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If you did not know, the planet is heating. But why? Many people insist that greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere are causing an increase of temperature while others say that this is a natural trend that has always existed.

I’ve noticed that many people who believe in the latter statement think that the threat of Global Warming is simply a scare tactic created by liberals

I personally believe that global warming is caused by greenhouse gases and other things that humans have caused. The amount of CO2 has never been this high ever (from what I know), nor has the human population. And other countries have adopted some sort of standard, why would they be in on the workings of liberals in one country?

I think it’s a shame that people are skeptical. But I guess that’s what you get when your president is an oil monger *cough*

So, what do you think? Is Global Warming a threat created to drive those in the oil business out of office? Or is it something more?

I decided that whatever the cause is, we should try to cut back on CO2 emissions anyway.

(Feel free to correct me if I’ve made a mistake in there somewhere. I’m out of it today).

Is it time for it to "reset" though? I'm sure we're pushing it a bit too soon and it should just take a natural course.

Temperatures of the seas and oceans are rising at a rate that is impossible without human CO2 emissions. As the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increase, the temperature is increasing at a proportional rate. Sure the earth has heated and cooled and the CO2 levels fluctuate, but we're off the chart. Nature has constraints. We broke them.

And yes you're right, the world does seem to be going to hell lately, with tsunamis, devastating hurricanes, and increased amount of tornados, 3,000 year old ice shelves breaking from the Arctic (xD Yes I do see this as going to hell). The United States broke the 300,000,000 mark population wise. I see that as more than a coincidence. The population is at an all time high therefore so are greenhouse gas emissions which in turn cause frequenter worse storms and warming of the seas.

xd Yay Carlin. Anyway, I don't think so. Because we're taking loads of other species down with us. Maybe it is time for us to be phased out, but the actual "phasing out" wont happen for a long time. We're the only species who can live anywhere on Earth thanks to technology. We'll just adapt. Thousands of species will die around us, and we'll simply go on living. We'll build high tech shelters and learn to produce food out of sand or something. It wont be fun, but we'll survive. Which is horrible, because as long as we live, others will die. Other species don't have the advantage of building AC cooled buildings with running water and places to store food. So if Mother Nature thinks it's time for us to be gone, she's going about it all wrong. Maybe she thinks it's time to get rid of lesser organisms. Or maybe she has a thing against ice.

Mm, yeah maybe adapt wasn't a good choice of word.

Really? I hadn't heard of that one before. Ugh. It makes me mad.

I think that when we find a really good alternative we need to force a change or something or make it really really easy for people to change. You know? Because I think people just aren't scared enough yet.

Well said. You're making me feel like I want to be an activist or something.