Analysis

Global warming is defined as the increase of the average temperature of the Earth. It is agreed by almost all scientists that global warming is occurring. The issue at however, is whether or not human activity is contributing to global warming. Some scientists believe that global warming is a direct effect of human activity while others still hold to the belief that it is just a natural part of the Earth and that humans have no significant effect on it. Regardless of the differing opinions of the scientific community, most politicians have chosen to believe that global warming is happening and that people must do something to stop it. John McCain plans to fight global warming and make America less dependent on foreign oil. Obama plans to do the same thing but has put more emphasis on how he hopes to accomplish his plan. Now you may be asking yourself what the big issue is if almost all members of both parties want to limit carbon dioxide emissions.
Truth is, that the government is editing documents to hide the truth about global warming. They are preventing some scientists from communicating what they have learned with the general public. This is a big deal. Global warming has become a huge market creating thousands of jobs for people here in America. It is basically one of the driving forces for the United States to become less dependent on oil and find other sources of fuels. It allows politicians to have more leverage in their push for making America greener. Without global warming there would be no need to make cars that produce less carbon dioxide and no need to push for people to regulate the carbon dioxide already being emitted.
At the same time oil companies have hired unqualified scientists to make it seem as though global warming isn't real. Oil companies stand to lose a lot if they can not convince the general public that there is no threat from global warming. The people would demand higher standards from oil companies and then want to find other sources of fuel even more than they currently do. This could result in the destruction of the oil market as we now know it and it is in part already starting the destruction of the oil market. With politicians pushing for more ways of alternative fuels, the oil market will eventually crumble. So the fact that global warming could be being caused by the burning of these fossil fuels only results in the oil market losing ground even faster. The only reason that the oil market is still successful today is because of the lack efficient alternative sources of fuels. However, I believe that the oil market will crumble the moment that there is some better option to burning fossil fuels.

The Burning Sun

It is true that the levels of carbon dioxide have fluctuated beyond what we believe to be the normal threshold. I do not deny this fact as i do not deny that it is possible, though not likely, that this has come from human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels. I still believe however, that there must be more data collected and observations made before we can truly say that human activity is the primary cause of global warming. It is known that the temperature of the earth has risen over the last few hundred years, in the last decade in particular, but there is no way for us to know that this is a direct result of only human activity. The natural cycles in Earth's orbit can alter the planets exposure to the sun which could cause the increase in temperature and carbon dioxide level. It is also not as likely that only human activity caused global warming to the degree that people say it does. About 450 million years ago the carbon dioxide levels were over ten times what they are now but the planet was at one of it's coldest periods in history. At the moment it is way to possible that this is just a time when the Earth is naturally more susceptible to the heat from the sun. If people really want others to believe global warming is caused by human activity then they should get more hard evidence first. Because without evidence this is just another empty claim like that of an oncoming ice age from the 1970's.

It's not the Heat, It's Human

I think it would be best to approach this blog by beginning with some background on the topic. Global warming refers to the the increase of the Earth's surface temperature and ocean temperature every year. Some people believe that while the temperature of the Earth naturally goes up, the activities of human beings has caused a dramatic increase in the Earths temperature. This is due mainly to the burning of fossil fuels which increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Upon first look it may seem that global warming is pretty scientific with no reason for opposition, but that is very wrong. From a scientific view point, there is not much data to support global warming. The scientific method shows that we must gather data to formulate and test natural events. This is not possible with global warming since we can not recreate the earth. I do believe that there is some validity to global warming, but that this time I think there is not enough evidence to really make global warming any more than someones opinion. Sure the temperature has changed,, but so what? The temperature has always changed and fluctuated over time. We can not assume that if Point A goes up then point B goes up that point A caused point B to go up. It is more complex than that. We must have some set of hard evidence to support global warming or else it basically just becomes another market where some scientist can doctor data to make it seem that humans have caused so much harm. Because lets face it, without any hard proof, global warming is only a way for companies to convince people to spend more money on things that will be more "green."