Whats happening with Global Warming?

[MAP2010.wireless]

I will post more but here is just some.

Look at the photo.

The Impact from the Asteroid changed the course of the earth.
And this made the earth become cooler and the Ice Age happened.
After time the earth is going back to the rotation it started.
This means the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation.

Mark Pendergraft

[Elrathin]

What is the picture supposed to be showing us in regards to global warming?

[git-r-done]

idk...but, what global warming causes is the polar ice caps to melt and it thins/destroys the ozone...

[MAP2010.wireless]

What is the picture supposed to be showing us in regards to global warming?


When we say Global Warming its the warming of the earth, and if you look at the photo you will see.

"The Impact from the Asteroid changed the course of the earth.
And this made the earth become cooler and the Ice Age happened.
After time the earth is going back to the rotation it started.
This means the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation."

So this means that the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation back.

the ozone is made up of gas so when the earth get closer to the sun, the gases in the ozone will change. This can make it thicker or thiner.

[Elrathin]

When we say Global Warming its the warming of the earth, and if you look at the photo you will see.

"The Impact from the Asteroid changed the course of the earth.
And this made the earth become cooler and the Ice Age happened.
After time the earth is going back to the rotation it started.
This means the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation."

So this means that the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation back.

the ozone is made up of gas so when the earth get closer to the sun, the gases in the ozone will change. This can make it thicker or thiner.


Ok that helps to at least know what I am supposed to be seeing in the picture, however, where is the evidence that such an event happened?

I'm not saying you're wrong necessarily on this, just asking for a little help on where you're getting your information from.

I've seen theories range on global warming from natural causes, to people causing it, to god causing it, to aliens causing it so I think you can see why I'm curious about where the information comes from :)

[MAP2010.wireless]

When we say Global Warming its the warming of the earth, and if you look at the photo you will see.

"The Impact from the Asteroid changed the course of the earth.
And this made the earth become cooler and the Ice Age happened.
After time the earth is going back to the rotation it started.
This means the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation."

So this means that the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation back.

the ozone is made up of gas so when the earth get closer to the sun, the gases in the ozone will change. This can make it thicker or thiner.


Ok that helps to at least know what I am supposed to be seeing in the picture, however, where is the evidence that such an event happened?

I'm not saying you're wrong necessarily on this, just asking for a little help on where you're getting your information from.

I've seen theories range on global warming from natural causes, to people causing it, to god causing it, to aliens causing it so I think you can see why I'm curious about where the information comes from :)


I will post more so you can see what I'm saying, but its natural and man made. If I'm right we will have to do more then just stop what we are doing we will need to do something about it.

The Blue lines in the Photo is the Gravity Field

http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/ice-age-sediments.html

"Milankovitch said the ice ages are caused by variations in sunlight hitting the continents. In his theory, the ice ages are linked to "eccentricity," a very gradual, cyclic change in the shape of the Earth's egg-shaped orbit around the sun that completes a cycle roughly every 100,000 years. Eccentricity changes the Earth's average annual distance from the sun and slightly alters the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth."

"Despite the current relatively warm climate on Earth, regular recurring epochs of glaciation have dominated the planet for the past million years. Ten times, glaciers have advanced and then retreated with the duration of retreat (and corresponding warmth) frequently lasting not more than 10,000 years. The Earth has been in a warm period for about 10,000 years now."

This has so many right Answers, but most are right. But sometimes there are more then one thing that happens.

But when we are talking about an Ice Age, there has to be something that could have force it to change. Not something that would take 10,000 years, something thats was faster.
This means it was forced to change its orbit. I have read a lot of what others say, some are ideas but do know say why it happened..

The earth slowly move in its orbit, but this would not make an Ice Age.

Boyle' Law <-- Take this link to a page of good discussion about Boyle's law.

As you see, Robert Boyle gave us a way to calculate the volume of a gas when the pressure on a closed, but flexible system is changed. His formula specifically states that the volume of a gas, under conditions of stable temperature and amount of gas, is inversely proportional to pressure. Thus, if the pressure is doubled, the volume of the gas will be cut in half, etc. The formula for this law is:

P1V1 = P2V2

whereas, P1 is the original or starting pressure, P2 is the final pressure, V1 is the starting volume and V2 is the final volume. We can use this formula to solve for either one of the four variables if the other three are known, for example:

V2 = P1V1 / P2

Take care in using Boyle's Law that you remember that the temperature or amount of gas (moles or mass) cannot change at the same time!

