Not All Scientist Believe In Global Warming

I thought this was interesting because we never hear in the news or else where the other side of the story on Global Warming. This is a petition that is signed by over 17,000 scientist that have doubts that global warming is caused by man. I just wonder why we never hear both sides of the story?

Explanation - Global Warming Petition Project (http://oism.org/pproject/s33p357.htm)

There is alot of evidence that we are not the sole cause of warming. There is a "heated" (sorry) debate on whether or not the human race plays a significant role at all...

There are pockets of methane released ever so often that contribute something like 5 times the amount of greenhouse gas that humans produce in one ear.

There is little debate as to whether or not we contribute, but a ton as far as how much. A big reason why many think we need to learn more about it is something called "global dimming".

In an effort to reduce pollution, the US reduced particle pollution. This was great because it decreases the risk of lung infection and such. The problem is, clouds form from these tiny particles, and the more clouds there are, the more sun is reflected. Basically, the particles were helping cool the earth and reducing particle pollution actually contributed to global warming.

There is still a huge amount of information we don't know, and whether or not you agree something has to be done about it now, more funding should go into research so we can understand what the hell we're doing.

I don't disagree that research still needs to be done but I think we need to know the cause before we can have a solution. I just wonder why so many do so much to block the information from other scientist who have different beliefs. When was the last time that the news gave us both side of the story? All I ever hear is about all the scientist that back the notion that its caused by man but as you can see their are thousands that have different thoughts.

The media is not concerned with the truth. Only the dramatic. If you start digging, you can find many scientists who will state the world in general is in a warming trend, (little to do with man), as has happened several times through history. Other studies "prove" that the world in general is getting colder. Only pockets around the globe are getting warmer. I probably am more of a tree hugger than an industrialist, and I am not sure global warming really exists???????
The sun is also apparently getting substancially hotter, so who knows

I have read A LOT about this and I can't get over the fact that 'skeptics' often cite actual scientific evidence when explaining their positions and 'supporters' basically just say 'we'll your stupid'. That strikes me as being awful damning of the global warming community.

You have to be insane not believe burning fossil fuel is bad for the planet. Either that or in the pockets of somebody (http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/exxon_science/index.htm?cnn=yes).

Too much of anything is bad.

Right you are! It's pretty wierd stuff once you scratch the surface of what has become "totally accepted" by the world. I catch myself going......hmmm...I didn't know that

You have to be insane not believe burning fossil fuel is bad for the planet. Either that or in the pockets of somebody (http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/exxon_science/index.htm?cnn=yes).

Too much of anything is bad.

Your not talking about beer, right?

It really doesn't matter if humans are the cause. Bottom line: the globe IS warming. The ice caps ARE melting. All you have to do is look -- it doesn't require scientific verification.

We as humans don't need to reduce pollution for any other reason than it makes the world a dirty place to live.

Regardless, I think we can all agree that we need an alternate energy source asap.