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Originally Posted by wrx_snobordr
How can you say that? I am not buying into all the hype but at the same time, we can't deny the impact we can have.
We have disrupted the natural balance of our planet. I personally do not buy into the fact that it is all man made but lets look at facts. We have dumped tons of pollutants into the atmosphere over a very short period of time while at the same time removing the tools that the earth uses to clean itself with(Trees and plants(. We have rerouted streams and rivers, paved over natural flood plains and drastically reduced the grounds capacity to retain water through our millions of acres of concrete that now adorns the surface of our cities and towns.
Earth is a balancing act, changing one thing can have a drastic impact. We can see records of this through out its history, one volcanic eruption can drop the earths temp a few degrees. If we put the same elements into the atmosphere as a volcanic eruption, while eruptions continue to take place and decrease the earth ability to regulate, how can you argue we are not to blame if only partly?
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Because the earth was going through temperature cycles, long before man was walking the earth, never mind polluting it. The ice age came and went without our influence, and the earth will continue to go through temperature cycles, long after man kind has become extinct.