[MAP2010.wireless]

Said MacDonald, "As the Earth moves up and down in the plane of the solar system, it runs into various amounts of debris, dust and meteoroids. Our work was an outgrowth of investigations of larger impacts, such as the comet or asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. However, meteoroids and dust are much smaller and more spread-out over time."

But it would have to be able to move earth to make it colder.

[askates]

we can go into a big freeze if enought fresh water is introduced to salt water in large amounts. the last big freeze was when the hudson bay glacier(fresh) melted and poured into the ocean which slowed the great ocean conductor which regulates our climate, this is a more probable happening

[Drocket]

The Impact from the Asteroid changed the course of the earth.
And this made the earth become cooler and the Ice Age happened.
After time the earth is going back to the rotation it started.
This means the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation.


For someone who posts Boyle's law (and attempts to use it in a way that simply does not make sense and has no relation to the subject at hand, I think its worth mentioning), I find it remarkable that you've missed Newton's first law. If we were to assume that you're correct and an asteroid did cause the earth's orbit to shift, its not going to shift back to its original orbit unless something else whacks it back into line. Earth would simply setting into its new orbit, and that would be that.

[wonder cow]

Are you talking about these asteroids?

asteroids (http://www.brainjar.com/java/games/asteroids/)

By the way guys, Al Gore said this debate is over. And who would lie to Larry King?

[MAP2010.wireless]

Are you talking about these asteroids?

asteroids (http://www.brainjar.com/java/games/asteroids/)

By the way guys, Al Gore said this debate is over. And who would lie to Larry King?


Thats them.

[MAP2010.wireless]

The Impact from the Asteroid changed the course of the earth.
And this made the earth become cooler and the Ice Age happened.
After time the earth is going back to the rotation it started.
This means the earth is getting hotter as the earth changes its rotation.


For someone who posts Boyle's law (and attempts to use it in a way that simply does not make sense and has no relation to the subject at hand, I think its worth mentioning), I find it remarkable that you've missed Newton's first law.Â*Â*If we were to assume that you're correct and an asteroid did cause the earth's orbit to shift, its not going to shift back to its original orbit unless something else whacks it back into line.Â*Â*Earth would simply setting into its new orbit, and that would be that.


Ok, if you look at the photos you will see that there is a force of gravity that pulls and pushs the planets. Because the of that force of gravity the Planets do not fall away from the Sun nor do they Fall into the Sun.

This force is everywhere.

[Drocket]

But gravity does not pull planets into any specific orbit. Again, if a planet would be knocked out of its orbit, it would simply take up a new orbit based on its new trajectory. The orbits of the planets are not in any way 'special' - its not like they've worn a rut in space that they're going to fall back into. Any orbit is just as good as any other, as far as gravity is concerned.

[Elrathin]

Ok, if you look at the photos you will see that there is a force of gravity that pulls and pushs the planets. Because the of that force of gravity the Planets do not fall away from the Sun nor do they Fall into the Sun.

This force is everywhere.


You're right that force is everywhere, however, the effects of it are not constant and absolute on a body enough for it to necessarily return to it's original orbit.

Take a look at Pluto, most of the scientific community thought of Pluto as a moon around Uranus, however, it left the gravitational pull of the planet and did not return as a moon.

Also take a look at Uranus's magnetic field. It does not go north and south like ours does, but parallel along it's orbit to the sun. IT too was suspected of being hit by an asteroid, however it never returned to it's original magnetic field.

[MAP2010.wireless]

Ok, if you look at the photos you will see that there is a force of gravity that pulls and pushs the planets. Because the of that force of gravity the Planets do not fall away from the Sun nor do they Fall into the Sun.

This force is everywhere.


You're right that force is everywhere, however, the effects of it are not constant and absolute on a body enough for it to necessarily return to it's original orbit.

Take a look at Pluto, most of the scientific community thought of Pluto as a moon around Uranus, however, it left the gravitational pull of the planet and did not return as a moon.

Also take a look at Uranus's magnetic field.Â*Â*It does not go north and south like ours does, but parallel along it's orbit to the sun.Â*Â*IT too was suspected of being hit by an asteroid, however it never returned to it's original magnetic field.


Yes gravity is not the same everywhere.

The Sun pulls us in and the rotation and speed pushes us out.
If Earth stopped to it rotation it would fall into the Sun.
Its all how Stong the Gravity is, so I don't mean it would be over night.
Or if the Gravity in that area is weak it would fall away.

