SueD

>> The majority of scientists, at least from what Ive read have all said that human intervention is so minuscule that the heating is unlikely to be human caused. <<

Check out who's funding the research of these "scientists". Always follow the money.

JBVirtuoso

I'm still amused by the fact that no one has answered the question.

Smallz3141

^ Because the question is too vague to supply an adequate response? Or because global warming is not a scam? Either of those work for you? I'm pretty sure most posts touched on one of those two 'explanations'.

JBVirtuoso

The question is who.

Dr.Horse

most of them are just professors at universities.

Smallz3141

Usually that is not true. Most 'scientists' that are on the mainstream media aren't professors, but either work for certain groups, governmental agencies, etc. Most professors are either too tied up in their research to be going on tv/radio all the time, or shy away from public output. Of course this is all in general, and if you have any links that would be helpful in showing your evidence.

applejack

Yeah, we get it. The OP made a typo.

You all should keep in mind that it has been proven (facts) that the Bush administration suppressed and tampered with scientific findings to diminish the evidence that global warming was man made so that they could push their policy agenda.

Arsenal0328

proof or gtfo and ****

I hate liberal boards...

applejack

^
It's been proven. Books have been published from within the scientific community explaining in explicit detail

Since I can't post links, I'll just tell you to look up James Hansen of NASA or the book "Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration" commissioned by scientists.

You know, pointing out criminal and morally corrupt behavior of public servants has nothing to do with political ideology, unless of course you believe in protecting one side at all costs. It would be nice if every criticism of the Bush administration were just angry liberals and not scientifically grounded and subject to criminal prosecution. What a wonderful world that would be...

Arsenal0328

you can post links...

chuck19

because it has created a multi-billion dollar a year industry, created thousands of jobs, and gets the government lots and lots of money in taxes. plus even if it is a scam that humans are causing global warming, it doesn't hurt to reduce emissions and waste and make the planet look better.

im not really sure if humans could put enough co2 into the air to actually matter, we put a couple hundred billions pounds of co2 a year into the air or around there? the atmosphere contains close to 5 quadrillion pounds of other air particles, so its not much that we put in. if anything its the fact that we are chopping down countless trees each year, which as we all know take co2 and turn it into o2.

Penn2013

I believe the empirical data that supports the Global Climate change and am aware of the fact that it has not snowed in this part of Maryland for a while (last year we didnt get any snow days...seems like in the past 4 years we havent gotten much snow at all whereas when I was little I used to get snow a lot more)

chuck19

how long have they said its been globaly warming for? like the past 40 years or so? even if it was hotter every single year for the past 40 (which it hasnt) that would be nothing in the ~4.5 billion year history of the earth.

applejack

Most scientists agree that 1 degree fahrenheit change in the average global temperature would result in significant and potentially catastrophic changes to our landscape.

We have warmed up about 2/3 of 1 degree so far.

inconvenient, indeed.

nbachris2788

I think there are three main camps in this issue:

1) People who are concerned about the sustainability of the planet.

2) Big business interests who do not want to change their ways, and the scientific institutes they fund.

3) Those who oppose, in reflexive knee-jerk fashion, anything that "libruls" support, even if it's something non-ideological such as clean air for future generations.