Global Warming?
I know many Americans are very upset about the idea of global warming (I personally am not), but are people in Mexico or Spain also concerned?
Is this just some sort of American idea, or are there different countries that are concerned?
Gracias
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Se le dice/decía "calentamiento global"
Claro que nos preocupa, desgraciadamente mi opinión personal es que los gobiernos siempre actúan bajo las ordenes de USA, si el gobierno de USA dice que no es importante, los demás dicen lo mismo, pero a nivel de la calle, las personas si que estamos preocupadas por este echo, (yo por lo menos), aun así se intentan hacer cosas para mejorar el ecosistema, aunque las cosas importantes, para las que se necesita dinero y el apoyo de los gobiernos, no se hacen.
Does Global Warming even exist? I've been reading that most of it has been either blown way out of proportion, or made up entirely. Do you agree with this, or do you think that Global Warming exists?
Gracias
If you read the science, and disregard the political motivation regarding this subject ,you will find sufficient evidence to make your own decision.
It is no longer "Global warming" it is now "climate change" the next time it will be called "climate confusion".
Ya no es el "calentamiento global" ahora es el "cambio climático" la próxima vez que se llama "confusión climático".
Yo sí creo en el cambio climático, y me parece raro que haya gente que dude de su existencia. Sin embargo, creo que el problema no es el nivel de CO2 atmosférico, el problema es el sistema económico que pone primero el lucro, y que no respeta ni a las personas, ni al ambiente. Ya pronto van a bajar las tasas de extinción, porque nos quedaremos sin especies que extinguir.
El año pasado tenía la oportunidad de asistir a la junta anual de las Naciones Unidas en Bangkok, Thailand para discutir el Montreal Protocol, el cual tiene que ver con el calentamiento global. Si alguien está interesado, yo puedo explicar lo que piensan los líderes gubernamentales del mundo porque yo estaba allí con ellos en el mismo cuarto. Pero no quiero compartir mis experiencias si no hay interés porque sería mucho para escribir.
Last year I had the opportunity to attend the annual Montreal Protocol discussion of the United Nations held in Bangkok, Thailand. The Montreal Protocol has everything to do with global warming. If anyone is interested I would be happy to share my first hand experiences of what the governmental leaders of each country present had to say about the issue. So let me know if you want me to talk about it and I sure will! I just don't want to waste time writing a whole bunch about the subject if no one is interested.
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Es que no se trata solo de los Estados Unidos, ni de Méjico, ni de España. Se trata de todo el mundo. Global.
Pero la pura verdad es que no sabemos si el mundo se está calentando o si vamos a tener otra edad de hielo.
This is not something that just concerns the USA, nor Mexico, nor Spain. It's about the whole world. Global.
But the truth is that we don't know if the world is heating up or if we're going to have another ice-age.
Only fifty years ago, people were worried about the new ice age about to freeze the earth. Now we are worried about the Earth getting hotter. Has anyone noticed that people like NASA don't talk much about global warming? If it was such a big issue, wouldn't they be trying to fix it?
NASA doesn't do much of anything nowadays...
Thanks for all the info everybody! One last thought... how do you say Global Warming in Spanish. Do you use a literal translation, or is there a specific word(s) for it.
The climate has been changing on this planet for the past five billion years. I see no reason for it to stop now.
If we were talking about global pollution, no one would be confused.
Whatever you want to call it , to me at this moment it is flamin Hot hot hot !
It is 7 45PM Tuesday and it is 42 C , that is about 110 F , I am sitting here with
a fan going full blast on my skinny hot little body , even the computer is too hot to touch.
An hour or two away up the bush it reached 47C , I have to go and replace my body
fluids with something wet cold and amber coloured ,"Brewers shall inherit the earth ".
Roger Federer kept his cool though and won.
Es una pena que las agendas políticas han oscurecido la comprensión científica. Me imagino que los países escandinavos deben de estar preocupado, porque estan tan cerca del polo norte.
It's a shame that political agendas have obscured scientific understanding. I imagine the Scandinavian countries must be concerned, being so close to the north pole.
Not from a Spanish country, but you did just say "are different countries concerned".
If you mean concern on the government level, I am not too sure about that (aren't any obvious signs of improvement). If you mean whether the people are concerned, yes, they are. At least, once they actually understand how global warming affects the world around us. Very few people, unfortunately, seem to do.
Speaking from a "third world perspective'', where it doesn't matter a lot what you think until you manage to pull your economy together. On both personal and national levels.
