| Controversial Quotes On the Global Warming Controversy |
| Written by Aazdak Alisimo | |
| Monday, 25 August 2008 | |
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Is global warming the biggest threat to us or not. The debate seems to sway back and forth depending on who you happen to be listening to at the time. So, who should you believe? Read the following and decide for yourself.
Is global warming the biggest threat to us or not. The debate seems to sway back and forth depending on who you happen to be listening to at the time. So, who should you believe? Read the following and decide for yourself. You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to. - Roger Ebert, on Al Gore's movie about global warming. We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late... The science is clear. The global warming debate is over. - Arnold Schwarzenegger Since global warming Eskimos now have twenty different words for water. - John O'Farrell The only people who would be hurt by abandoning the Kyoto Protocol would be several thousand people who make a living attending conferences on global warming - Professor Kirill Kondratyev, Russian Academy of Sciences In fact, even the current administration now is releasing recent reports indicating that climate change is real, that global warming is occurring, that it is heavily influenced by man-made objects and that it is something we cannot ignore any longer. - Ron Kind Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to. - Joe Lieberman Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it. - Tony Blair Climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more serious even than the threat of terrorism. - David King, UK government chief scientific adviser. Greenhouse gases are a class of gases that can trap heat near Earth's surface. As they increase in the atmosphere, the extra heat they trap leads to global warming. This warming in turn places pressure on Earth's climate system and can lead to climate change. - Tim Flannery Preventing the transformation of the earth's atmosphere from greenhouse to unconstrained hothouse represents arguably the most imposing scientific and technical challenge that humanity has ever faced. It is local, national and international. It will affect all of us as well as all our children. - David Miliband The European records, being so long, make a convincing case that we're already seeing changes ... This is not like 'Centuries from now the ice sheets will melt.' This is 'In a few decades it will be dramatically different.' To me, that's alarming. - Drew Shindell, NASA physicist When the penny drops to President Bush that global warming is really serious, they're going to be in trouble. - James Lovelock |
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