Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

I agree, this is ridiculous. The science is real we do affect the global climate and whether it be 5% or 50%, its too much. If humans at our current peopulation affect 5%, then thats way too much, unless we plan on not increasing our population any further (yeah, right.) It takes LESS than 3 degress to be catastrophic. And Global Warming is only part of the problem. Many people confuse global warming and UV protection (ozone depletion) and lump into the same problem. Different problems, some common causes. UV protection depletion means we all get cancer from being in the sun for short periods of time. Global warming means many populated areas or nations are flooded and the entire planets eco-system drastically shifts affection almost everything (food production, etc.)

At the root of studies that disaow the affects of global warming are usually coroprate sponsors. It would not surprise me in the least that this study was funded ny x, inc. somewhere along the line.

Also, consider this analogy. Consider that hypothetically this guy is right, or worse he is wrong and we only affect it 1%. When you are building a sky scraper, if you find some possibility that some element of the construction could potentially cause the entire structure to collapse and kill all its occupants, even if that is only a 1 in 100 chance (1%) then you fix it. You build in extra measures, way beyond the normal safety buffer to ensure that a disaster is averted. Yeah, it costs a little more money, but I think someone somewhere once said better safe than sorry. Whats the big deal about doing things right and regulation emissions and cleaning up our act? We dont need to look for excuses, we need to be responsible and ACT. It costs more to produce clean power, or renewable energy, or a cleaner burning car and or truck (dont get me started on commercial trucks, they have lobbied their way into zero emissions standards while cars keep getting cleaner and cleaner) but its well worth it whether or not the potential risk is real. Its a margin of error game that you cant afford to lose.

All of this comes down to long term thinking vs short term thinking. Responsible people vs. greedy people. Why else who you be opposed to cleaning up our act?