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For all the people that are part of the Global Warming Bandwagon(GWB)and the Going Green Crowd (GGC), I have a few questions.
I would like to know why, it is sooo terrible, that the climate is changing? It can't stay the same forever, It always has and always will change no matter what the human race does, or should I say the greedy Americans.
We always hear that the glaciers are melting and it is the most terrible thing that is happening, but so much of the landscape of the planet is the way it is because of glaciers of the past, yes no?
And what is the deal with the animals that are supposed to be affected by the climate change? I was always taught that there was evolution and adaptation.
Also I'd like to know when, the two people that were in the kayak by the whales, are going to have charges brought against them for breaking the law. They knew the whales were getting close and coming towards them, and instead of trying to get out of the way they deliberately sat there and endangered the lives of the whales around them.
And what is the deal with the two people that gathered the methane gas in PLASTIC BAGS, to just turn around and set them on fire?, that doesn't seem to be too enviromentally friendly.
 
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For all the people that are part of the Global Warming Bandwagon(GWB)and the Going Green Crowd (GGC), I have a few questions.
I would like to know why, it is sooo terrible

My personal reason is I like to breath fresh air. I don't want to wear a face mask to filter out all polluants. If we can reduce all the Greenhouse gas's the world will be better for all.
 
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While it's not so terrible that the climate is changing as it does and has changed on it's own much longer than we've been around, but it is a bit freaky since there is evidence of our human activity influencing and seemingly speeding up this process.

And if all this evidence and support of our negative impacts on the environment changing our planet and climate to conditions that we as a species, as well as many other species, can't possibly adapt to as fast as we'd need, than it starts to matter.

Glacial melt is a concern because many glaciers around the world provide fresh drinking water to the people that live there, money from ecotourism, as well as some glaciers having a potentially huge impact on rises in sea level. And if we are having an impact on the environment and speeding up the process of glacial melt than these bad things happening are partially our fault.

It took about 2 million years for our oldest ancestors to adapt to what we are now. That's a long time that's needed for evolution and adaptation (even if we can adapt our environment to fit our own needs, like air conditioning - but we know that also comes with problems). Heck, we even still have tails in embryo!
 
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