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Quote by: Plasma Snake[D]  I highly doubt that there is such a thing as global warming. Just ask the africanized killer bees on Y2K. I think that Al Gore is either a misguided individual looking for attention or that he has some type of hidden agendas. How can we give ourselves that much credit to think that we could affect global weather patterns in such a short amount of time? Earth is a huge place. Im sure it would take a couple more centuries. |
Global warming is not like Y2K or killer bees. A lot of research goes into how our activities affect the environment, and there's hard core evidence out there that proves how we have changed biological life on earth. To assume that Earth is too huge a place to destroy is very pitiful thinking. For one thing, if the U,S and all the other countries out there with nuclear stuff, released all it's nuclear bombs and weapons upon the planet, the toxins in the air would be enough to poison enough people that we'd all be dead within the next few years.
We know how erosion happens, why the ocean is as polluted as it is, how urbanization affects and destroys previously existing ecosystems, how pollution adds to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and eats away at the ozone, and that this ozone will not always be there, and when that happens, earth won't have it's protective layer to shield our delicate lives from extinction.
The earth, by all means, will go on living. It's the species living on earth that will either have to adapt/evolve, or lose out on life. That inclues humans.
We need to take responsibility for our actions. And we better figure something out before it's to late to protect our future children.