[piratemonkey]

Please invest in a college-level Physics text.

Reading this silly theory is making my head hurt.

e.g.

If Earth stopped to it rotation it would fall into the Sun.

The moon doesn't rotate with respect to the earth.Â*Â*
We see the same side of it all the time.
Why doesn't the moon fall into the Earth?

[Elrathin]

The moon doesn't rotate with respect to the earth.
We see the same side of it all the time.
Why doesn't the moon fall into the Earth?


I think he is referring to if the Earth stopped rotating around the sun it would fall in, which would be an accurate statement.

[Nathan Brazil]

Please invest in a college-level Physics text.


I think a third grade primer would help.

Earth gets smacked by rock, is moved out of it's orbit.

Okay, anyone feel like calculating how much energy is needed to change the earth's orbit? From there, can you people calculate how big the rock would have to be? Once that's done, you can realize that the energy released by the impact will go where? Right. Into the air as heat, eventually.

Needless to say, no rock that large has hit the earth since the moon was born.

[Newscaster]

So lets see.......we have an errant asteroid, meteoroids, warming, cooling, etc etc etc. But I notice there is no mention of the man made causes of what is now considered global warming.

“As human-caused biodiversity loss and climate disruption gain ground, we need to keep our sights clear and understand that the measure of a threat is not a matter of whether it is made on purpose or randomly, but of how much loss it may cause.

Lets look at some man-made causes, shall we?

Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants
In 2002 about 40% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions stem from the burning of fossil fuels for the purpose of electricity generation. Coal accounts for 93 percent of the emissions from the electric utility industry. (Link: US Emissions Inventory 2004 Executive Summary p. 10 )

Coal emits around 1.7 times as much carbon per unit of energy when burned as does natural gas and 1.25 times as much as oil. Natural gas gives off 50% of the carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas, released by coal and 25% less carbon dioxide than oil, for the same amount of energy produced. Coal contains about 80 percent more carbon per unit of energy than gas does, and oil contains about 40 percent more. For the typical U.S. household, a metric ton of carbon equals about 10,000 miles of driving at 25 miles per gallon of gasoline or about one year of home heating using a natural gas-fired furnace or about four months of electricity from coal-fired generation.

Carbon Dioxide Emitted from Cars
About 20% of U.S carbon dioxide emissions comes from the burning of gasoline in internal-combustion engines of cars and light trucks (minivans, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, and jeeps).US Emissions Inventory 2004 Vehicles with poor gas mileage contribute the most to global warming. For example, according to the E.P.A's 2000 Fuel Economy Guide, a new Dodge Durango sports utility vehicle (with a 5.9 liter engine) that gets 12 miles per gallon in the city will emit an estimated 800 pounds of carbon dioxide over a distance of 500 city miles. In other words for each gallon of gas a vehicle consumes, 19.6 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted into the air.Â*Â*[21]Â*Â*A new Honda Insight that gets 61 miles to the gallon will only emit about 161 pounds of carbon dioxide over the same distance of 500 city miles. Sports utility vehicles were built for rough terrain, off road driving in mountains and deserts. When they are used for city driving, they are so much overkill to the environment. If one has to have a large vehicle for their family, station wagons are an intelligent choice for city driving, especially since their price is about half that of a sports utility. Inasmuch as SUV's have a narrow wheel base in respect to their higher silhouette, they are four times as likely as cars to rollover in an accident. [33]

The United States is the largest consumer of oil, using 20.4 million barrels per day. In his debate with former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, during the 2000 Presidential campaign, Senator Joseph Lieberman said, "If we can get 3 miles more per gallon from our cars, we'll save 1 million barrels of oil a day, which is exactly what the (Arctic National Wildlife) Refuge at its best in Alaska would produce."Â*Â*

If car manufacturers were to increase their fleets' average gas mileage about 3 miles per gallon, this country could save a million barrels of oil every day, while US drivers would save $25 billion in fuel costs annually.

Carbon Dioxide from Trucks
About another 13% of U.S carbon dioxide emissions comes from trucks used mostly for commercial purposes.[20]


Carbon Dioxide from Airplanes
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that aviation causes 3.5 percent of global warming, and that the figure could rise to 15 percent by 2050.

