When the global warming scare is over, what will the impact have been to legitimate environmental concerns?

Will the environmental movement's "boy who cried wolf" problem have been greatly exacerbated by the global warming scare?



When the global warming scare is over, what will the impact have been to legitimate environmental concerns?I grew up in South Dakota in the Black Hills. I love the environment and am a genuine conservationist. I see many so called environmentalists are from the City, don't know the first thing about the environment, couldn't tell the difference between a wolf and a poodle, want to turn the "environment" into their play ground and restrict humans from enjoying it, and are more about gaining control over every aspect of your life from how many squares you can use, to how high to turn up your thermostat, etc. One thing is clear, the left uses and abuses the environment to push their agenda. They sue anyone that dares consider drilling for oil or putting a dam, let alone a nuclear power plant. It seems to me they are not interested in saving the environment. It is more about pushing their political agenda. When the global warming scare is over, what will the impact have been to legitimate environmental concerns?
Very insightful question, you get a star. As you probably know the so called scientists screaming loudest about about global warming are the very same ones that were predicting an ice age as imminent In the 1970's. We have a saying here in the NW USA. "Only fools and newcomers attempt to predict the weather" As you have no doubt observed the longer range the prediction the less accurate it becomes. The Global Warming predictors have seriously damaged their credibility by their choice of the proven liar and failed politician Al Gore as their spokesman. I believe they diminish and discredit the whole scientific community by insisting that the actions of the race of mankind can have more than a very minimal influence on global weather patterns. When the global warming scare is over, what will the impact have been to legitimate environmental concerns?I think the impact won't be as great as some might think, largely because of the reasons I've been harping on for a couple of weeks-other environmental impact(s) of 6+ billion human beings competing for limited resources, and economics not necessarily connected to global warming with with very similar actions required-like alternative energy. That already has considerable momentum, and I suspect that any number of people who went through the last energy crises and warnings about dire consequences to mankind that turned out to not be quite as dire as predicted are going to go GEEZ, how many times do we have to go THROUGH this? How many times do we have to suffer energy inflation, not to mention the stress of tense international relations-and even war-that boils down to oil?



You know, we got all complacent 30 some years ago after a big old hue and cry about alternative energy and getting less dependent on foreign oil. As soon as the price of a barrel dropped some and we adjusted to spending more for less, we forgot all about the underlying problems, even though most people knew they'd eventually come back to haunt us. Now, whether it is global warming or some other imminent crisis, we're being forced to deal with it. What are we going to do when we calm down? Tear down all the wind turbines we've built or turn back the clock on technology? I don't think so.



And I think that despite any failings in data and research that may exist which have lead to the present conclusions about the climate, people will appreciate refined technology and research when it becomes available and tomorrow not be all that concerned about any errors made today. They might not listen to this guy or that guy anymore, but more knowledgable and authoritative leaders will emerge from the mess.



There will always be people-like the ones here-who get a big burr under their saddles and go well it just p****d ME off so bad that now I leave the lights burning at night deliberately or whatever, but I'd like to think those folks who are immature enought to sh*t in our community nest just because some guy named Al Gore or whomever ticked them off are few and far between. Those are the ones we have to watch, not the self-styled canaries in the coal mine.When the global warming scare is over, what will the impact have been to legitimate environmental concerns?
The "scare" has spanned 3 decades. It is firmly planted into the minds of the western civilization, and it is doubtful it will "go away."



As far as the "boy who cried wolf" conclusion, I believe most people are already reluctant to believe the next great threat they hear from the media. However, sadly, the masses still seem to cling onto the "little" threats.



We are all mostly sheep... waiting to be told what to believe...When the global warming scare is over, what will the impact have been to legitimate environmental concerns?Very good question!



I am all for conservation and responsible use of our earth and to the end that it causes use to use energy more efficiently (to provide a single example) I see this as a good. However, you are right, crying wolf too many times is in itself, a problem... as the Global Cooling crowd of the mid 1970s did. People need to dial down the hysterics and have a rational discussion.
Boom we would not be facing any shortness of resources if the space program started under Ike and carried on under JFK, LBJ, Nixon and Ford had been allowed to continue as planned. But instead all the advanced science programs that would have led to power generation and industry there were shut down by Carter because they potentially would have hurt the profits of certain oil men and bankers that had funded him for the job.



Now it will be 10 years at least before space based solar even gets really going because the program was scrapped during the Carter years and all the engineers that worked on it are retired or dead. Renewables other than hydro will never be able to handle more than 20% of the load no matter how they are promoted. Nuclear is the best option for balance because it is clean and renewable through recycling of used material back into fresh once the anti nuke edicts of Carter are reversed by congress. Eventually 80% plus of the worlds needs will be met by space based solar with nuclear supplementing it and other sources such as wind, solar, geo thermal and others where they are practical.





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Look up instead of down and you will see there are no limits to growth.When the global warming scare is over, what will the impact have been to legitimate environmental concerns?
Your assumption that the GW "scare" will end conflicts with many AGW doubters beliefs that we should wait and see all the science before implementing CO2 mitigation strategies. Based on the time frame scientists believe these changes will occur, most of us will be dead by then and the "When" will never happen.
Yes absolutely. Both science and environmental issues will suffer because of the AGW scam. People are already becoming cynical enough. This will not help. The world is a scarier place because of this hoax. Just when you think humanity is becoming better, we have a huge setback like this. How in the world did we get to the place, that so many of us would welcome a lie?When the global warming scare is over, what will the impact have been to legitimate environmental concerns?
I know I used to recycle, until Gore came along, when he started his "we must do this and this, and the chain saw is the most dangerous thing every made by man" I just lost it.





Now its mine, if I want to throw it in the trash, so be it.



He, and his kind killed it for me.
Gore this Gore that, shut up already. I was studying and advocating for global warming long before Gore was even in the picture. I mean get over it already. If that your best arguments, then you got nothing.
It's not a scare or a scam it's real and the vast majority of scientists agree. No when the few skeptics are finally forced to agree as most already are support for environmental concerns will remain high.
Legitimate environmental causes will suffer because of the Gore-athlic religion of global warming.