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Bare with me just a little here: scientists (liberal ones I guess) are not to be believed on global warming because they are against the profit motive, or against rich people?

Wow....

ok, check it out. liberals overall IMO are more driven because of anti-capitalism. There are exceptions, the above case is one actually. Most scientists in America that study global warming are funded by the government by way of federal grants. Keeping a job in such a specialized field requires new thinking, new findings, and new grants. I'm of the opinion that those who study it are actually more interested in job security. I've used this example too often for you to not get it yet. If a scientist specializes in climatology, and specifically man made global warming (within the former category), then obviously they have an interest in keeping the hype alive or else, they have nothing to study. This is a theory. As I said, I support some form of control, erroring on the side of caution, but not yet believing in man-made global warming.

Well it seems to me that you need to be re-educated in science becuase you are way off base here. Yes the earth has gone through cycles, yes it will continue to do so, but it has never happened at this pace, and the records show that an increase in CO2 directly corresponds to rise in tempature. We know that high amounts of CO2 in atmospheres can cause extremely high temps, and it occurs not only on earth, but other planets also just look at the atmosphere of Venus, 90% CO2, and has an average temp of 753K (476 C, 888 F, Earths avg T is 59 F). Our atmosphere has no where near that amount of CO2, its something like 0.004%, but with the vast amounts of CO2 we put in the atmosphere, the % can drastically change.

The fact is, we don't know what the weather was 3 million years ago. We can guess.. but we have no definitive answer. To say that we know, is just plain silly. As I've stated a few times thus far, predicting weather trends year to year is nearly impossible, and forecasting the weather much more than 48 hours into the future is pretty much just a guessing game.

The world once was flat. Roman gods were real. And people are still looking for bigfoot. The fact of the matter is, a clean enviorment is great. We need that. I support that. How concerned am I with global warming in general... Zero.

I really don't get what the whole fuss is about anyways.. People will adapt, as they always have. This is a slow change. A projected increase of a few degrees. Which is currently not going as planned. And with the proven fraud that exists in the temp guage locations and lack of concern for the rules that govern them.. I don't know how much of what I hear about even climate change is true. I will however default to caution. I'd rather be safe, than sorry. Especially in regards to a healthy enviorment.

But I promise you, if liberals dedicated as much time defeating evil terrorists, as they do grandma in her SUV... we'd have a safer, better, and happier world... much sooner than we'd have a cooler one.

I can't believe for the life of me that any person on this forum or that i've ever met is truly as concerned about this topic as they would like to portray themselves as. If quality of life of others is your greatest concern, you can start today and have results... you don't have to look down from a heavenly place 250 years from now to see if you lucked out and were right.

I have just one question for those that support climate change legislation that will raise energy prices... actually 2 questions. I want an honest answer. How much are you willing to pay extra to keep this looming 'catastrophe' from happening? And what are you doing to actively change things within your own life/actions to control your carbon footprint? This should be interesting. :lmao: (i'm guessing we have some people that are willing to pay an extra couple bucks a gallon for fuel, probably a few that sold their suv not because of the cost of operation, but because how much damage they were doing.... then i'm sure that there's a few johnny appleseeds that plant trees across the nation year round, protest at coal producing plants, ect.. ect.. and vomit..)

Guess what I do.. as of now, nothing. In fact, I helped burn some stuff earlier that nearly blackened the sky.. I drive an SUV, and it needs a tune-up. I don't volunteer my time teaching illegal immigrants how to recycle... Heck, i don't recycle myself. Bad guy? Ahhh maybe. I just need some motivation to do a few things different. I figure I'll find it someday. Not today though.