Tell me what you think of the books take on Global Warming.
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It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be.  To a certain extent, he's right.  The media does tend to give more air time to violence and destruction.  It is also true that many environmentalists are blind idealists that can't face reality.\n\nOn the other hand, people who claim that global warming doesn't exist are usually trying to say that pollution doesn't matter.  That simply isn't true.  Pollution is a serious problem in the world today.  Proof of that can be seen in the massive dead zones that show up in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea every year.\n\nRegardless of the state of global warming, pollution should be kept to an absolute minimum.  Remember, our children will have to live on this planet.  We have no right to destroy it for them.
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talk about global warming\nits a huge topic that will be more than enough to fill up 10 pgs\ntheres a lot to be researched too, so prepare for lots of work\nstuff like causes, preventions, consequences, proof\nresearch into Kyoto Accord, greenhouse gases, ocean currents, recent appearances of hurricanes (hurricanes build on warm air, and the temperature has been rising in the past few decades), car emissions, melting ice caps, change in migration of animals, stuff like that
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Scientific data is ambiguous and conflicting as it pertains to "global warming." Current data only exists for a few hundred years. The rest is from computer "models" which use differing assumptions and yield differing results.\n\nSince no conclusive data exists upon which to base conclusions, actions ought not be based on inconclusive data. Those are facts rarely discussed or admitted globally.
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I do agree,they claim el nino is responsible,some claim global warming. The semi cold weather with wet,cloudy days is depressing not to mention it brings on aches and pains......Illness The cold snowy days seem to bring excitement, to cold for the germs. My personal theory is the whole Earth has shifted orbit just enough to mess the weather up. Scientifically I would go with global warming or the green house effect. We have used and released so much freon or R-12 into the atmosphere, plus other pollutants its really damaged are enviorment all for comfort. Maybe we should go back to horse and buggies..lol
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The article actually states that this is the warmest in over 2000 years or more. The article talks about volcanoes erupting and other phenomenons from 1 AD to about 1850.  This did cause some green house gas because of the release of the different greenhouse gases,but they aren't really comparing what it is happening now to what was going on then. They talk about glaciers melting and the earth heating up. They also talked about humans pumping CO2 into the atmosphere since the industrial revolution. There has also been evidence seen that this is the warmest since about 420,000 years ago. This was proven through ice cores drilled in the poles and they were able to measure the CO2 concentration and compare it to today. Maybe next time you should read the entire article.
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Yes, global warming has started and finished and started and finished.\n\nThe earth has been much warmer before and much colder.  It will be both much warmer and much colder again many times.
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I think Al Gore jumps on the warming evidence and assumes the cause.  They just discovered that Antarctica was once tropic.  This planet has gone through ice ages and warming trends over and over.  So far I have seen no proof whatsoever that the current warming trend is anything more sinister than what has happened so many times.  I have looked to find it, expecting to find it, and couldn't find a link.  If someone has one (not a person saying 'it is caused by industrialization' but actual proof of that) I would love to see it.\n\nHaving said that, I think Gore legitimately believes global warming is something that can and should be stopped.  To that extent I believe he is genuine.\n\nWould he make a good President?  - No.
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I don't think a lot of people read this. It is interesting information. I had to take a tree hugger science last year and one of the things the professor admitted to is that another one of the destructive gases to the ozone that they beleive is causing the global warming is ethanol, and uria, which are both caused by natural body occurances, the ethonal comes from Pooh, while the uria comes from Urine. Not just human but animal as well. I personally don't know, but am refreshed to see another prospective on the whole thing. Now they can prove all of it, inclucding the CFC part Maybe we can all use Aqua Net again.
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Looks like an interesting series of books by Cate Tiernan.  Had to go to Borders to find it.\n\nFrom reading the excerpts it appears to be sort of a 'diary' of a young teen just coming into her own.  She has a lot of decisions to make and a big revelation to cope with.  I'm hoping the series does not get too 'dark', but hey, life has it's darkness sometimes. If you learn something to help you cope with this world, go for it. "an harm none"  So mote it be. \n\nI am surprised no one has even attempted to answer your question, I'm hoping there are readers out there and not everyone lives on the net!
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Who else is a book going to be written by?\n\nMaybe we should only read women's books.
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Kids:\n\nI hope you get this. Sorry for the mess, we were busy building things and didn't really pay attention to how much of the natural resources we were using.\n\nI know it's hot, but even though the tropical regions are now uninhabitable, the rising temperatures have made much of the polar regions tolerable. Granted, there's not as much land because of all the glacial melting, but at least it'll keep the oceans replenished for the new fish that are replacing the species that died off.\n\nBefore I forget, the fire in the middle east desert should die down before too long. I guess they weren't expecting one little nuclear weapon to cause that much damage or set the entire oil fields on fire. But, at least you won't have to worry about middle eastern politics, since there is no middle east anymore. \n\nBut, since more of Canada is now inhabitable, you'll still have that oil, and with the warmer temperatures, there won't be as much need for heating fuel.\n\nI know what you're thinking. How could we let it get this bad. I guess we just weren't paying attention. With the terrorist threats and all -- no, they really aren't hiding in the closet or under the bed. We took care of them. Well, a few of them, at least. \n\nI have to go now. The global satellite surveillance will pick this up before long. And since criticizing the government became punishable by death, this will probably be the last transmission I can send. \n\nWe miss you, and tell your siblings in the creche that we're sorry.
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In this enviroment of Global Warming I would say not. Cold is not cool any more, warming is hot.
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The governments with the money - US, Great Britain, and China - seem not to care that much. The US has been taken over by multinationals whose bottom line is money. Protecting the environment seems not to be profitable. The mulitnationals have bought the government and thus have gutted all the protection earlier governments have put in place. Yes, the planet has significant problems. \n\nGlobal warming is real. Read Kim Stanley Robinson's books _40 Signs of Rain_ and _50 Degrees Below_ (another one should be out to finish the trilogy soon). We have to understand that we must work as a global people. \n\nI hope that we can do that soon.
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We had a bit of summer the other week - maybe that was it for this year! Thank Mr George W Bush and his cronies for not believing global warming is changing the environment!\n\nP.S. I'm in Manchester, UK.
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Haven't seen it, yet. Ebert & Roeper gave it thumbs up last \nweek. They also said that in comparison with the limited of \nnumber of theaters it opened in, it did better than what ever \nwas number one.\n\nGlobal warming - I've seen pics of the ice caps 10 yrs. ago, & \ntoday - they are obviously melting. The disturbing thing are the\nphotos of the thinning polar bears. Less ice, means less prey\nfor them to eat. It also means less cubs.
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Aalexart put the case extremely well, and has obviously like me read several books that have no bias.\nThe site below will help you, the presumptiousness of man that we can influence the weather. King Canute had more success with the tide.\nYes we are gradually returning to the climate pre the mini ice age, but we still have a long way to go.
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Please Google "Global Cooling" I think you will be amazed at what you will see. It will pull up  a NEWSWEEK article from 1978 staing that, "We are heading into a new Ice Age that will completely envelope the northern hemisphere and starve millions upon millions." This is from the very same people and groups that are screaming about Global Warming,  NOAA, The National Weather Service, meteorologists, naysayers and doom mongerers. Look for the science yourselves and stop taking other peoples word for everything. They call you sheep when you do that. Go to www.junkscience.com and make up your own mind for a change. Base your passions on facts not hyperbole or fanatical rantings of nut cases trying to push thier own agandas of doom and gloom. We have been coming out of an ice age for over a million years. I am a scientist at a local university and global warming doesn't stand up to the "scientific method". Try it and you will see.