2007
- Yes, I've seen all the matrix films, if you consider the length of time mankind has inhabited the earth and compare it to the actual age of the earth, we are but a mere speck.
  
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  by jangobean on February 5th, 2007
- No, I am on about the scene where the guy is being tortured or interrogated in a room with a big glass wall.
  
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  by Volt on February 5th, 2007
- Yes, I know which bit you mean, I was reiterating the point you were making.
  
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  by jangobean on February 5th, 2007
- Okay,understood.
  
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  by Volt on February 7th, 2007
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by Anonymous on February 2nd, 2007
I think we can make it better but as for reversing it, I am not so sure. Alot of damage has been done already to the environment, climate, humans and animals as a result. I am just glad I won't be around in 25-30 years to see what the atmosphere and climate are like on Earth.
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by Anonymous on February 2nd, 2007
The Earth is not doomed.

See: http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/86559
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- good read, I will start up on that whole breathing CO2 thing, give it the old college try...fix the entire problem :)
  
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  by BobSaccamano-is-back on February 2nd, 2007
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by WiseUser on February 2nd, 2007
No, we are not doomed global warming is the heating of earth, this is caused my humans abusing of too many things. yes, we humans can stop it but some people in the world still mess up because they are not taking it seriously.
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- We CAN, but we WON'T.
  
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  by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on February 2nd, 2007
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by prisoner on August 31st, 2009
Um.. what "news"? Tabloids? "The Globe", "The SUN", "National Examiner"?
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by Tamilze on February 5th, 2007
If the Earth is doomed due to global warming, there isn't much we could do about it. Sure, we can try to prevent things like global warming by making a concious effort to support ecological mindedness worldwide. In the end though, it will eventually happen. That's if it even is happening, because I don't trust whatever I hear lately, especially stuff that causes big scares like this. If we really are doomed, why worry about it? We can't stop it, so just sit back and relax, and await the last moments of mankind.
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by Firebrand on February 4th, 2007
No I do not believe the earth is doomed . Every few weeks new reports are coming out full of scare stories . The one where the hole in the Ozone layer is actually closing got very little news time at all.
What are we really supposed to believe.
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by jin jang on February 4th, 2007
From what top climatic scientests say ,global warming has started and cannot be reversed.They do say that I can slowed by cutting back on greenhouse gases.It is logical that if we keep consuming greenhouse gases at the wastefull rate we are doing now,then it will not be slowed down.Maybe it is a good idea to carpool,use the car only when necessary.Turn down the heat when away from the home.The real effects will be see by the generations to come.
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by Constel on February 2nd, 2007
we canT' save, we'Re doomed, everything we will do will simply slow global warming....
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by Wendora on February 2nd, 2007
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/10/1/article_02.htm

If it is God's purpose for the meek to inherit the earth, he will step in to save it before it is ruined.
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by MasterS on September 26th, 2009
We can, but it remains to be seen whether we will or not.
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by Tom on August 31st, 2009
It took a long time for the earth to react from our misuse of the environment, so we have an equally long time to make changes and fixes before we are doomed.
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by Rinky Dinky Do on August 28th, 2009
We're pretty much done. We're too greedy, too stupid, too selfish, too apathetic to even save ourselves. This dialogue says it much better than I ever could, it's from the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008):

Helen Benson: I need to know what's happening.

Klaatu: This planet is dying. The human race is killing it.

Helen Benson: So you've come here to help us.

Klaatu: No, *I* didn't.

Helen Benson: You said you came to save us.

Klaatu: I said I came to save the Earth.

Helen Benson: You came to save the Earth... from us. You came to save the Earth *from* us.

Klaatu: We can’t risk the survival of this planet for the sake of one species.

Helen Benson: What are you saying?

Klaatu: If the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the Earth survives. There are only a handful of planets in the cosmos that are capable of supporting complex life...

Helen Benson: You can’t do this.

Klaatu: ...this one can't be allowed to perish.
Helen Benson: We can change. We can still turn things around.

Klaatu: We've watched, we've waited and hoped that you *would* change.

Helen Benson: Please...

Klaatu: It's reached the tipping point. We have to act.

Helen Benson: Please...

Klaatu: We'll undo the damage you've done and give the Earth a chance to begin again.

Helen Benson: Don't do this. Please, we can change. We can change.

Klaatu: The decision is made. The process has begun.

Helen Benson: Oh God.

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Unfortunately, Mother Earth is not that lucky. We *can't* change!
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by tapatio on August 28th, 2009
Probably nuclear war will destroy Earth before Climate Change is able to. In any case, many of us are awaiting Jesus' return to Earth to take us to Heaven and judge everyone else. I predict Armageddon will precede our doom by global warming.
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by Norman_Outside the lines on February 7th, 2007
As I search my "crystal ball" ...
YES WERE DOOMED. ( doomed I say !! )
1) grab your ankels and kiss your butt good bye!
2) don t bother paying any more bills
There s no point to anymore
3) go make mad passonite love as often as you want / can, NOT much time LEFT!
4) Go shopping buy what you want, The end will be here before the bills do !
5) Forget about school .. there wont be a
graduation anyway!
6) stay up all night And party if you will, Waiting for the big "KADOO"
&) yup were gonnere, gonzo, lights out, Kaput,
Treminated, GOOOD BYEE !!
OH WAITE !! thats just a smear on the crystal
ball.
I was wrong... WE ARE GOING TO BE OK .
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by daryle on September 26th, 2009
we can save by useing the rocket.the rocket must be big,stong
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by PunkMaister on April 15th, 2010
OK my 2 cents if we slow down climate change then we will in turn have time to find ways to reverse the damaging effects that have been set in motion, this has been done before and it can be done again.

We are only doomed if we allow ourselves to be doomed. But it would be monumentally stupid, like somebody ramming a retaining wall with his or her car at full speed deliberately and without wearing a seat-belt.
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by evandad on September 26th, 2009
We're even more screwed than we were on 2-2-07
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by mother earth on September 26th, 2009
The earth is not doomed. It will survive. However, we may not.
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