Global warming or not really?

So I read the Drudgereport pretty much every day... www.drudgereport.com

Most people say he's a republican (Matt Drudge) and he'd probably agree with you too, but I love his site for simplicity, and for his links to interesting articles, topical stories and because I think he usually posts both sides of an argument. I'd consider myself more leftward leaning... but I'm one of those people who thinks they're clever for saying that I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative. This means I couldn't care less if gay people want to get married or if folks want to smoke weed, but I'm all for cutting the fat out of government and irresponsible social programs.

Recently I've been reading about global warming. I once stood convinced that there was no question that man is responsible for this crisis. I recently read Michael Crichton's new novel on the subject and thought there was opposing food for thought. Then Drudge linked to this web video, a BBC documentary. If you have an hour and 15 mins to watch it I suggest you do, as I think it's a solid opposing view on the what I always took for granted as far as man's role in global warming is concerned.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4520665474899458831&q=the+great+swindle

Cheers,
Grizz

the video wouldnt play. do you have another link for it as I kind of dont want to comment till i see the video

Mark I totally forgot about this sorry.

Anyway I listened to/watched the video. The video is interesting pointing out the CO2 problem. I can agree with this as I dont think there is global warming per say. I feel that there has been a global climate change. To me these are different ideas. Im not sure if I agree with the video or Al Gore. Im somewhere in the middle. I think that something needs to be done about the hole in the ozone. I also think the oceans are rising and the icecaps melting. But then again we might be due for another global disaster (hence the doomsday theory of 12 21 2012) if this happens its too late to change.

I have no doubt man has a lot to do with it, but when it's Man vs. Mother Nature, she will win every time. We'll never destroy the Earth, only ourselves. I don't believe how bad some people make it out to be (he thought as he chiseled 1/2 inch of ice off his windows[SIZE=".5"][I live in Iowa][/SIZE]). Remember, 20 years ago the 'experts' were predicting another ice age.

I have no doubt that like Kyle said...humans have defintely made an impact on this world! That being said....

Theres scads of geological proof that the Earth goes through cycles of warming and cooling too. Its also wobbled on its axis and turned poles to the complete opposite of what they are today.

I don't pretend to understand the processes, I'm jusr regurgitating from History and The Discovery Channel.

Humans will fizzle out, all fast evolving critters do. When we're gone the Earth will continue on its way.


I'm hoping that when we're gone... nature will make a cool monkey cat hybrid with skin wings like a flying squirrel's. I call it the Flymonkeskwat.

As far as global warming is define,it is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near surface air and oceans.Somehow,we are not totally the reason why it happen but we contribute.Actions of people tend to absorb by environment and make the change.

*Sigh*, it just seems to me Mother Nature and the species Homo sapien are in a neck-and-neck race to see who can destroy the other first. So, yes, I believe global warming is a real phenomenon and that it's a side-product of this tragic competition between Man and Nature. :(

Maybe I'm the only one on the site who thinks differently, but I do not believe that global warming has nothing to do with mankind's existence on this planet. The holes in the ozone are not the result of our technology, it's because of the way ozone itself is created.

Ozone is generated when the sun's rays encounter the magnetic field that surrounds the planet, the field blocks the harmful rays and let the sunlight in that we all love. Because our planet is circular, the sun's rays are the weakest at the poles, and it is at the poles that the holes have been found. It's not because of pollutants eating away the ozone, it's the lack of sunlight that weakens it at those points.