Just what it says.
[Edit: Since people are getting hung up on the use of "believe" rather than the clear intent of the question, I've edited the thread title] - Faroth
Yes, our actions are negatively impacting the earth.
No, our actions do not impact the earth.
Our actions impact the earth, but not on a scale large enough to notice.
I haven't read enough to decide.
Just what it says.
[Edit: Since people are getting hung up on the use of "believe" rather than the clear intent of the question, I've edited the thread title] - Faroth
Last edited by Faroth; 2014-09-23 at 09:38 PM. Reason: correction.
Only until I was 9 years old and my older brother told me he's fake.
I believe in gravity too, fuck me right ?
I think it's a real problem, but the direct factors are not fully understood.
The melting of permafrost is contributing massive green house gases for example. Changes in oceanic currents, etc etc etc.
The fact remains that we can help to curb the effect, dramatically possibly. But are we the exclusive cause? I don't think that's definitive given the size of the model and range of contributing factors.
Green is the way to go though, and the faster we get there the better.
Jon Oliver gave a great reason why this question is irrelevant. Next we will need people to believe 2+2=4. Oh wait, math doesn't give a shit what you believe. All the global climate models can't be reproduced without man shitting up the atmosphere.
I know it's a real thing, and humans have had an impact on the world's environment. more so then anything to have come before us, not including natural disasters. but I'm not in the camp of "if we don't make a dramatic turn in the next 5 years were looking at a global catastrophe".
That's the thing with science, its not asking for observers to believe but rather just to watch, its definitely something that is happening.
It is real and i do think humans plays a part in it though.
Well, at least for me, I don't feel climate change is going to be an "oh meh gerd, we're all gunna die!111!1" situation, but I still support the move to cleaner sources of renewable energy simply because it helps us advance technology and find more efficient ways to generate the energy we'll need in the future--fossil fuels and natural gas can only last so long.