Scarlet says "Personally, I don't need facts and figures to know something is happening in our world." Who is burying what in the sand?
Seriously, what is the point of having a conversation with a blissfully ignorant person? You know nothing about the science or facts yet you think you know everything? And you're boasting this? Profoundly absurd.
What you "believe" or "feel" is irrelevant.
The weather is a variable thing. What about that don't you understand? It has always changed. There is nothing new about this and that's the whole point. It goes up, it goes down, it gets hot, it gets cold. Back in the 70's people were all afraid of "global cooling." Now it has changed to "global warming." There is no evidence for it.
First show me what the problem is, then show me how it's humanity's fault? The burden of proof is with you. You say a problem exists, ok, what is the problem? You vaguely suggest it is raining all over the place, hot summers, etc. First of all, more rain is a good thing for much of the world - like Qatar. So how is that bad? Second, I don't believe you. Show me where it has been hotter. I want numbers. You realize that the most diehard global warming fanatics only claim that the "average" temperature has increased by about 1 degree in the past 100 years? Have you been alive for 100 years? Are you even capable of noticing an average increase of 1 degree? NO, YOU AREN'T!!!!
Where is this phantom problem? Please show it to me.
The evidence shows that CO2 is irrelevant and it's all about solar patterns, which makes sense wouldn't you say? And what are the solar scientists saying? Well, they say we have had some very small amount of warming recently because of increased solar activity. But they think we might be headed for some very cold weather soon because of downward solar trends.
You say "The fact that this was the coldest winter Qatar has had is a very good indication of how the atmosphere is swinging wildly back and forth..Global warming doesn't just affect the summer....think further than the end of your nose"
Did you just use the word COLD? I thought things were supposed to get WARM... make up your mind.
Please name these "huge changes" in weather over the past 50 years. Please give me a bullet list of the huge changes. Take your time, you'll need it.
Turing out the lights isn't going to do anything. The power your lights consume is literally insignificant. Everybody in the world could go without lights forever and it wouldn't amount to even a drop in the entire ocean of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Your prosition is like that of a little kid. You aren't influencing anything. If you pulled your head out of the sand and took a look at those "facts and figures" you choose to ignore this would be plainly obvious.
You say "go ahead and use up all the resources and pollute"
This is classic. Do you know what CO2 is? Pollute? You exhale CO2 hon. You are aware of this aren't you? If you believe CO2 is a pollutant then please stop breathing.
"I, for one, intend to do my part to help save this planet"
Go ahead. But you still haven't explained what there is to save or how your actions will have any effect on it. You're an absolute hypocrite. By even living in the Middle East you're an absolute hypocrite. Anybody that lives and works in Qatar is supporting the "evil" oil and gas industry.
I'm sure you're a big supporter of the Kyoto protocol. Right? Are you a part of that hypocrisy as well? Did you know that not a single Kyoto-signing country has even remotely lived up to its emissions reductions? Not only have they not reduced emissions but just the E.U. increased by 6% from 2000-2004. The U.S. increased by only 0.7% even though it didn't sign on with Kyoto. And that's all despite higher population growth and higher economic growth.
People who don't buy into this nonesense say, "well what's the harm?" What's the harm? Socialism - that's the harm! Why would you support a made-up religious movement designed specifically to seize power away from people? What is the U.N. keeping itself busy with these days? In the name of "global warming" countries like the USA are preventing third world countries from developing. "Sorry, we won't allow you to have electricity because of global warming." This Orweillian nonsense is a cancer that's spreading all over the world. It's being used as a pretext to seize power over private companies, private land, etc., all over the west. It's a new excuse for corrupt politicians to force their will on you.
And how about just the money? Trillions of dollars are being spent to fix a problem that doesn't exist. What is this doing? It drives up prices, lowers incomes, employs worthless environmentalist bureacrats that bleed economies rather than contributing to them.
Scarlet says "Personally, I don't need facts and figures to know something is happening in our world." Who is burying what in the sand?
Seriously, what is the point of having a conversation with a blissfully ignorant person? You know nothing about the science or facts yet you think you know everything? And you're boasting this? Profoundly absurd.
What you "believe" or "feel" is irrelevant.
The weather is a variable thing. What about that don't you understand? It has always changed. There is nothing new about this and that's the whole point. It goes up, it goes down, it gets hot, it gets cold. Back in the 70's people were all afraid of "global cooling." Now it has changed to "global warming." There is no evidence for it.
First show me what the problem is, then show me how it's humanity's fault? The burden of proof is with you. You say a problem exists, ok, what is the problem? You vaguely suggest it is raining all over the place, hot summers, etc. First of all, more rain is a good thing for much of the world - like Qatar. So how is that bad? Second, I don't believe you. Show me where it has been hotter. I want numbers. You realize that the most diehard global warming fanatics only claim that the "average" temperature has increased by about 1 degree in the past 100 years? Have you been alive for 100 years? Are you even capable of noticing an average increase of 1 degree? NO, YOU AREN'T!!!!
Where is this phantom problem? Please show it to me.
The evidence shows that CO2 is irrelevant and it's all about solar patterns, which makes sense wouldn't you say? And what are the solar scientists saying? Well, they say we have had some very small amount of warming recently because of increased solar activity. But they think we might be headed for some very cold weather soon because of downward solar trends.
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You say "The fact that this was the coldest winter Qatar has had is a very good indication of how the atmosphere is swinging wildly back and forth..Global warming doesn't just affect the summer....think further than the end of your nose"
Did you just use the word COLD? I thought things were supposed to get WARM... make up your mind.
Please name these "huge changes" in weather over the past 50 years. Please give me a bullet list of the huge changes. Take your time, you'll need it.
Turing out the lights isn't going to do anything. The power your lights consume is literally insignificant. Everybody in the world could go without lights forever and it wouldn't amount to even a drop in the entire ocean of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Your prosition is like that of a little kid. You aren't influencing anything. If you pulled your head out of the sand and took a look at those "facts and figures" you choose to ignore this would be plainly obvious.
You say "go ahead and use up all the resources and pollute"
This is classic. Do you know what CO2 is? Pollute? You exhale CO2 hon. You are aware of this aren't you? If you believe CO2 is a pollutant then please stop breathing.
"I, for one, intend to do my part to help save this planet"
Go ahead. But you still haven't explained what there is to save or how your actions will have any effect on it. You're an absolute hypocrite. By even living in the Middle East you're an absolute hypocrite. Anybody that lives and works in Qatar is supporting the "evil" oil and gas industry.
I'm sure you're a big supporter of the Kyoto protocol. Right? Are you a part of that hypocrisy as well? Did you know that not a single Kyoto-signing country has even remotely lived up to its emissions reductions? Not only have they not reduced emissions but just the E.U. increased by 6% from 2000-2004. The U.S. increased by only 0.7% even though it didn't sign on with Kyoto. And that's all despite higher population growth and higher economic growth.
People who don't buy into this nonesense say, "well what's the harm?" What's the harm? Socialism - that's the harm! Why would you support a made-up religious movement designed specifically to seize power away from people? What is the U.N. keeping itself busy with these days? In the name of "global warming" countries like the USA are preventing third world countries from developing. "Sorry, we won't allow you to have electricity because of global warming." This Orweillian nonsense is a cancer that's spreading all over the world. It's being used as a pretext to seize power over private companies, private land, etc., all over the west. It's a new excuse for corrupt politicians to force their will on you.
And how about just the money? Trillions of dollars are being spent to fix a problem that doesn't exist. What is this doing? It drives up prices, lowers incomes, employs worthless environmentalist bureacrats that bleed economies rather than contributing to them.
And you ask why not go along with it?