Obama to Go to Copenhagen With Pledge of Emissions Cuts

There are those that believe Global Warming or Climate Change, if you want to call it that, is not really happening. They claim the whole thing is a scam to generate unnecessary expenditures to limit carbon emissions.

Well it is happening. It is caused by a natural cycle the world goes through every 50,000 years or so, and there is nothing we can do to stop it. However, there are things we can do to slow it down (by reducing carbon emissions). Also, there are things we need to do to adjust to the effects the changes are causing.

There are droughts in some parts of the world that are affecting the food supply, this causes mass migrations that in turn affect the food supply in other parts of the world. There is also the problem of rising sea levels that will have a devastating effect on coastlines around the world.

Then there is the problem of the melting of the Polar Caps and the snow caps on the high peaks. This of course, is the direct cause of the rising sea levels, but it also causing a dangerous change of the oceans currents.

The accelerated introduction of fresh water to the oceans is changing the salt levels, which in turn is changing the oceans currents. The most significant of these changes is that of the Gulf Stream. Scientist are predicting the Gulf Stream will eventually shut down, they just don't know when it will happen. If (or when) we lose the Gulf Stream, which brings warm waters to the Northern Hemisphere, we will be on the brink of a new Glacier age.

So, the non-believers can continue to not believe and just ignore the problem until it is too late, or they can get on board and recognize that we have a problem that must be addressed.

Incidentally whitehood, you have completely derailed this thread, as Nelson points out in his comment #6.1, This article is not about China. I seeded this article and posted my opening comment in the hopes of sparking discussion regarding the U.S. commitment for Carbon Emissions reduction. Instead we get a pi$$ing contest between you and Bob Nelson over your unwillingness or inability to provide references to substantiate your position.

Don't worry about it Bob , your cool. It was whitehood that that repeatedly refused to respond to your fair question regarding the origin of his information. I also jumped into that exchange, allowing the thread to get way off topic.

I appreciate your quick apology. I don't expect to hear from whitehood, apparently he thinks he's never wrong.