danielle2

Global Warming

Global Warming IS Happening Points:

   Evidence can be seen throughout the world.  Glaciers are melting in South America and Africa, among other places.  The poles are being hit hard.  The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere directly correspond with the temperature of earth. 

Global Warming Is OVER-HYPED Points:

Climates have changed before.  Ice ages ended without human activity, and the temperatures definitely changed greatly then.  Within the last two thousand years, warmer climate changes had occured BEFORE the Industrial Revolution.  Since the rise of 1 degree, Earth's living standards and life expectancies improved and increased.  Hardly a premonition for  an apocolyptic fate, eh?

Opinions:

I think it's nice to finally hear a different side of Global Warming.  All I have ever been exposed to at school is the "Heck yes it's happening and we're all going to DIIIIIIIIIE!" theory, and I'm one of those people who like to learn both sides before I have a real opinion.  Call me crazy.

Alright, so now, knowing what I know, I'm going to make a hard-core statement.

I believe that the climate is changing, but that it's not necessarily Global Warming.  It's kind of an oxymoron at first impression, but let me explain.

I think the world is getting warmer, yeah, but I believe it's natural, and that we can't really do anything to stop it.  It's going to happen, and I bet something good will come out of it.  Something.  So far, so good, right?

And, yes, I know that Earth's CO2 production is crazy outrageous, and we should monitor and very strictly cut down on it.  But I don't necessarily believe that it's causing global warming.  A volcano emits more CO2 into the atmosphere than we do.  And we can't help that.  But pollution is bad, and it should be stopped, even if it's not necessary for the world to quit flip-flopping temperatures. 

And that's where I stand on things.