The climate is changing. There is no doubt about that. This change is not subtle. An overall temperature increase of .45 degrees Celsius (.81 degrees ferinheit) has occurred over the last one hundred years. By 2100 the overall temperature will increase by as much as another eight degrees celcius, according to the experts. The polar ice caps will melt causing the oceanic water levels to rise by about 17 feet. Such changes would undoubtedly be cataclysmic.
What is causing this horrid climatic change? I'll put this as simply as I know how. Extraneous greenhouse gases in the atmosphere cause it. What happens is fairly simple. The sun's heat gets through the atmosphere and heats Earth, like it is supposed to. But the greenhouse gases prevent the heat from escaping the atmosphere. The heat and heat causing radiation is trapped.
If you set up a tent in the sunshine, the sun heats the tent up. The tent itself prevents the hot air from leaving. So the air inside the tent just keeps getting hotter and hotter. It's basically the same principle. The tent is this case is the greenhouse gases and the air inside the tent is our air.
What is this greenhouse gas and where does it come from? Well, we are told that anthropogenic (man-made) environmental abuse via factories, cars, etc, are releasing CO2 (carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere. Al Gore wants to spend some of the surplus that we don't have to fix this problem.
That is pretty much the song and dance that you are hearing from "Al Gore and the Global Warming Band". But there is some information that they are not singing about. You are not likely to be told about the other greenhouse gases that are floating around over our heads. In order to find out the truth about this matter, we have to look at the scientific study results. By looking at these, we find that 95% of the greenhouse gases is water vapor. Only 2% of the gases are CO2. Studies conducted done by scientists indicate that only 5% of that 2% is anthropogenic. That means one-tenth of one percent is caused by humans.
Even if the global warming theory is true, glaciologist (yes, there are some people who actually study big chunks of floating ice) seem to agree that the glaciers are melting. They always have. However, they are being built at the same time, so the mass of ice is never really significantly lowered. Also, glaciers only account for about 6% of the total ice mass. The estimates of climatic reaction time for glaciers range from one hundred to one thousand years. This would indicate that any glacial melting occurring now would be the result of climatic changes from at least late 19th century.
The Alaskan glaciologists estimate the climatic reaction time for the actual polar ice caps is much greater. The range of time is 10,000 to 100,000 years. If Al Gore sees any melting from these ice caps, it would have to be done at least as far back as when Noah loaded his ark with animals. Long before automobiles, CFC's (cloraflourocarbons), aerosols, and smokestacks. In fact, since the great flood could be a cause of any current ice cap melting, big Al should blame God. Try raising his taxes Al.
Another item that our fearless group of lying singers fail to tell us: Studies indicate that the .81 degree increase mostly occurred in the first half of the 1900's. But the largest portion of CO2 was released in the second half of the 1900's. Although the CO2 is a greenhouse gas, scientists discount the minor contributions of humans as a substantial cause of the warming.
And another verse is missing from the song: If you are old enough, you will remember the global cooling scare in the 1970's. A study of information provided by satellites indicate a slight cooling in the last twenty years, and is corroborated by weather balloon information over the same period of time. A COOLING PERIOD!
Remember the person leading this charge is none other than the next hopeful imperial leader of the Socialist Republic of America, Al Gore. This is a man who indicates in his book that a Chevrolet is more dangerous to our national interests that a Communist Chinese nuclear arsenal.
Do the research for yourself. The information from the scientific studies in not really difficult to read and understand. The math is not too difficult either. Well, maybe the math and reading would be a problem if you graduated from a public school system, but I encourage you to try it anyway. What you will need is an untainted opinion so turn off the 6 o'clock news and read for yourself. Try searching on "global warming" and look for sights that provide actual scientific reports. When I was searching for information, I started with the National Weather Service. A history of temperatures since 1895 is available.
My findings from the studies are quite simple. There is no evidence to support the global warming hogwash. Furthermore, the "Global Warming" crowd and their fearless leader Al Gore... are idiots. If you believe in this load of crap, you're an idiot too. The true foundation of this whole hoax is political. If you want to know which special interests are involved, try following the trail of money. That is a telltale sign of the special interest agenda.