http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction Is global warming really happening? Or is it simply a product of the super-liberal, dirty-hippy mentality? en-us JenTheObscure Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:26:17 +0000 http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction While we have a lot of motivations for wishing it wasn;t true, it is. An overwhelming scientific consensus exists to support this theory, and The consequences are dire. What's the worst that could happen from cleaning up our act? If I'm right, we'll be glad we acted when we did. If I'm wrong, the worst that could happen is that we live in a more ecological world with cleaner air for our kids and a more sustainble future for our race. This is a no-brainer. Swryght Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:20:06 +0000 http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction Some skeptics point to the history of temperature fluctuations as proof that the warming of the earth is just a cyclic process that will soon correct itself. But warming has never occured so intensely in such a short period of time. . And you want us to believe that the huge pollution factories of the industrial age had no effect, but today's gases do? Robpea Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:00:42 +0000 http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction The problems that we should be looking at are the problems caused by landfill and toxic waste. We are killing the Planet but not by causing it to fry! That is just political propaganda as another excuse to raise taxes. visionary1 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:36:26 +0000 http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction It's a natural, cyclical process, not a man-made catastrophe. Volcanic eruptions, increased sun radiation, and other such natural events make man's contributions miniscule by comparison. Follow the money! GW alarmists would spend billions in futile efforts. Why not spend our resources in far more productive ways, such as reducing malaria, extreme poverty, etc.? JayBird Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:04:53 +0000 http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction And so what if the earth heats up a little bit. The slight melting of the polar icecaps would allow dry farmland across the world to be watered as much as needed. Drought would never be an issue. This is all an elaborate ploy to push hybrid cars. It's all just the crazy liberals conjuring stuff up. and what about floods? that's the issue of polar melting, too much water - we couldn't handle it. oh and environmentalists push that hybrid cars aren't worth any real mention. they're made of parts which have flown across the world too many times. Robpea Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:03:30 +0000 http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction http://riledup.com/debate/313/global-warming-fact-or-fiction