Comments on: Why is global warming important?

By: Who Cares

Who Cares — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:52:00 +0000

There are other effects related to the junk we pump into the atmosphere. Seems that particle pollution by Europe caused the monsoon area in Africa to shift south causing the famines in the 1980s. Another reason to try and reduce/clean up what is dumped in the air.

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:00:04 +0000

Me personally, I don’t see the effects of global warming. In fact, I’ve seen more snow here in Texas in the past couple of years than I ever did when I was a kid. There are just so many crazy things being said about global warming. A lot of people are making a lot of really nutty claims. It’s hard to believe in something that seems just as likley to exist as man-bear-pig (if you’re a south park fan, you’ll get the reference).But I suppose climate change could be happening. That being said, who knows what it could be doing. Warmer climates might increase the spread of some diseases and it might hinder the spread of others. Who knows? I guess we’ll find out.Heh, nice analogy. We are going to all die eventually. I love that line of logic, makes a great point.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:26:32 +0000

Great White North? When did you move to Canada? Maybe Minnesota qualifies as an honorary province.In BC one of the first big problems credited to warmer winters has been the spread of the mountain pine beetle which has decimated the entire province’s pine forests. The cold winters used to slow them down and kept the populations in check but all you see now driving down from the north is a sea of red, turning to grey. Preperations are now underway to fight the massive fires that are expected as soon as all the dead wood starts to light up.The point I’m trying to make is that there is going to be a lot of unexpected consequences to climate change; stuff that we can’t even imagine right now, besides all the things that we do know will happen.