At this rate of the global warming, tsunamis will occur more often, as well as other extreme nature occurances. We must do something. It might not seem as big as the tsunami problem right now, but this is only a taste of what is yet to come if we don't stop. Either people are too stubborn(such as bush, who doesn't believe global warming is a real thing, that idiot) or we don't pay to much heed. But the longer we wait, the more damage it will do.

Thoughts?

So sue me. I'm taking physics, not earth science.

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It's so old that Bush has already admitted that global warming is real. Now we just need to get him to admit it's a problem.

He never said it was directly linked to CO2 increases though, because there's only scant evidence for it. Solar input increases though...

Truth be told it's a huge number of things, the vast majority of which are out of our control.

EDIT: Also, the Earths atmosphere is actually thicker than the crust. Science!

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If earth was shrunk to the size of an apple, the air in which we breath would be measured down to the size of its skin. Now tell me that's not scary.

Actually, the Earth's crust would be the thickness of the skin. The atmosphere would be substantially less.

Of course, the amount of drinkable water in the world is a tiny amount as well (compared to the amount of water on Earth as a whole), so I'd be more scared about that than breathable air.

And I'm not even going to bother replying to the rest of the thread. It's so old that Bush has already admitted that global warming is real. Now we just need to get him to admit it's a problem.

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Originally posted by bella123:
I found this out(and yes, this is true. not something i made up.)

If earth was shrunk to the size of an apple, the air in which we breath would be measured down to the size of its skin. Now tell me that's not scary.

That's only scary if one doesn't understand percentages. Almost all of earth is underground so of course oxygen is not going to make up alot of it.

its funny to me that in almost every environmental situation, there is always a cataclysmic consequence for having "problems" not being handeled at this very moment.
i knew there had to be some tie to bush in this. there almost always is.

what would you have us do? drop all of our cars, all of our factories, drop all business, and return to the Stone Age? much of such global warming is hypothetical. not much is known.
if you do not know, humans should be driven to progress not to deline in civilization.
as we go n in science and find new and more economical fuel "strategies", we will progress to become a more efficient nation.
this is a major pooint in the capitalist society...yes you heard me correct...capitalist. as businesses compete, they will always find ways to cut costs on their products, to make resources inexpensive.
take coca cola for example. they used to make their cans out of pure aluminum. and we all know how expensive pure elements are. why? because at that time there was no alternative. but as time progressed they find ways to make the cans with less and less aluminum and therefore drive down their production costs.
now coca cola did not use alternative metals instead of aluminum because they were "environmentally sensitive". they did it because it helped them cut down produtction costs, while in creasing their profit or lowering the cost for consumers. moreover, it was more profitable for them.

my point is that as we progress we will find cheaper and more economical ways of doing things. just look at the first cars and their emissions and compare them to the way they are now. its truly amazing how we have progressed.
but in the mean time, we cannot have our cars, our computers, our ipods or whatever elese you desire without factories and the emissions they produce. we wil always find was to cut down emissions and such but as i have stated before bush isnt anti-environemnt.
ive talked about the good teh clear skies will do. if you need me to bring it up again, just ask.

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global warming is a good thing

And how is that?

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day after tommorow actualy happens which it cant

I haven't heard anything more close-minded on this board so far. pity, i was hoping i wouldn't.

I found this out(and yes, this is true. not something i made up.)

If earth was shrunk to the size of an apple, the air in which we breath would be measured down to the size of its skin. Now tell me that's not scary.

Lets think about this rationaly solving global warming is a good thing in fact it is a very good thing so would patching the hole in the ozone layer another good thing would be the ability to stop the killer quakes that do stuff like this and for all we dont jave the tech and ozone repare/greenhouse effect fixing will not work with out much better tech unless day after tommorow actualy happens which it cant

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Originally posted by DrStrangelove:

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Barkid, i know my science. no need stressing that point. Global warming did not cause the tsunami, know. My point being, that at the RATE of global warming, more wild and crazy things will keep happening to our planet, such as this. It's not related, but in the end, it is.

This statement makes no sense. You directly said before that: "At this rate of the global warming, tsunamis will occur more often". Then you say "It's not related, but in the end, it is." The Tsunami's are not affected in any way by global warming, or it's rate, or whatever. You shouldn't even be mentioning it when talking about the tsunamis.

So basically we have two possibilities:

Either you knowingly lied about tsunamis not being connected to global warming in your over zealous need to connect every natural disaster to human greed. Or you were simply ignorant and are now trying to cover it up.

it had no reason to do with global warming it had to do with an earth quake silly ok bye

Just realized that jam is jamaica!

wow i'm slow.

Jam: so you think it is god?

What is your religion, if you dont mind my asking.

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Barkid, i know my science. no need stressing that point. Global warming did not cause the tsunami, know. My point being, that at the RATE of global warming, more wild and crazy things will keep happening to our planet, such as this. It's not related, but in the end, it is.

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This statement makes no sense. You directly said before that: "At this rate of the global warming, tsunamis will occur more often". Then you say "It's not related, but in the end, it is." The Tsunami's are not affected in any way by global warming, or it's rate, or whatever. You shouldn't even be mentioning it when talking about the tsunamis.

So basically we have two possibilities:

Either you knowingly lied about tsunamis not being connected to global warming in your over zealous need to connect every natural disaster to human greed. Or you were simply ignorant and are now trying to cover it up.

benji, that is what it reminded me of. funny you should say. oh, and welcome to youthNOISE..

Barkid, i know my science. no need stressing that point. Global warming did not cause the tsunami, know. My point being, that at the RATE of global warming, more and more wild and crazy things will keep happening to our planet, such as this. It's not related, but in the end, it is.

is any body thinking: "The Day after Tomorrow"? (if you dont know its a movie)

Sorry to burst your bubble but I have addressed this in another topic already.
The tsunami was a result of earthquakes, which were a result of tectonic movement. Global warming does not affect tectonic movement, although tectonic movement DOES affect global warming, with things like the resulting movement of land masses and tsunamis hitting glaciers, etc.
Global warming sucks but it did not cause the tsunami, sorry!

it seems it snowed in some place in the gulf not sure which country for the first time so far cause of global warming..

what role do el nino and la nina play in all this stuff???

i think, that all these disasters and violence happening in rapid succession is somewhat connected with God.... I mean, i dont want to sound religious, but i guess, that is just me... I could find no other explanation for it but i think these are God's works so that we may know that he is telling us to stop our bad ways and He will spare us.

Let's throw ice at the sun.

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At this rate of the global warming, tsunamis will occur more often

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My head just exploded from the amount of ignorant assumption in that statment. That's right, I'm typing this blind because my head exploded.