| If you are like most people you have been | | | | to cows, to agriculture, to human reliance on fossil |
| hearing about global warming for the past several | | | | fuels, to our increasing population, to the building |
| years. To make matters worse most of what | | | | and maintaining of large cities and everything in |
| you have been hearing has been couched in | | | | between. Even among scientists who agree that |
| scientific mumbo jumbo that is difficult if not | | | | global warming is real there seems little consensus |
| impossible to understand and what little you could | | | | as to the causes. Most claim that the addition to |
| understand seemed to be conflicting theories as | | | | CO2 from human actions do play a part as well |
| to whether or not global warming is really | | | | as cities where sidewalks and buildings increase |
| occurring and if it is what really causes it. Don't | | | | the temperature in areas as much as 10 or 12 |
| feel bad about your confusion it seems that even | | | | degrees Fahrenheit over less populated places. |
| scientist are confused about the entire issue. | | | | What Can We Do? |
| Does It Really Exist? | | | | When scientists can't agree if a problem exists or |
| There are scientists who say that global warming | | | | not and if it does then what is the cause of the |
| not only exists but it is a threat to the entire | | | | problem it is difficult for the average person to |
| planet and will result in more hurricanes, less food | | | | know what to do to help the situation. The best |
| and eventually if not controlled, the death of most | | | | we can do is error on the side of caution and |
| living things. There are other scientists who say | | | | assume that global warming might well be taking |
| that there really is no global warming and we | | | | place and that we humans are contributing to it. If |
| have little to worry about as the earth at times | | | | we accept the theory that CO2 emissions is one |
| gets warmer and then cools off. Then there are | | | | of leading causes then taking measures to reduce |
| those that says that the temperature of the | | | | the CO2 in the atmosphere seems like a wise |
| earth is definitely heating up but since the | | | | decision. The best way to accomplish this is by |
| atmosphere has changed little, then what we | | | | encouraging the growth of green plants that |
| have is not global warming but simply a need to | | | | takes CO2 from the air and replace it with |
| take measures to cool down the earth by making | | | | oxygen. Roof top gardens in large cities would not |
| what scientists consider small changes. But let's | | | | only help decrease the CO2 but would reduce |
| say for the sake of argument that global warming | | | | urban warming. Relying less on fossil fuels would |
| does exist. If it does what are the actual causes? | | | | also lower the amount of CO2 in the air and |
| What Really Are the Causes? | | | | recycling will help as well. |
| There have been several theories provided to | | | | Even if these steps should prove unnecessary for |
| account for global warming. These theories have | | | | purposes of global warming, they will create a |
| run the gambit from far-fetched arguments such | | | | healthier place for all of us to live. |
| as aliens (those from space not other countries), | | | | |