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**Qeiafib** · 07-01-2011, 01:18 PM

Perhaps people would take global warming more seriously if its advocates would stop using scare tactics. I think it was over 10 years ago that Al Gore predicted sea levels would rise by 20 feet by 2100! In his 2006 documentary he still talked about what Florida and NYC will be like when sea levels have risen by 20 feet but he deftly left out any time frame. Sea levels have risen about 2 inches in the last 20 years. Why should anyone take this man seriously? And when a lot of people think global warming they think Al Gore.

This is true to an extent I believe.

But if you think about it, scare tactics have worked in the past. Remember the hole in the Ozone layer? Major scare tactics were given, and as a result, the damaging chemicals where removed from all aerosol products within a couple of years, as well as polystyrene etc etc. And what about the acid rain? Factories soon removed sulphur from their output stacks.

Both of these were serious issues, both were dealt with quickly.

Why is it so hard for those with a "just world" belief system to tackle climate change?

07-01-2011, 01:18 PM	#3
Qeiafib Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	Perhaps people would take global warming more seriously if its advocates would stop using scare tactics. I think it was over 10 years ago that Al Gore predicted sea levels would rise by 20 feet by 2100! In his 2006 documentary he still talked about what Florida and NYC will be like when sea levels have risen by 20 feet but he deftly left out any time frame. Sea levels have risen about 2 inches in the last 20 years. Why should anyone take this man seriously? And when a lot of people think global warming they think Al Gore. This is true to an extent I believe. But if you think about it, scare tactics have worked in the past. Remember the hole in the Ozone layer? Major scare tactics were given, and as a result, the damaging chemicals where removed from all aerosol products within a couple of years, as well as polystyrene etc etc. And what about the acid rain? Factories soon removed sulphur from their output stacks. Both of these were serious issues, both were dealt with quickly. Why is it so hard for those with a "just world" belief system to tackle climate change?
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