Carbon Dioxide from Buildings
Buildings structure account for about 12% of carbon dioxide emissions.
Methane
While carbon dioxide is the principal greenhouse gas, methane is second most important. According to the IPCC, Methane is more than 20 times as
effective as CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere. US Emissions Inventory 2004 Levels of atmospheric methane have risen 145% in the last 100 years. [18]Â*Â*Methane is derived from sources such as rice paddies, bovine flatulence, bacteria in bogs and fossil fuel production. Most of the world’s rice, and all of the rice in the United States, is grown on flooded fields. When fields are flooded, anaerobic conditions develop and the organic matter in the soil decomposes, releasing CH4 to the atmosphere, primarily through the rice plants. US Emissions Inventory 2004

Nitrous oxide
Another greenhouse gas is Nitrous oxide (N2O), a colourless, non-flammable gas with a sweetish odour, commonly known as "laughing gas", and sometimes used as an anaesthetic. Nitrous oxide is naturally produced by oceans and rainforests. Man-made sources of nitrous oxide include nylon and nitric acid production, the use of fertilisers in agriculture, cars with catalytic converters and the burning of organic matter. Nitrous oxide is broken down in the atmosphere by chemical reactions that involve sunlight.

Deforestation
After carbon emissions caused by humans, deforestation is the second principle cause of atmospheric carbn dioxide. (NASA Web Site) Deforestation is responsible for 25% of all carbon emissions entering the atmosphere, by the burning and cutting of about 34 million acres of trees each year. We are losing millions of acres of rainforests each year, the equivalent in area to the size of Italy. [22]Â*Â*The destroying of tropical forests alone is throwing hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. We are also losing temperate forests. The temperate forests of the world account for an absorption rate of 2 billion tons of carbon annually. [3] In the temperate forests of Siberia alone, the earth is losing 10 million acres per year.

City Gridlock
Cities are tolerating gridlock. In 1996 according to an annual study by traffic engineers [as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle December 10, 1996] from Texas A and M University, it was found that drivers in Los Angeles and New York City alone wasted 600 million gallons of gas annually while just sitting in traffic. The 600 million gallons of gas translates to about 7.5 million tons of carbon dioxide in just those two cities.

Carbon in Atmosphere and Ocean
The atmosphere contains about 750 billion tons of carbon, while 800 billion tons are dissolved in the surface layers of
the world's oceans. (Link: World Resources Institute)

Energy production, which far outranks any other source of global warming and accounts for more than half of all global warming.

Energy production creates greenhouse gases through the burning of fossil fuels. Until renewable, non-polluting methods of energy production are developed, energy production will likely remain at the top of this list.

Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, rank second in the list. In recent times, public awareness about the dangers of CFCs has increased in some of the more developed countries. As a result, people are beginning to call for decreases in the consumption of products that produce CFCs.

Yes, the earth does undergo a series of natural processes that contribute to warming but man speeds up the intensifies the process and in all liklihood is shoving it toward a non-correctable state. That is unless we wake up and start doing something about it now.

[piratemonkey]

The moon doesn't rotate with respect to the earth.Â*Â*
We see the same side of it all the time.
Why doesn't the moon fall into the Earth?


I think he is referring to if the Earth stopped rotating around the sun it would fall in, which would be an accurate statement.


Unfortunately, that motion is called "orbiting" not "rotation."Â*Â*Different things.

Rotation is spinning around a central axis.
http://www.answers.com/rotation&r=67

[MAP2010.wireless]

I think there is alot that happens bring on Global Warming, we just need to find a way to keep it stable.

Mark

[CheesyMuslim]

Sorry bout that,

1. Its a myth.

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

[Elrathin]

1. Its a myth.


Yes, Global Warming is unbelievable, but talking shrubbery, a guy rising from the dead and Moses parting the red sea is so much more believable right Chess? :rolleyes:

[CheesyMuslim]

Sorry bout that,

1. Yes.
2. Sad some can't have it.
3. Some it passes you right by.
4. Life's like that for some.
5. You want hard evidence and global warming you think is happening, cause its hot each summer.
6. Your type, claimed that hurricanes would spiral out of control after 2005, because of global warming.
7. This year, what happened to the spiralling out of control hurricanes?
8. We had none, ah shoot, there goes that theory.
9. Maybe if you pray real hard next year we might have a couple.
10. Then you can make more unproven claims.

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

[Elrathin]

6. Your type, claimed that hurricanes would spiral out of control after 2005, because of global warming.


My type? Sorry "My Type" did not say that hurricanes would spiral out of control. My type said that WHEN there was hurricanes they would be stronger because of Global Warming.

