Opinion Talk

By kimberly

April 12, 2006 10:59 PM | Link to this

This is a simplistic question for something that entails complex scientific principles. The answer varies significantly depending on the economic status, livelihood, and political leanings of whom you ask. Looking past those things, it seems logical that what we call global warming is caused by a number of factors, both natural and industrially induced, and their respective interactions.

Picking one thing to blame, or asserting that there is no blame, and shouting one opinion down with another, accomplishes nothing. The time for a solutions-oriented approach is long overdue. If we can’t stop it, we still have to deal with the results. To continue ignoring these symptoms is, quite simply, a BAD IDEA.

By candide

April 13, 2006 05:00 AM | Link to this

Global warming is caused by right-wing talk show hosts spewing fascistic bombast hour by hour. Add to this all the total nonsense offered by all the Sunday preachers both in churches and on the radio and you have an egregious outpouring of heat without light.

By Cody

April 13, 2006 07:42 AM | Link to this

Global warming is a false perception made by Environmentalist. The same is with the hole in the O-Zone layer. The hole is what lets all of the toxins out of our atmosphere. It is just a way for tree huggers to blame the government.

By John

April 13, 2006 09:11 AM | Link to this

The world is warmer but is it a natural cycle or caused by the activities of humans. I’d say that it’s probably both, but I don’t think we can throw tons and tons of pollution into the atmosphere, year after year, and there be absolutely no effect on the environment. Unfortunately, there are people like Cody, that have to politicize everything so that even reasonable environmental restrictions are immediately dismissed as tree huggery.

By John Dillahunt

April 13, 2006 09:24 AM | Link to this

It is the highest form of human arrogance to truly believe that we can control the weather. The earth has warmed and cooled naturally over millions of years. (remember the 1980’s? - we were all going to freeze to death) The current big sell is that if we eventually give the gvt all of our money, these enviro-socialists will fix the weather for us. Of course, they will literally shut down the country…but oh well. How soon we forget that the big hole in the ozone we panicked about allegedly caused by the terrible U.S. happened to occur over Brazil. No one seem able to explain that one so we ignored it. Another study a year or two ago discovered that asthma and people with breathing disorders were faring no better in rural Georgia than in metro Atlanta despite all of these fuel additives refiners were forced to add for the metro area.

By rob

April 13, 2006 09:29 AM | Link to this

According to scientific studies done in Australia & New Zealand it is “sheep farts”.

By pat

April 13, 2006 12:41 PM | Link to this

Beans and egg salad.

By Thomas

April 14, 2006 11:56 AM | Link to this

Well to sum it up -

Think of the Earth as a fishbowl. The more we dirty our little bowl the tougher it’s gonna be on us. that’s just the way nature works.

You pollute the air, then eventually the air will pollute you.

Same with Water, land, space,..

Nature has always had ways of controlling overpopulations of species., usually by killing them off in some horrible way through disease, famine, war, etc.

It’s only a matter of time before we harm large segments of our population by ignoring the muck forming on the walls of our little fishbowl…

Cheers’ And enjoy your water and air while you can.