Quote Originally Posted by Monty3038
Yes, humans in America do more damage than those in Somalia, so we are to be punished for our success? Of course we are, by instead of encouraging us to live responsibly (in the environmentalist opinion) we will be punished by taxing our 'carbon footprint' which I still think is BS, but I'm forming that opinion without full information.
Do you think it's somehow the Somalians' own fault they can't afford the luxuries you have? How do you "deserve" them more than them? On most planets the thing you're thinking of is "responsibility", unfamiliar concept for many, I know. I think you would feel about this issue a little differently if it were for example the russians or the chinese responsible for the carbon emissions, would you just say they shouldn't be punished for their success? What if it was Al Qaeda, wouldn't you vote for the government to do everything and anything in its power to stop them? But no, since it's "us", you have a God-given right to do whatever you want with your "hard earned" cash, no matter what the consequences.

Quote Originally Posted by Monty3038
So who is right? Who knows, maybe my kid will. I for one don't think the facts add up, but again, I'm no pro at this stuff and don't have the time to become one... some smart scientists will eventually be able to prove something definate one way or another, probably after we all have cancer or something... I'm out, I shouldn't have even started as I don't have the time to follow up on it all.
Did you read the link I posted? There is no debate, there's just the facts vs the powerful minority lobbyists who profit from denying it. There is absolutely no doubt within the scientific community about global warming being real and that we are contributing to it.