Planetary Demise

[Tiberius]

"I don't think there is conclusive evidence that it's caused by humans"

You have stated that there is not conclusive evidence that it is caused by humans, yet now you deny that you made that statement? I don't think it could be any clearer.

Are we really doing this again?

I said there was no conclusive evidence that it is caused by humans. The keyword there is "conclusive".

You asked: "No evidence it is caused by humans??"

The question marks (two of them) suggest a state of incredulity; that you are astounded I would make such a statement. Only problem is, I never made such a statement. I did not say there was no evidence global warming is caused by humans; I said there was no conclusive evidence. Two very different things my friend.

If I say "there are no red cars", does it mean I also hold the belief that "there are no cars"? No, not necessarily.

You have also stated that there is no evidence it will be of any danger to us in the future, yet you've admitted that if the ice caps melt rising sea levels will be a problem, is this not contradictory? Do the people living on the coasts not matter?

Again, I did not state there was "no evidence". I stated there was no conclusive evidence. It is not contradictory for the reasons I stated; even if the ice caps melt, it will not be enough water to flood the Earth completely. Additionally, it will happen slowly, not sudden like some kind of flash flood. People near the coasts will have plenty of time to relocate. An actual danger that might come from global warming is if the temperature of the planet gets too hot to sustain life (both us, and what we eat). However, I have seen no evidence that such drastic temperature rises are predicted.

You seem to have the attitude that it doesn't matter if a few animals or humans are effected by global warming, so long as it is only a miminal amount of people that are effected. Also you seem to use the fact that we've been effected by it in the past as an excuse to continue the process, the problem is not that climate change is occuring, the problem is that we're speeding up the process when we do not need to.

No, my attitude is that nature is a bitch, and often it is pointless to fight against it. We can't stop storms, but we can build defenses against them. The same goes for global warming. Whilst it would be great if we could slow down the process, it is also good if we can plan for a future that is warmer.

Oh, and my point about it happening in the past wasn't that we should use it as an excuse; I was just pointing out facts.