what do u think is causeing global warming?

[livebearerfreak]

how do u think we can stop it and what to do if it gets worse by 2012?

[petluvr]

There is no stopping it, it is simply a part of the planets life cycle.

[IceH2O]

If everyone in the world opens all their windows, cranks the AC on high and leave the fridge doors wide open it should cool the Earth the 1 degree needed for stabilization.

[Lab_Rat]

If everyone in the world opens all their windows, cranks the AC on high and leave the fridge doors wide open it should cool the Earth the 1 degree needed for stabilization.

:rofl:

Maybe we can all dump ice cubes into the lakes, rivers, and oceans.

[coma_white]

I was kind of a fan of global warming actually, this winter has sucked with all the snow.

[livebearerfreak]

yes but why does it have to happen in our life time?? why not back in the 1800s or 1900s?? are we the cause of it?

[sweetlowride]

2012? Did you watch the movie and now think the world is going to end in 2012? :rofl:

[petluvr]

yes but why does it have to happen in our life time?? why not back in the 1800s or 1900s?? are we the cause of it?
This is something that can be and is debated by many, there probably never will be a definitive answer. Why does anything happen in a persons lifetime, it just does, nothing you can do about it.

[Bubbles2112]

There is no stopping it, it is simply a part of the planets life cycle.

:iagree: about every 20,000 years or so.

[odinthejd]

The Earth warming and cooling is a natural process. This global warming stuff is sorta nice cause we arn't in an ice age anymore. We are not causing or speeding it up though. I remember 30years ago they were saying that we are going to be going into the next ice age

[livebearerfreak]

even before the movie was though of i knew about 2012 ending... and yes us humans CAN and SHOULD change the future so the world DOESNT end.. like shut down big buildings that are releasing alot of gas into the ozone layer. make signifent gas for cars or just use horse and buggys so theres less pelliunt in the air.. stuff like that can do wonders JUST HELP mother nature so she doesnt have revenge on us by ending our time

[petluvr]

It is inevitable that our time ends, may it be singly or all at once there is not stopping it. Do you honestly think that we should go back to horse and buggies????

[odinthejd]

You have fun getting 5mph. If your worrying about trees its not even that bad. We have more trees now then we had 100years ago and we have like 6% less trees then we had a long time ago.

[Zaffy]

I spray hairspray into the atmosphere, and I burn coal in my yard. Screw you hippies who want to stop global warming.

[livebearerfreak]

well im just worried bout 2012 tho..

[livebearerfreak]

I spray hairspray into the atmosphere, and I burn coal in my yard. Screw you hippies who want to stop global warming.
for one thing son i am NO hippie!! and for 2 i worry bout our earth

[odinthejd]

I agree with petluvr I like no dumping plastic in crap in the ocean but so people do that and im not gonna stop them. Also I don't get why they don't put goats at garbage places where they keep the garbage. I would have a bunch of goats and stuff lol...

[IceH2O]

I spray hairspray into the atmosphere, and I burn coal in my yard. Screw you hippies who want to stop global warming.


You can spray all the hairspray you want. They did away with fluorocarbons years ago.

[IceH2O]

for one thing son i am NO hippie!! and for 2 i worry bout our earth


Whats wrong with Hippies?

[livebearerfreak]

nothings wrong with them infact i have some hippies that im friends with just i wont be a hippie tho.

[Zaffy]

nothings wrong with them infact i have some hippies that im friends with just i wont be a hippie tho.

Is this the new "I'm not racist, I have black friends"?

[jbradt]

If everyone in the world opens all their windows, cranks the AC on high and leave the fridge doors wide open it should cool the Earth the 1 degree needed for stabilization.


:rofl:

Maybe we can all dump ice cubes into the lakes, rivers, and oceans.

I like these ideas... I guess this is why ice didn't want to keep the freezer door open too: we need to make ice!


I spray hairspray into the atmosphere, and I burn coal in my yard. Screw you hippies who want to stop global warming.

:raspberry: LOL


for one thing son i am NO hippie!! and for 2 i worry bout our earth

Really LBF, with all due respect. Maybe you should figure out your housing situation before tying to heal the whole planet.

