In Response to Texas Girl

Texas Girl Originally Posted

Despite the evidence of the planet wide effects of global warming, many still believe global warming to be just another way to give funding back to scientific researchers. The issue at hand is of great importance, and will continue to alarm Americans so long as it is not resolved. Global warming leaves many asking the question, Is the top of the world melting?
Time is running out, stabilizing global warming does not happen over night, and it is to late to stop it completely. The change in climate has been attributed directly to natural, and human activity such as cars burning fossil fuel, power plants, and chemicals such as methane, nitrous oxide and many other gases that trap solar heat. All of these contribute to the global greenhouse effect and this is what causes Global Warming. Because of the rising temperature, due to global warming, the arctic is melting. If we do nothing, by the end of the century, we can expect to see a dramatic raise in sea levels. Today, this is already occurring, forcing many to move to higher levels of land. Imagine how it will be years from now. If the temperature continues to rise, many animals will be extinct and the ecosystem will be severely affected.
All humans should acknowledge that the threat of global warming is increasing with every minute nothing is done. It is up to each inhabitant of Planet Earth to take initiative and attempt to understand global warming, in order to stabilize it. The severity of this issue is real. Our nation is contributing, in all possible ways to saving our beautiful planet, however this is not enough. Some may never recognize the real cause of global warming, be it man made, or natural hazards, but in time, when our ecosystem has turned against us, maybe then will mankind wished they had done more.

By and large, I agree with your stance on Global Warming, Texas Girl, however, I think we need to take a close look at those who think it's a load of malarchy and why they feel that way.

In short, it's lack of foresight. You'll find that most people you run into on the street can barely see past the ends of their noses, metaphorically speaking. When they walk outside on a chilly April morning in Texas, they say to themselves "Global Warming my rosy ass!" and write it off as Liberal-Hippie-Horse-Hockey (or the L-Triple H).

The real problem with global warming has to do with overall average temperatures of the planet and more specifically the rate of change.

It's easy to find right-wing mouthpieces who readily state that the Earth has encountered these temperatures before - and it has, many times. When it changes gradually, evolution can keep up and adaptive species' can emerge to keep on keepin' on.

It's never changed this rapidly in the entire history of the planet, and the rate of species extinction has only reached this levels 5 times in the past, two were associated with giant meteor impacts, and all 5 were considered Global-Killer events.

We're currently riding the wave of #6, good times.

Sadly, a lot people won't wake up until it's too late, and it's their selfishness and foolishness that could endanger all of us. The best you can do is educate yourself and then educate the masses. If they're too stupid to be educated, then apply social pressure. Notice how it's becoming cooler to drive a Prius than it is to drive a Pick-up? One carries more social status with a WholeFoods bag than with an HEB bag?

Buy an Aptera, convince people their sexy and the world can be changed for the better.

(For verification of these numbers and statistics, talk to Professor George Staff at ACC Northridge. Better yet, take his class - you'll probably need the natural science credit anyway.)