BF2S Forums What is your stance on global warming?

Global Warming is real, whether that's upto natural earthly patterns or SUV's I'm not so sure, probably both. Whatever the case, we need to cut down on pollution for health and environmental reasons and we need to prepare for Climate change so we don't get fucked over when it happens.

So none of your options in the poll, Null Vote.

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Definitely not a myth.

A decade ago, it was usually around 20-24 degrees Celsius in June (where I live)
Now it's around 30-40 degrees.

Ryan wrote:

Definitely not a myth.

A decade ago, it was usually around 20-24 degrees Celsius in June (where I live)
Now it's around 30-40 degrees.

One Christmas Day in Cleveland, Ohio it was 70 degrees.

The next year on Christmas, it was -20 degrees.

And this was many many years ago.

So using that as an indicator is false IMO.

usmarine2005 wrote:

Ryan wrote:

Definitely not a myth.

A decade ago, it was usually around 20-24 degrees Celsius in June (where I live)
Now it's around 30-40 degrees.

One Christmas Day in Cleveland, Ohio it was 70 degrees.

The next year on Christmas, it was -20 degrees.

And this was many many years ago.

So using that as an indicator is false IMO.

haha, it was 65 degrees farenheight in chicago on new years eve last year, then 20 degrees in april.  The midwest has such wild temperature swings that you can never use it as a basis for an argument.

It's 65 today, gonna be 90 tomorrow...  92 monday... 95 tuesday...

Global warming is a real threat that is caused by both cyclical changes and man-made pollution.  Still, since there is very little being done about it due to the politicization of this issue, I'd say we're fucked in the long run.  This is why I no longer care about global warming or the long term continuance of our wretched species.

If the skeptics are right, there's not a damn thing we can do about it.

If Al Gore is correct, there are things we can do about it, but we're too ignorant to do them -- and we deserve to become extinct as a result.

My thinking: it is real, and it's not a bad thing to do what we can about it. However, I don't really see us realistically being able to even stop the increase in carbon emissions, let alone get rid of them altogether.

imortal wrote:

Only one thing wrong with your post as I saw it.  Modern man, Homo sapiens have only been around for 30-50,000 years, not 200,000.  The current theory is that Neaderthal man was not a forerunner of modern man, but a case of parallel evolution, and were supplanted as the Ice age conditions warmed, and the forerunners to modern man began pushing north out of Africa.

Are you sure?  or are you thinking of homo sapien sapien the current sub species?
but yeah, I know the neandertal is not an ancestor.

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Dezerteagal5 wrote:

Well i dont know my opinion on global warming, but what i do know, is in the next 70 years, i will live. And i should live my life as awesome as possible. And afterwards, the earth could be destroyed by a meteor for all i care, because i'll be dead and i wont have a care, and thats the point.

Ignorance like this is terrifying.  I hope your mindset changes if you ever grow up.. or have kids.

It's also quite scary to see people listening to the government instead of actual scientists on the issue.  People who actually understand the chemistry of this know that it's certainly something to be concerned about.  Unfortunately kicking a bunch of nasty gases up into the atmosphere is no good, the earth doesn't just absorb it, it doesn't just float out into outer space... it just hangs around up there.  No bueno.

Our air quality has to be rubbish at the moment... which in my opinion is something to be worried about as well.

and unfortunately spokesman for global warming are assholes who have little knowledge on the subject.  Politicians fail at RL...

KuSTaV wrote:

If the seas do rise, just go to higher ground. I think its an issue, but with all of the other criticism and stuff about it, it is questionable.

that'd work, but we're becoming quite the overpopulated species.  Overcrowding will = a pandemic if the seas do rise and people are crammed together.  Each species has it's own carrying capacity, and while modern medicine has allowed us to beat the odds.. eventually we'll pay for it.

Until then, ignorance will prevail and we'll live in bliss having seven kids a piece (exaggeration of course, but those crazy catholics/mormons..).  It's a shame that humans need a serious crisis to change, we can't think ahead at all.

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KILLSWITCH wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

Global warming is a real threat that is caused by both cyclical changes and man-made pollution.  Still, since there is very little being done about it due to the politicization of this issue, I'd say we're fucked in the long run.  This is why I no longer care about global warming or the long term continuance of our wretched species.

If the skeptics are right, there's not a damn thing we can do about it.

If Al Gore is correct, there are things we can do about it, but we're too ignorant to do them -- and we deserve to become extinct as a result.

I think you hit the nail on the head with the last two statements, we're screwed either way.  The human race is probably the most fucked up species to have ever walked the planet.  If we did become extinct, planet earth would undoubtedly be better off without us.

I cant believe a species so apparently intelligent can be so ignorant.

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it's not that we're ignorant to global warming, it's just that many people don't care.  If it doesn't affect them in their life time, they won't give a crap what happens to the planet

weerdfoo1 wrote:

it's not that we're ignorant to global warming, it's just that many people don't care.  If it doesn't affect them in their life time, they won't give a crap what happens to the planet

yep and also nations around the world is just pretending to care about the environment.  Production takes priority over the health of the environment.

$$$$ is the reason why.  Big chunk of the world economy.

Interesting topic and some fantstic replies!

I'm just waiting for a major catastrophe to take place.  I hear yellowstone's super volcanoe is due for eruption anytime soon which should wipe out a 300km radius within minutes (these ones will be burnt to a crisp), the rest of the US in days and lucky last me here in Oz in about 21 days (We will suffocate from a sulpluric atmosphere and vocanic dust choking our lungs).  Should be fun and I might even throw a party to celebrate the rebirth of a new species.  The dinosaurs couldn't be that dumb as they lasted well over a million years to our miniscure presence.  THe ice age killed them as we know.

Yes, I do care about the enviroment but 6 billion on this planet just can't be justified anymore, especially with the modern era of fossil fuels being our most sort after comodity to live the style of life we do.

Solution?   Stop screwing around and having babies cos your offspring account to the ever growing over population of this planet.