[livebearerfreak]

houseing situation is all settled and caring for the planet comes before anything as this IS our home

[IceH2O]

2012 has nothing to do with Global Warming. We'll all be dead long before GW can kill us.

2012 has to do with gravitational forces caused by the alignment of our planets and sun with the black hole in the center of our galaxy. Good luck doing anything about that.

You do know in the history of Earth there has been 5 mass extinctions. We'll be number 6.

[livebearerfreak]

and some humans will survive to repopulate the world.. im hoping im one of them LOL

[livebearerfreak]

if i survive who ever else survives gunna be doomed as im dumber then a twig on a branch trying to cut itself L<AO

[jbradt]

and some humans will survive to repopulate the world.. im hoping im one of them LOL

None of the dinosaurs survived their turn at extinction... what makes you think a vulnerable animal like humans will?

[Zaffy]

If you want to stop global warming, the best thing to do is go to school. Learn how to write, then take some science classes, then take some law classes. Then get involved in government by voting, spreading knowledge, and working with both scientists and lawmakers to come up with a solution.

Also, grammar will help people take you seriously.

[Zaffy]

None of the dinosaurs survived their turn at extinction... what makes you think a vulnerable animal like humans will?

Birds would like a word with you.

[jbradt]

Birds would like a word with you.

LOL... have you been watching Jurassic Park again Zaffy? :thumbsup: And I hope they're parrots... they're the only birds I seem to be able to understand.

[jbradt]

If you want to stop global warming, the best thing to do is go to school. Learn how to write, then take some science classes, then take some law classes. Then get involved in government by voting, spreading knowledge, and working with both scientists and lawmakers to come up with a solution.

Also, grammar will help people take you seriously.

I think this will take longer than 2012. I agree with the grammar thing, and maybe throw in some spelling too.

[Zaffy]

LOL... have you been watching Jurassic Park again Zaffy? :thumbsup: And I hope they're parrots... they're the only birds I seem to be able to understand.

That's a good movie, I like when that guy who's stealing the samples falls down the hill.

[Zaffy]

I think this will take longer than 2012. I agree with the grammar thing, and maybe throw in some spelling too.

Good thing that 2012 is an arbitrary date that will have no real significant impact on our lives. Aside from what the crazies make of it.

[jbradt]

That's a good movie, I like when that guy who's stealing the samples falls down the hill.

I like when the lawyer gets eaten on the porta-potty! :thumbsup:

[jpappy789]

I think you need to stop watching movies and start reading some scientific journals if you're serious...judging by your posts I have to question whether you really are...

[Redneck Woman]

There are hippies on this forum! One in particular that comes to mind.(and you know who you are)

The world is going to end someday and there is nothing you can do about it. No one can predict a day. There are some documentaries on the history channel that goes in depth about 2012. Maybe you can catch one. My daughter is 16 and she too had a lot of questions after seeing the movie. I tryed to put her mind at ease the best I could but it didn't seem to help. She watched one in particular(I don't recall the name)and it really helped her not be scared of 2012.
I think this movie has put a scare into these young minds.
Maybe if you do some research around the web you will find some answers to ease your mind.
I'm glad you are thinking about the earth and the future.

What I found doing a quick search....,
The Mayan believed there was a future after 2012 too.
Nostradamus didn't believe the world would end until 3797.

[petluvr]

Isn't this whole thing about death, really? Death is an inevitable part of life, it happens. (among other things) There is nothing we can do about it or to stop it so why worry about it??????

[livebearerfreak]

i am watching documantrys on 2012. 2012 is the end of the mayan calander and there time probaly stopped before they could make one for 2013 so in all reality there might be life after 2012 but who knows. we should still learn to take care of the planet better tho.

[Zaffy]

i am watching documantrys on 2012. 2012 is the end of the mayan calander and there time probaly stopped before they could make one for 2013 so in all reality there might be life after 2012 but who knows. we should still learn to take care of the planet better tho.

I think the printing presses they used for making calendars went out of warranty in 2012. So they had to find a new press.

