Are you worried by Global warming?

[Green Dragon]

People want to be mislead sometimes so they don't have to face up to the hard truth-we are destoying our planet-all of us collectively-we all contribute to Globlal Warming.  It doesnt sound nice-but everytime we get a brand new computer-we have such a glut of this castoff trash-it hurts all of us.  Everytime we buy fast food-we kill a rainforest.  It's a hard fact but alot of people really don't want to and wouldn't know how to live green.  I recycle-yet still I'm just as guilty as anyone else.  Our economies are based on WANT-not NEED.  There is a basic difference-and yes in the US we have this love affair with a car that is quite out of hand.  When I was growing up-we had maybe one or two cars-now every family has to have three or four. It is a bit insane.

And yes I do worry about Global Warming.  

[Dan]

hmmmm

i think this explains it all


Bhaal

[In AmericEar]

Well, apparantly the Ozone layer is now healing itself...

[Icy]

That's our problem.  The Ozone layer is healing itself?  It shouldn't have been damaged to the extent it was in the first place!!

[xthepoison__]

Totally agree there Icy.
Can I ask where you heard about "the ozone layer healing itself" cos I haven't heard a thing
about that and also whoever on the news or wherever it came from said that, they're
probably saying it just to make everyone in the world relax and stop worrying about global
warming. Like that will help lol.

[In AmericEar]

It was like the main story on the news for a couple of days...

It's probably all made up just to spur on this type of debate that's why I put 'apparantly'

But apparantly a load of scientists said so... I'll see if I can find an article with it 

... Not like I have anything better to be doing *cough*homework*cough*

Edit: Still searching but so far all I can find is Scientists reckon it will be totally recovered in 50 years

[Cuthien, Wolf-maiden]

I'm not worried at all about...*dundundun*GLOBAL WARMING! *gaspshriekrunaway* 

Massive snow storms in Colorado.  My boyfriend's area (out in the Midwest, but not Colorado) is having a pretty decent ice storm.  Yeah, I know those are two relatively small parts of the world, but guess what?  Parts of Africa are always hot and have always been.  I don't think the mercury there is any indication that we should be afraid. 

I'm a Christian.  I do believe that we should be good stewards of the earth that we have been given charge of by the Creator.  I don't think this earth is going to end because of some missing molecules.  How do scientists know that the hole or whatever has not been there for a long time?  Weather runs in 20 year cycles.  In 20 years scientists will be all afraid of another Ice Age, because the weather will change a little bit, somewhere, somehow.  *dundundun* GLOBAL WARMING! *gaspshriekrunaway*  wasn't a huge worry in 1880 (I think that's close to the right year) when the hottest day to that date was recorded. 

So in conclusion, you can see I'm not too worried about *dundundun* GLOBAL WARMING! *gaspshriekrunaway*

[Mithrandir]

I don't personally know whether it is man-made or not.

You might believe that the global warming isn't man-made, but are you willing to take the risk of being wrong? If you're right you can hold your head up high, but at least we would all have more efficient life-styles; if you're wrong, millions could die.

You might believe that global warming is nothing to worry about, but are you willing to take your chances?

[Cuthien, Wolf-maiden]

Yes.  Yes I am. 

[Mithrandir]

Yes.  Yes I am. 

Is that because of your faith?

[Cuthien, Wolf-maiden]

Yes.  That and that I know that this could very well be a warmer weather cycle. 

[In AmericEar]

We were shown this video in Geography last year which I only just remembered... I must've fallen asleep but anyway...

It showed us that like millions of years ago the sea level was so high it was covering places on the coast like Yorkshire and stuff so those places didn't exist!

It made me think that maybe the Earth does this all the time, it goes iiiiin and ouuuuut and iiiiiin and ouuuuut and maybe we're just going iiiiiiin... and we'll then go ooooout again...

(i'm talking 'bout the Sea level rising because of Global Warming part)

Plus there were those hurrendous winds the other day all over the UK and they weren't warm and it's not exactly like thats the first time we've had a freezing day in years... we're getting them loads, like we've had 2006 as the warmest year on record but we've also had its winter as being one of the coldest!

[Mithrandir]

Yes.  That and that I know that this could very well be a warmer weather cycle. 

Couldn't global warming be God's way of showing us that we are being unkind to the Earth? Couldn't God be saying, "Stop using all this oil, or you will all drown?"

So you know better than most scientists?
Ear, for me it's been a very noticeably warmer winter here in Sussex. Most days are in double figures. My personal experience is that we've had an incredibly mild winter.

It could well be an Earth cycle, I don't know, but I don't want the guilt of knowing people in countries like Kiribati and Bangladesh will die because of us Western cultures sucking up all the world's resources.

[In AmericEar]

So you know better than most scientists?

I myself don't think thats a fair comment to make because we've got a load of moron scientists out there investigating how milk in your tea isn't as good as tea with no milk while they could be doing something worthwhile and investigating this debate more so we know exactly whats happening and exactly what to do so this debate can end and we can get on with doing whatever it is we should be!

[Icy]

Sorry, I really don't mean to offend your faith Cuthien, but that was the most ignorant statement I have ever read in my life.

It's people like you who say it's 'God's work' and stuff, that will kill us all.  Global Warming, which is sometimes a natural occurence, is increased greatly by our use of fossil fuels, burning oil, petrol, gas, etc.  Christians cannot keep saying it's the will of 'God'.  Get some self-worth and blame yourself and your fellow man, because WE are too blame.  I will hold my hand up and say, yes, I HAVE polluted.  I drive a car, I put things in the bin when I should recycle.  But I'm changing, I'm changing because I give a damn about my planet.

People have forgotten to worship the real 'God' - not a man in the sky - but our Mother Earth.  SHE is the one we should be asking for forgiveness from, sor destroying her, building on her, raping her of her gifts she gave us freely.

It's common sense to worry about the planet.  Even if Global Warming never hurts us, what about the small percentage of fuel, oil, and other unrenewable energy sources?  What will we do when they run out, huh?  Bit screwed then, aren't we?

And as you used your faith, I'll use mine.  I'm Wiccan.  The Earth is MY God, my Maker, whatever you want to call it.  How do you think I feel when people use parts of the earth, and burn them, and kill them, and cut down trees (starving us of oxygen by the way!).

I'm not saying you should worry about it  but you can't dismiss it and just forget it's a problem.

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