Comments on: Fewer Americans View Global Warming as a Problem http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/ Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 22:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brooke http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-158061 Brooke Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:53:40 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-158061 Wow. We spent the last week supporting 350.org's International Day of Climate Action to raise awareness of the urgent need to reverse the CO2 trend (we are now at 387 and 350 is sited as the high side of the safe zone). And, Huffington Post just promoted a week-long zero impact week where participants went on a major carbon diet. It's so hard to imagine that this report could be true. I'm hopeful it has more to do with the 'warming' wording than anything. Wow. We spent the last week supporting 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action to raise awareness of the urgent need to reverse the CO2 trend (we are now at 387 and 350 is sited as the high side of the safe zone). And, Huffington Post just promoted a week-long zero impact week where participants went on a major carbon diet. It’s so hard to imagine that this report could be true. I’m hopeful it has more to do with the ‘warming’ wording than anything.

]]> By: KB http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-157756 KB Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:19:29 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-157756 The Pacific Northwest had all-time record high temps this past summer, but that's not why I agree with the theory behind global warming. Climate and weather are two different things. When people dismiss the *very clear* long-term trend of increasing global temperatures, they're confusing weather with climate. If we can't get past that simple distinction, then how are we going to talk intelligently about this issue? And as far as the first commenter's points are concerned: the sources you are referring to are taking an unusually hot year (like 1998) and comparing it with an unusually cold year (2007). That kind of cherry-picked data says absolutely nothing about the long-term climate trend. And, finally, who cares about the UN? Do you honestly think that the UN has any clout on the world stage? Give me a break. The Pacific Northwest had all-time record high temps this past summer, but that’s not why I agree with the theory behind global warming. Climate and weather are two different things. When people dismiss the *very clear* long-term trend of increasing global temperatures, they’re confusing weather with climate. If we can’t get past that simple distinction, then how are we going to talk intelligently about this issue? And as far as the first commenter’s points are concerned: the sources you are referring to are taking an unusually hot year (like 1998) and comparing it with an unusually cold year (2007). That kind of cherry-picked data says absolutely nothing about the long-term climate trend. And, finally, who cares about the UN? Do you honestly think that the UN has any clout on the world stage? Give me a break.

]]> By: Charles Ashurst http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-157498 Charles Ashurst Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:02:51 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-157498 Americans are missing the danged point. It's not about whether you "believe" in global warming. It's about risk management. You buy car insurance. You buy fire insurance. Based on what? What are you, some sort of chicken little alarmist over these minuscule risks? No, you are a competent risk manager. Risk management is a conservative invention. So why aren't our so called conservatives about employing it with respect to the increasingly credible possibility that greenhouse gas emissions have negative consequences? A grown-up conservative would be. Where are our grown-up conservatives in this country? The whole world wonders. Americans are missing the danged point. It’s not about whether you “believe” in global warming. It’s about risk management. You buy car insurance. You buy fire insurance. Based on what? What are you, some sort of chicken little alarmist over these minuscule risks? No, you are a competent risk manager. Risk management is a conservative invention. So why aren’t our so called conservatives about employing it with respect to the increasingly credible possibility that greenhouse gas emissions have negative consequences? A grown-up conservative would be. Where are our grown-up conservatives in this country? The whole world wonders.

]]> By: Dave http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-156917 Dave Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:47:23 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-156917 Ya' think? It's already snowing in the midwest and the north this fall and it's not even Halloween. There's been ONE single hurricane this season that barely touched the upper east coast of the US, although typhoons have done some damage in the AP region. It's the 24/7, 'we must talk about something' mentality generated by the media. Global warming is nothing more. Ya’ think? It’s already snowing in the midwest and the north this fall and it’s not even Halloween. There’s been ONE single hurricane this season that barely touched the upper east coast of the US, although typhoons have done some damage in the AP region. It’s the 24/7, ‘we must talk about something’ mentality generated by the media. Global warming is nothing more.

]]> By: Nancy Schneider http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-156879 Nancy Schneider Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:14:24 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-156879 How does this happen?... Better propaganda from the oil industry. The only wheels I want to see off is on emission spewing cars, and trucks. Global Warming is, at this point, referred to Climate Crisis. Droughts, flooding, squalls, sea level rise, storm intensity increase, heat events, and so on. Look beyond just our borders in other parts of the world that are experiencing weather events as never before. Stop listening to the politicians and the hate mongers on the Fox channel and listen to the scientists and the farmers. How does this happen?… Better propaganda from the oil industry. The only wheels I want to see off is on emission spewing cars, and trucks. Global Warming is, at this point, referred to Climate Crisis. Droughts, flooding, squalls, sea level rise, storm intensity increase, heat events, and so on. Look beyond just our borders in other parts of the world that are experiencing weather events as never before.
Stop listening to the politicians and the hate mongers on the Fox channel and listen to the scientists and the farmers.

