Global Warming

Discussion in 'Global Surf Talk' started by STASI, Dec 23, 2008.

  1. STASI

    STASI Active Member

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    May 22, 2006
  2. terra-firma intolerant

    terra-firma intolerant Well-Known Member

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    Jul 5, 2008
    Real or Not, humans are sill having a HUGE influence to our planet's environment, and videos like this may stop people from believing in Global Warming, which like they said in the video, is really the only reason people are acting to be "cleaner & greener." So, is this video there just to bash the politicians? Because everything that "causes" global warming, also pollute the natural environment, and reduces efforts to be "greener" (caused by videos like this) will pollute our ocean (oil rigs, oil tankers, city run-off).
    This video does have back-up, but I don't see why they have to go around and say: "It's okay, drive you Hummers, Global Warming isn't real." Jerks.

    Plus they claim that it keeps developing countries from developing, they have the money, they're just corrupt. Plus over-population could happen and all are resources would be used up. Duh.
     

  3. Swellinfo

    Swellinfo Administrator

    May 19, 2006
    yes, solar flares can create warming, but independent of solar flares, there is extremely strong evidence that human induces green house gases are warming the earth.
     
  4. super fish

    super fish Well-Known Member

    Sep 2, 2008
    if all the ice caps melt and the water rises 20 ft or whatever...will there be anywhere to surf? just on the reefs i guess?
     
  5. Swellinfo

    Swellinfo Administrator

    May 19, 2006
    if the water rises 20ft, there will all kinds of new breaks... about 30 miles inland.
     
  6. xgen70

    xgen70 Well-Known Member

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    May 25, 2006
    I can not understand how anyone could not say that humans have not caused an effect/affect on our planet. Even in small ways, since the fertile valley in the middle east to other early population centers of early mankind, humans have been changing the natural order of things, in one way or another.

    These changes have only increased with increases in world populations and technology advances.

    Humans, most of them/us are solely consumers and destroyers of the natural resources that have been provide for us. The planet is a sustainable resource if used in the right ways, and could in fact be able to provide for far greater numbers of humans then what we are lead to believe.

    But, humans are greedy, and wasteful.....

    However, at the same time I can not totally agree with the position that humans are the lone cause of a Global warming. Our interactions with the planet are compounding themselves... true, generation after generation. I could be more specific, but what is the point, we all know and have heard and seen what humans do and have done to this planet.

    Yet, let us not be so big headed in thinking that we could do so much to a systems of things to which we no so little about. Hell, they just found 1000 plus new species in one area of southeast Asia, did they not? And for all the space probes launched, we still do not really know anything about what is lurking in our vast Oceans, even though we have KILLED so Much of what was once there.

    Once again, the truth of the matter is simple,.......we know next to nothing about much of anything. For all of mankinds great knowledge, I think it safe to say that it does not even represent a speck of dust really. Even more reason to Go slow and live within and with the system of things that has been provided. We know and can see the things that upset the natural balance, so why do we continue to do these things?,.... because humans are stupid and self destructive.

    No, it is really not all our own doing, we know so little about cycles of time and how changes, natural changes have in the past and those that will come in the future have and will bring about changes to our planet. Major changes will come, whether we have caused them or not. My position is to do all we can to live in balance with nature as is humanly possible.

    So let us not forget.......We can make our lives/planet better or worst, this is true.......but to an even greater extent, we are simply along for the ride.
     
  7. rbsurfer

    rbsurfer Member

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    Nov 19, 2008
    All the house and buildings will be the the new man made reefs to get ra
    sed on.