We've already shown you were incorrect in your statement that people said there would be MORE hurricanes because of global warming. How long you gonna lie about it?

As for now, you keep believing in talking shrubbery instead ok?

[MAP2010.wireless]

What I'm saying is we need to do our part.

Mark

[CheesyMuslim]

Sorry bout that,

1. But more evidence is coming forth, that goes against Global Warming.
2. Like Snow In Malibu Calif.
3. Never had it snowed there as far as I know???
4. Its getting so damned hot in the summer now its making it snow in southern Calif?, Hehehehehehehehehe,.......
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Motorists Stranded Near Grapevine Spend Night In Vehicles
Snow Falls In West L.A., Malibu

POSTED: 9:43 am PST January 17, 2007
UPDATED: 11:48 am PST January 18, 2007

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Motorists stranded on the Golden State (5) Freeway overnight near the Grapevine continued their journeys Thursday morning when the California Highway Patrol began escorting drivers on the icy stretch of road.

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The CHP began escorting motorists north on Interstate 5 through the Grapevine area at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday. By 9:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol was escorting motorists in both directions.

The roadway had been closed overnight due to snow and ice.

"It's been hard," said trucker Harvey Seals. "I've been here about 13 hours. It's very inconvenient. There's no place to use the bathroom. There's no place to get anything to eat."

The Motulikis were driving from Anaheim to Reno, Nev., for a funeral. They spent seven hours in their sport utility vehicle.

"We'll be there because our relatives and everybody is over there," said Louie Motuliki. "Hopefully, we get over there today."

Louie Motuliki said he was too worried about his family to get much sleep.

The situation frustrated many drivers, but left one experienced trucker bemused.

"That's a first time for this one," said trucker Jack Dolen. "I don't believe they shut down the road for snow. I came out of Canada, so I can't believe this."

Snow Falls In West LA, Malibu

In the Malibu area, part of Kanan Dume Road remained closed Thursday morning as crews worked to clear snow from the roadway. Kanan Road was closed from Mulholland Highway to Triunfo Canyon Road, north of Malibu, says CHP Officer Francisco Villalobos.

The roadway was open south of Mulholland Highway to Pacific Coast Highway.

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NBC4 forecaster Fritz Coleman said the mixture of precipitation in West Los Angeles at about 3 p.m. included a dusting of snow. Residents in West Los Angeles said the snow accumulated in parking lots, on cars and around palm trees near Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards and other areas.

Most of the snow fell south of Sunset Boulevard and just east of the 405 Freeway. Residents told NBC4 that several inches of snow fell in their yards.

The last snowfall recorded at Los Angeles International Airport was in January 1962, according to the National Weather Service. Trace amounts -- less than 0.5 inches -- were reported, according to the NWS.

Snow fell earlier Wednesday in Malibu and caused traffic problems on the area's winding and narrow roads. Sleet made driving treacherous on Kanan Dume Road, a steep route through the Santa Monica Mountains where it's more typical to see beach-bound cars loaded with surfboards than a snowplow.

"One of our sergeants said he hadn't seen anything like this in 20 years," said California Highway Patrol Officer Leland Tang at the West Valley Station.

A probation officer at a juvenile camp in the Santa Monicas said he was traveling down Kanan Dume when it began to snow.

"It was snowing pretty good," said Officer Oscar Cross. "The road was covered in ice and slush, and I saw one car slide into a ditch. Everyone seemed scared to drive."

Cross said that when he reached Pacific Coast Highway, the weather turned "nice and sunny."

"It's easy to mistake Malibu at sea level with the Malibu Hills," said Coleman. "Malibu Hills are about 550 feet to 580 feet. That's almost easy to understand. The sea-level snow is not."

More snow was reported in Canyon Country, where a resident said he has not seen snow for about 10 years.

In Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles, a portion of State Route 33 about 12 miles north of Ojai, was closed due to snow and ice, said Marie Raptis, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Transportation.

Upper-Level Low Moves Through Region

The National Weather Service said the wintry precipitation was from an upper-level low moving through the region.

The cold set in late last week, bringing night after night of freezing overnight temperature to many parts of the state and causing extensive agricultural damage.

Fire departments across Southern California have reported hundreds of calls in recent days about burst pipes. The Victorville courthouse got flooded when sprinkler heads ruptured, and broken irrigation lines may have caused a mudslide that blocked a private road to five Pasadena homes with 150 tons of debris Monday night.

