Global Warming Debate Continues To Heat Up
There are two sides to the growing global warming debate, with very little room in the middle of the argument. The scientific community on one side of the aisle warns of the consequences of continuing with policies and practices that offer little or no change in behavior, while the other side claims it is a dire prediction offered by Chicken Little and the sky is not really falling.
Environmentalists and many in the scientific community care championing the need for how industrialized nations reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the Earth’s atmosphere. It is this carbon dioxide that is warming the atmosphere, according to those on the environment side of the global warming debate, while three of the top industrial countries have not signed on to the theory. The United States, China and India continue to resist the need for more reductions, at an unknown financial cost, which they claim cannot be proven to end the climate change.
Adding to the debate are charges of flawed scientific statements that those in disagreement are purposely exaggerated to push the agenda of certain environmental groups. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been supporting the so-called “butterfly effect” to show the need for drastic reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, while scientists and climatologists counter claim that the size of the theoretical effect on globe’s environment is too small to be included in the global warming debate.
Flying Butterfly Alters Course Of Tornado
By citing the “butterfly effect” some scientists theorize that the beating wings of a butterfly in Asia could alter the course and strength of a tornado in Kansas, a claim many climatologists scoff at, pointing out the proponents in the global warming debate use this as a scare tactic. Their claim is that the sheer size of the Earth’s atmosphere and the strength needed to manipulate any condition is far beyond the breeze created by butterfly wings.
Others in the global warming debate point out that predictors of world-ending results of continuing to ignore global warming are having the opposite effect of bringing attention to the global warming debate, in that some see them as alarmists, presenting only the data to support their opinion and not looking at any opposing view.
On the other hand, those supporting the need to reduce global warming say the industries do not accept their information in the global warming debate due to the cost of removing carbon dioxide emissions from factories and most other sources. They claim industrialized nations are more interested in saving money than saving the planet.
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