Quote Originally Posted by TomStoner
I hope you guys live on high ground because global warming is very real and many countries in the world are going to have their coastlines changed, the world has known of the greenhouse effect since the 1950's but has only just started to reluctantly acknowledge that it is really happening. The US and Australian governments have had a lot do do with the bullshit propaganda about it being a hoax, we had a change of government and they immediately signed the Kyoto agreement which now leaves the US as the only "developed" country in the world not agreeing to cut it's carbon emissions.

One thing all governments around the world have in common is that they tell us lies, America's is reputed to be one of the worst offenders for suppressing news and information that is "not in the nation??s best interest". These "responsible leaders" have lied to us about cannabis, reasons for going to war and more so why the hell would we trust them to tell us the truth about global warming until it is too late. Our countries went to war in Iraq to free the people from a tyrant, yet they don't seem to have considered doing anything similar to free the starving millions in the African nations or anywhere else like that, helping these people form a sustainable future would do much more for world peace and cost far fewer lives.

Global warming is happening and the ice caps are melting, this planet was not designed to have this much CO2 and some other gasses in its atmosphere at this stage of its life.

Quote Originally Posted by fishman3811
well we are playing russian roulette with the earth.The thing is if the people who dont think global warming is a reality and they are wrong then everyone is fucked on this planet.I am not willing to bet this planets life on a hunch that global warming is not man made.Because if we are wrong then the consequences are way to dire for everyone
I agree that it is foolish to think that altering the chemical composition of the earth's atmosphere will not have an effect. I don't think we can say FOR SURE what the effect will be, especially in any given locality or any given year.

The climate is a complex system with many different feedback systems that either strengthen or dampen other inputs, so it is very hard to say EXACTLY what will happen. My feeling is that we will experience a time of growing climate chaos, with very unpredictable weather every year. Some years may be much hotter and others much cooler than normal. Some years much wetter and others much drier than normal.

The chaos will be the worst period. After some time, the climate will begin to move in a more predictable direction as it seeks out a new equilibirum, and will eventually fall into a predictable regime, like what we have seen in the past --- but not the SAME as the past. After the new equilibium is achieved, man and nature will adapt to the new hotter or colder, wetter or drier climate that we inherit.

Surviving the chaotic period will be tough though.