One common assumption made by right wingers is that reducing the amount of CO2 will hurt the economy. They argue that removing a resource that which our economy relies on will cause the economy unnecessary troubles. In reality, ignoring the problem will cause our economy much more trouble if we wait and see how it "plays out." Recent studies show that there will be greater costs to both our economy and society if we choose to ignore our CO2 problem. We must invest in plans for reusable energy and in plans to phase out the world's massive carbon use. Carbon Pricing Proposals have been proposed to the House of Representatives which put a cost on carbon use where the money would circulate back into efforts to remove carbon as a resource but these proposals have been denied. But it is time for people to wake up. If we as a planet do not take action in stopping our massive green house gas use, we will have more than the economy to worry about. Another common argument made against global warming is that it is an El Nino year. Although El Nino does cause a short term raise in temperature, it cannot explain the raise in temperature ever since the industrial revolution. It also fails to address why the entirety of our oceans are warming. In reality, El Nino can only be attributed to roughly 2.3% of global warming. It is time to stop making up excuses we hear from Fox News. Global warming as a reality. http://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-limits-economy-intermediate.htm http://www.skepticalscience.com/el-nino-southern-oscillation.htm
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