[livebearerfreak]

zaffy..... they used stones....

[jpappy789]

The guy in charge of calendar making was eaten by a jaguar before he could finish...

[jbradt]

The guy in charge of calendar making was eaten by a jaguar before he could finish...

Hehe, was this jaguar decended from the dinosurs? Maybe a jaguarsaurus? :headshake2:

[Zaffy]

zaffy..... they used stones....

They ran out of magenta stones for the "Girls of Mesoamerica 2013" Calendar.

[jpappy789]

:rofl:

[sweetlowride]

People who think the world is going to end in 2012 belong in a mental institution. Its Y2K all over again.....

[Lab_Rat]

This is a great thread livebearerfreak! :thumbsup:

[jbradt]

They ran out of magenta stones for the "Girls of Mesoamerica 2013" Calendar.


:rofl:
:lipssealedsmilie: girls of mesoamerica... I must have missed that one on the calendar rack at the mall. Do they make a desktop version?

[Zaffy]

:lipssealedsmilie: girls of mesoamerica... I must have missed that one on the calendar rack at the mall. Do they make a desktop version?

No, that's what we're saying. They stopped making them for some reason.

[sweetlowride]

and some humans will survive to repopulate the world.. im hoping im one of them LOL


I really really hope youre not one of them HAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAAH

Someone had to say it.......

[jbradt]

No, that's what we're saying. They stopped making them for some reason.

Oops... can I vote to lynch myself for skimming? :bs:

[Zaffy]

Oops... can I vote to lynch myself for skimming? :bs:

:shakehead:

[Lab_Rat]

Oops... can I vote to lynch myself for skimming? :bs:

I vote to lynch jbradt

[jbradt]

I vote to lynch jbradt

You didn't post a reason Labby... sure sign of mafia!

[Lab_Rat]

You didn't post a reason Labby... sure sign of mafia!

Crap...you're right...

I vote to lynch jbradt for skimming and pointing out my mistakes.

[Zaffy]

You didn't post a reason Labby... sure sign of mafia!

Scummy McScum Scum!
I vote to lynch The Mayan Calendar.

[Lab_Rat]

I retract my vote on jbradt.

I vote to lynch the Mayans for the end of the world.

[jbradt]

LOL... who gets to moderate this one?

[jbradt]

Sorry LBF, we got a bit off topic there. Seriously though, I think this is a huge topic that some of the leading scientists in the world are working on. To be honest I feel like a more skillful approach to the problem is to look at what I can do myself. I recycle, I ride the bus and carpool when I can... etc.

I think it's great that you're concerned for the planet and want to be involved. But I think there are more productive ways to look at it than cause and effect.

[Mgamer20o0]

Whats wrong with Hippies?
Hippies.They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.

I hate hippies! I mean, the way they always talk about "protectin' the earth" and then drive around in cars that get poor gas mileage and wear those stupid bracelets - I hate 'em! I wanna kick 'em in the nuts!

and some humans will survive to repopulate the world.. im hoping im one of them LOL
for all of mankind i hope not.

[robotdeathsquad]

OMG WERE GONNA DIE!!! THE SUN IS GONNA MELT US!!!

Please... Its 37 fricking degrees down south here near the everglades!

gobal warming my butt!

[Conski]

Why isnt there a little smiley thats putting a gun to its head and pulling the trigger then resulting in its brains being blown out.. i HATE these threads

[unclerandy]

"what do u think is causing global warming?"

Fat girls that wonder why they are fat!

[NorthcoastGirl]

Jeez. So... being a conservationist and environmentally minded makes one a hippie? That's silly. =)



Humans beings may, or may not go extinct due to our effect upon Earth. ( and I really feel that's what the heart of all the debate is: the fate of humanity, not the condition of the planet) Our contribution to global warming is still being debated. But it's probably still in our best longterm interest if we direct more effort into keeping our environment as intact and clean as we can. It's still the only home we have, after all- and a dang beautiful home at that.