]]> By: Nancy Schneider http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-156877 Nancy Schneider Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:08:36 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-156877 How does something like this happen? How does something like this happen?

]]> By: Matthew Rochte, Opportunity Sustainability http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-156856 Matthew Rochte, Opportunity Sustainability Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:20:47 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-156856 Language is everything. Global Warming has been proven to be controversial when used to describe global climate change. I'd be very curious to know just how different these stats would be if they had used the term "climate change". Language is everything. Global Warming has been proven to be controversial when used to describe global climate change. I’d be very curious to know just how different these stats would be if they had used the term “climate change”.

]]> By: Gail Murphy http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-156840 Gail Murphy Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:16:02 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-156840 Does this mean that the right wing republican media machine is working? All the more reason to counter with science, reason and reality, just louder! Does this mean that the right wing republican media machine is working? All the more reason to counter with science, reason and reality, just louder!

]]> By: hsr0601 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-156679 hsr0601 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:30:38 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-156679 Set apart the climate change as manifested in unpredictable seasons, drying up water sources, prolonged droughts and devastating floods, ice-melting and more, just to think of the sky in Beijing, human-made climate change might need no further evidence. Polluting toxic chemicals is comparable to the smoking habit that is detrimental to human health. And the numerous intractable diseases are almost certainly due to the toxic chemicals. Breathing toxic chemicals in the outdoor air exposes all Americans to a lifetime cancer risk at least 10 times greater than the level considered acceptable under federal law, shows data released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Beyond, provided the average temperature is getting higher, accordingly all forms of germs, bacterias, viruses, and influenza etc are more likely to multiply. Some skeptics say the warning against hazards of climate change is overstated, but judging from more frequent and widespread outbreaks of e. coli, salmonella, and bird, swine flu cases endangering human lives and economic recovery seriously, some prompt measures need to be taken, I guess. Set apart the climate change as manifested in unpredictable seasons, drying up water sources, prolonged droughts and devastating floods, ice-melting and more, just to think of the sky in Beijing, human-made climate change might need no further evidence. Polluting toxic chemicals is comparable to the smoking habit that is detrimental to human health. And the numerous intractable diseases are almost certainly due to the toxic chemicals.

Breathing toxic chemicals in the outdoor air exposes all Americans to a lifetime cancer risk at least 10 times greater than the level considered acceptable under federal law, shows data released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Beyond, provided the average temperature is getting higher, accordingly all forms of germs, bacterias, viruses, and influenza etc are more likely to multiply.

Some skeptics say the warning against hazards of climate change is overstated, but judging from more frequent and widespread outbreaks of e. coli, salmonella, and bird, swine flu cases endangering human lives and economic recovery seriously, some prompt measures need to be taken, I guess.

]]> By: Rmoen http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-156473 Rmoen Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:32:03 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068#comment-156473 The wheels are coming off man-made global warming theory -- as preached by the United Nations. There's been no global warming for a decade, according to the BBC, New York Times and Christian Science Monitor (links follow). The UN's climate scientists are back-pedaling like crazy. One of their own even says we are looking at another decade of cooling. Frankly, I don't see the majority of Americans supporting cap-and-trade or any CO2 regulation until we have our own 'Climate Truth Commission.' ...and no longer rely upon the climate opinions of the United Nations. Outsourcing climate science to the UN makes no sense. The UN is more concerned about politics and funding than science. Plus, UN forecasts for the last 10 years do not fit what actually happened. The United States needs our own objective, transparent climate commission to think-through global warming. -- Robert Moen, www.energyplanUSA.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8299079.stm http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/science/earth/23cool.html?_r=3&em http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/10/10/biggest-news-youve-never-heard-earth-isnt-warming/ The wheels are coming off man-made global warming theory — as preached by the United Nations. There’s been no global warming for a decade, according to the BBC, New York Times and Christian Science Monitor (links follow). The UN’s climate scientists are back-pedaling like crazy. One of their own even says we are looking at another decade of cooling.

Frankly, I don’t see the majority of Americans supporting cap-and-trade or any CO2 regulation until we have our own ‘Climate Truth Commission.’ …and no longer rely upon the climate opinions of the United Nations. Outsourcing climate science to the UN makes no sense. The UN is more concerned about politics and funding than science. Plus, UN forecasts for the last 10 years do not fit what actually happened. The United States needs our own objective, transparent climate commission to think-through global warming.

– Robert Moen, http://www.energyplanUSA.com

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8299079.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/science/earth/23cool.html?_r=3&em
http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/10/10/biggest-news-youve-never-heard-earth-isnt-warming/

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