From InformationIsBeautiful.net, we get a truly on-topic visual to look into the arguments on both sides of the cause of Global Warming. Reading through this, I have to say I agree with the scientific consensus side, but again, I am not a scientist.
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*image source: informationisbbeautiful.net
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Thanks for the chart – very interesting. I’m a bit of a skeptic myself, though will be the first to say I’m not a scientist and can’t make fully informed judgements. We are talking about predicting the temperature of the earth 100 years from now. How can you possibly do that, with all of the thousands of inputs involved? My weatherman can’t tell me what will happen next week but we’re going to predict the temperature 100 years from now within 1 or 2 degrees, and spend trillions of dollars on it now?
I always like Michael Crichton’s take on things:
http://www.crichton-official.com/speech-ourenvironmentalfuture.html
“Think how incredibly the world has changed in 100 years. It will change vastly more in the next century. A hundred years ago there were no airplanes and almost no cars. Do you really believe that 100 years from now we will still be burning fossil fuels and driving around in cars and airplanes?…The fact is if we required the same standard of information from climate scientists that we do from drug companies, the whole debate on global warming would be long over.”
at the end of the day it is unfortunate the way this debate has divided people. Just because I don’t fully agree with the global warming crowd doesn’t mean I don’t want more parks, cleaner air and cleaner water – in fact I probably advocate for those things more than most – yet dare I mention my skepticism in public and suddenly I’m a pariah…..
You may not be as alone as you think.
Check out this poll in the WSJ today:
“Do you believe humans are responsible for climate change?”
Yes: 11%
No: 89%
http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/science-journal-242/topics/do-you-believe-humans-responsible
“I am not scientist.” Or apparently an English professor either.
So true.
The whole subject confuses me. There are seemingly legitimate arguements on both sides, which makes coming down on one side or the other nearly impossible.
My 10-year old son asked me about global warming/climate change the other day. I had no good answers for him. All I could say was that he should avoid doing things that hurt the environment. If he had asked for more specifics, I would have told him to talk to his mother.
I’ve always found this video on the subject very funny. It’s one way of looking at it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOOc5yiIWkg
Lou …
Confucious says ” When confused follow the money ”