People that get caught up in the whole global warming debate are missing the point. Spilling toxins and pollutants into our air and water is gross. Bulldozing forested acres down to build yet another overpriced McMansion housing development is just a shame. We don't really need the end of the world catastophe scenarios to justify environmental and conservation efforts. Our gorgeous planet is wonderful and filled with beauty. The critters that inhabit it are amazing. That is simply a good enough reason.

Oh, and I never really considered myself a hippy. I'm more like an old-school bohemian beatnik-type. ;)

[Sounguru]

even before the movie was though of i knew about 2012 ending... and yes us humans CAN and SHOULD change the future so the world DOESNT end.. like shut down big buildings that are releasing alot of gas into the ozone layer. make signifent gas for cars or just use horse and buggys so theres less pelliunt in the air.. stuff like that can do wonders JUST HELP mother nature so she doesnt have revenge on us by ending our time

I just wonder if the amount of methane produced would over ride any planet sayings.

Look at it this way if humans keep advancing it won't be long before everyone is a 2 car family. Now take away those cars and give everybody a one horse buggy. Now figure that the world is at 6.6 billion and rising and let's say that half are under buggy driving age or live in a house hold with another person. That would still leave 6.6 billion horses wandering this planet farting and pooing. I think the release of methane would actually be so much that when some wrong doer would light up an illegal smoke, because they too have been banned the atmosphere would simply explode leaving a barren scorched totally lifeless planet.

Now I for one do not want a future like this and am doing my best to prevent it. Since we don't eat horse in this country I'm eating every cow I can get my hands on thus reducing the # of methane producing animals. I have also decided to mow down any Amish I happen to come across thus taking out those who may actually lobby our government to take up your suggestion of making us use horse and buggy again.

So in my own way I'm doing a lot to save the planet by getting rid of the whackos who want us to hug trees and kiss whales.

[petluvr]

I just wonder if the amount of methane produced would over ride any planet sayings.

Look at it this way if humans keep advancing it won't be long before everyone is a 2 car family. Now take away those cars and give everybody a one horse buggy. Now figure that the world is at 6.6 billion and rising and let's say that half are under buggy driving age or live in a house hold with another person. That would still leave 6.6 billion horses wandering this planet farting and pooing. I think the release of methane would actually be so much that when some wrong doer would light up an illegal smoke, because they too have been banned the atmosphere would simply explode leaving a barren scorched totally lifeless planet.

Now I for one do not want a future like this and am doing my best to prevent it. Since we don't eat horse in this country I'm eating every cow I can get my hands on thus reducing the # of methane producing animals. I have also decided to mow down any Amish I happen to come across thus taking out those who may actually lobby our government to take up your suggestion of making us use horse and buggy again.

So in my own way I'm doing a lot to save the planet by getting rid of the whackos who want us to hug trees and kiss whales.
Now that is the definition of a TRUE humanitarian :lol:

[j_chicago]

whats causing global warming?

democ....oh nevermind

[Zaffy]

It's really a problem, at least in the US, because both parties have opportunities to deal with the issue, but neither does. They use it as a tool to point the finger at the others.

On one hand you have the Mayan 2012 doomsayers crying out, and on the other side of the political spectrum the Nostradamus gurus are claiming that we still have another 2000 years. They ultimately agree that the end is "relatively" nigh, but they argue over the details. They will continue to argue over the details until the deadline passes of course. This is why I'm not going to vote for either major party in the next election, my vote will likely go with Planet Nibiru next time around.

[IceH2O]

OMG WERE GONNA DIE!!! THE SUN IS GONNA MELT US!!!

Please... Its 37 fricking degrees down south here near the everglades!

gobal warming my butt!


You do realize that a global warming does in turn give us an ice age as the Earth tries to balance itself out. It doesn't mean the entire Earth gets warmer.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-11.htm

If the Great Conveyor Belt, which includes the Gulf Stream, were to stop flowing today, the result would be sudden and dramatic. Winter would set in for the eastern half of North America and all of Europe and Siberia, and never go away. Within three years, those regions would become uninhabitable and nearly two billion humans would starve, freeze to death, or have to relocate. Civilization as we know it probably couldn't withstand the impact of such a crushing blow.