In Los Angeles, the city's water mains don't freeze because they are underground, but extremely cold water can cause the cast iron pipes to crack, officials said.
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Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

[politico]

Haha

The dude with the butterfly thinks global warming is a myth. Where do these people come from?

[Newscaster]

So all you non-scientists here are debating global warming; is it real and what causes it? And only a couple of you come close to understanding it. And you realize that that is us that are causing it and that there is still time to stop it.

So, what does cause it?
Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up. Coal-burning power plants are the largest U.S. source of carbon dioxide pollution -- they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually.

Is the earth really getting hotter?
Yes. Although local temperatures fluctuate naturally, over the past 50 years the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history especially in the last ten years..

Are warmer temperatures causing bad things to happen?
Global warming is already causing damage in many parts of the United States. Colorado, Arizona and Oregon endured their worst wildfire seasons ever recently. Also, drought created severe dust storms in Montana, Colorado and Kansas, and floods caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in Texas, Montana and North Dakota. Since the early 1950s, snow accumulation has declined 60 percent and winter seasons have shortened in some areas of the Cascade Range in Oregon and Washington.

What about hurricanes? You always point at the number opf hurricanes in recently years.
Global warming doesn't create hurricanes, but it does make them stronger and more dangerous. Because the ocean is getting warmer, tropical storms can pick up more energy and become more powerful. So global warming could turn, say, a category 3 storm into a much more dangerous category 4 storm. In fact, scientists have found that the destructive potential of hurricanes has greatly increased along with ocean temperature over the past 35 years.

Global warming is a complex phenomenon, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year scientists learn more about how global warming is affecting the planet, and many agree that certain consequences are likely to occur if current trends continue. Among these:

Melting glaciers, early snowmelt and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages in the American West.

Rising sea levels will lead to coastal flooding on the Eastern seaboard, in Florida, and in other areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico.

Forests, farms and cities will face troublesome new pests and more mosquito-borne diseases.

Disruption of habitats such as coral reefs and alpine meadows could drive many plant and animal species to extinction.

What country is the largest source of global warming pollution?
The United States. Though Americans make up just 4 percent of the world's population, we produce 25 percent of the carbon dioxide pollution from fossil-fuel burning -- by far the largest share of any country. In fact, the United States emits more carbon dioxide than China, India and Japan, combined.

Can an asteroid cause global warming? I wouldnt worry about that because there are no asteroids or comets or other big outer space rocks headed our way any time soon. In fact, if we dont do something about global warning, by the time an asteroid does arrive, it will slam into a dead, uninhabited planet . So, the time to do something is now and not to wait for a Star Wars situation.


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[Stoner]

Did you get this from moveon.org?

[Newscaster]

No. I didnt. I got it from the Pep Boys, Manny Moe and jack.:P

[MAP2010.wireless]

Global Warming is something very real, its something that will change our lives and hurt the ones we love. They may not be people we meet or people who will live in our time, but maybe years down the road.
If you feel its not my problem or its not going to happen to me, it will one day happen to your kids or their kids.

We know its changing and we know its not a good, we need to wake up.

[Newscaster]

When you have the Government now finally admitting that global warming is real after spending so much time and money trying to prove it isnt real, and after you have major corporations who have fought the idea of global waming, now taking steps to combat it, leaving only Exxon-Mobil looking like idiots, how can anyone wtill debate the issue.
Global warming is real guys and no amount of denials or pictures of asteroids will change it.

[CheesyMuslim]

Sorry bout that,

1. But hogwash.
2. Dribble.
3. Unfounded.
4. Its been getting hot every summer for thousands of years.
5. "Its so hot the neolibs say, must be global warming" yeah its summer!

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

[Elrathin]

1. But hogwash.
2. Dribble.
3. Unfounded.
4. Its been getting hot every summer for thousands of years.
5. "Its so hot the neolibs say, must be global warming" yeah its summer!


Those are Harsh things to call your president Chess, considering even he admits Global Warming is happening.

[Newscaster]

Chess is a lost cause. He doesnt believe anything that anyone ells him no matter who they are or what their specialty is or their expertise. Chess most likely would have been standing on that hill shouting......"Hey Orville, it'll never fly!"

[CheesyMuslim]

Sorry bout that,

1. But I am grounded on wisdom.
2. What's freak-in hilarious is every year we hear new studies about this or that, and almost as often we hear those last years studies, being reversed.
3. Hehehehehehehehe,.....
4. I just Hehehehehehehehehe,..your thread,.........

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas