What is your opinion on climate change? Do you think that humans are accelerating the problem?
I personally think that, saving the plant aside, recycling and saving energy has to be a good thing anyway, cos resources are running out and landfills are overflowing.

I personally think we are upsetting the balance of nature. Even though people say to me, well volcanos/cows etc are letting out carbon dioxide, I think thats natural. Anything that we are doing on top of that is tipping the balance of nature and causing more issues. What do you think? BTW im not here to mock anyones answers if they dont believe what I say, I%26#039;d like to know more about things.

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some very interesting opinions so far.
Although - James W Early, I don%26#039;t like the idea of being accused of being under-educated because of my beliefs. Just as you are, I am entitled to my opinion, and I do not believe that I am offending anyone in giving this opinion. I believe that, James, was an attack.

Even if that were not the case, our fossil fuel consumption is having lots of negative impacts. For example, we%26#039;re importing a lot of foreign oil from a lot of unstable political regions. We%26#039;re increasing atmospheric CO2 which is causing ocean acidification which is killing coral reefs, which are the habitat for millions of aquatic species. We%26#039;re causing other forms of air pollution as well.

You are correct that regardless of global warming, humans need to become more aware of our environmental impact.

We cannot save the planet, we can change ourselves to become a better person, that is a individual choicel. We need to learn how treat ecah other better and work on the moral climate for that is what we can truly change.

2008 is one of the coolest in last decade and the trend is for cooler years to come. Yet they keep trying to convince us (and themselves) that the globe is warming up. Is it because there%26#039;s so much more funding in it?

i think it is a load of rubbish, our climate has changed throughout history long before any of the man made influences. i think it is just another way for the man to control us and take more cash from our pockets.

You are correct in asking for an opinion as the science for either side just isn%26#039;t there... yet. Not until it stops being a matter of politics will we know the facts. Until then, let%26#039;s treat our planet with respect.

No, its all a big hoax, a fraud, designed to transfer wealth to the UN.

It is time to end this nonsense.

nah you%26#039;re totally right.
i think everyone should buy a bike.

I am curious what resources you think we are running out of. In reality, we are not running out of resources. As a geologists, I have learned that that is largely a myth. Resources have become more available and cheaper. We are currently having some problems with oil but has to do more witht the political obsticles to making oil more available. Certainly, there are no significant metals that have become less available. Nobody wants a dump in their back yard but if you can do the math, you will figure out very quickly that the amount of trash we generate isn%26#039;t so great that you can claim we are running out of room. We may need to open up some new landfills but it isn%26#039;t as big a problem as often perceived. You are correct about cows. Cows letting off gas does nothing to increase CO2 since obviously cows eat grass that removes CO2 from the atmosphere.

I share your concern about the environment. I believe it imperative that we take this problem of global warming very personally. I want people of the developed countries (especially of the USA and China) to take this more seriously. World leaders have done nothing other than pointing their fingers at eachother so far. Let%26#039;s stop squabbling and let%26#039;s just do what needs to be done. Please. I live in what is traditionally termed as a third world country. And you guys there is no other place in the world that the effects of global warming is more felt than in the poor countries. We are paying the price for a crime we didn%26#039;t commit. People are dying of hunger and there is no telling what tomorrow is going to bring. We live in a constant state of uncertainty and fear. Let%26#039;s stop turning a deaf ear to this problem because it%26#039;s real and no matter how we try to ignore them, the consequences are becoming ever so palpable. Look around. All the hurricanes and floodings. Those don%26#039;t come out of no where, we caused them. It%26#039;s about time we start owning up to the mistakes that we made and look for ways to fix them. I don%26#039;t understand how politicians are so short-sighted and fail to give protection of the environment top priority (even before the economy or foreign policies and all that crap). Because after all we can%26#039;t think of any of those things without having an earth to dwell on. commonsense

Global Warming ------------ The Earths own cycle of about every 10,000 years genreating tempurature fluxuations as a result of various elements from the sun, the earth%26#039;s core, weather patterns and natural gasses from inside the planet all occuring around the same century of time. It%26#039;s been going on before the dawn of man, and will long continue long after humanity is gone. In the meantime, the sensible thing to do is take care of the planet as long as we%26#039;re on it in order to best enjoy what it has to offer. For now, those who feel humans cause this thing we call global warming are left with too much free time on their hands and have become delusional of activist causes. The ozone parianoid died out, now its global warming. Take care of what we have the best humans can do. Leave %26#039;mother nature%26#039; to do whatever she does, as we%26#039;re all helpless to change that, even global warming.