Now look at the weather news. Bitter cold in the eastern americas and europe having deadly cold spells.

[halfmoonplakat]

<3 Zaffy and Souguru

[jm1212]

thirty years ago people were worried about global cooling.

[sweetlowride]

Why isnt there a little smiley thats putting a gun to its head and pulling the trigger then resulting in its brains being blown out.. i HATE these threads


I SECOND THAT!!!!

[cam191919]

its all just a myth started by land developers, they want us to buy their mountainside properties to escape the rising water levels

[Somervell]

its all just a myth started by land developers, they want us to buy their mountainside properties to escape the rising water levels

LOL- I think it's just a little arrogant to think that mankind has the power to influence the world to the extent that the global warming proponents think. Use the knowledge that even a dog has-- don't mess where you sleep and keep your waterbowl clean and you will be okay.

[Zaffy]

The fact is Human beings over the last 150 years have released a large amount of fossil fuel into the atmosphere. The effects of these releases are not fully understood, but we are observing currently a faster than expected change in global temperatures. It is known that CO2 and Methane do have insulative properties in our atmosphere, anyone who says they don't is either lying, uninformed, or trying to sell you something. Global warming is happening, anyone who says it isn't is lying, uninformed, or trying to sell you something. The full effects of our impact is not fully known, but we are without a doubt affecting global temperatures, anyone who says we're not is either lying, uninformed, or trying to sell you something. The general consensus of informed people says that our effect is an acceleration of a natural cycle. The effects of that acceleration are not fully understood. People will lie to you, and try to sell things to you over that deficit of understanding.

Anyway, we'll all die from a collision from Planet X in 2025 before we see what happens anyway. Nostradamus told me.

[jbradt]

The fact is Human beings over the last 150 years have released a large amount of fossil fuel into the atmosphere. The effects of these releases are not fully understood, but we are observing currently a faster than expected change in global temperatures. It is known that CO2 and Methane do have insulative properties in our atmosphere, anyone who says they don't is either lying, uninformed, or trying to sell you something. Global warming is happening, anyone who says it isn't is lying, uninformed, or trying to sell you something. The full effects of our impact is not fully known, but we are without a doubt affecting global temperatures, anyone who says we're not is either lying, uninformed, or trying to sell you something. The general consensus of informed people says that our effect is an acceleration of a natural cycle. The effects of that acceleration are not fully understood. People will lie to you, and try to sell things to you over that deficit of understanding.

Anyway, we'll all die from a collision from Planet X in 2025 before we see what happens anyway. Nostradamus told me.

Or a doomsday device created by a certain mad scientists' guild? :eek3:

[Zaffy]

Or a doomsday device created by a certain mad scientists' guild? :eek3:

My Zombo-6000 ultra-virus is near completion.

[debaric]

i wouldnt worry about the earth ending due to inevitable forces. We're doing a pretty good job of killing each other every single day. I'd worry more about keeping ourselves and our children safe from scum sucking muderers.

[Death Pony]

Environment destruction certainly isn't making anything any better. Plus, all of the carbon causing ocean acidification kinda sucks.

[BreezeRuehls]

nature and us

[dundadundun]

we're the only species that has the intelligence to make a difference. the only difference we make is to make ourselves comfortable and happy. we destroy quite enough and then farm the biggest culprits in massive numbers for food inside large buildings. we make things that don't break down and toss them on the street and so on only to stay in our oceans forever. it will happen without us. we are contributing overall in large amounts for sure. we are arrogant, ignorant, self centered, self serving and in one word... parasites to our mother earth. if it was not going to kill us anyway we'd do it ourselves with nuclear power or energy or the next best newest thing we just have to have.

or maybe some genius's will just make a black hole in a tunnel underground and philosophize that it won't be a black hole in the end.

i am no tree hugger but everyone can make a difference. changing technology might be it but our current technology born in the 50's with a steady struggle to make it safe and a steady failure to prove it's possible is not going to cut it... why build on it?

also... vegetation eats co2... common sense says start with a few house plants and see what you can do from there. at least the air in your house will be cleaner and more oxygenated if nothing else.