Global warming has been an on going dispute for well over a decade now, arguments of whether this is occurring from a man made industrialized movement or it is a natural cycle. Their is an abundance of credible scientific evidence that it is occurring because of the human race, but why are some governments specifically the United States have such heated debates on this environmental anomaly?
To understand the controversy let first explain what is global warming or as some call it the green house effect. A Greenhouse is a building made of many materials like clear plastic sheets, or of glass. Sun rays go through the glass and heat up the air inside the building, they have a hard time getting out. These …show more content…
Not too soon after Mitt Romney made this comment, after weeks of criticism, his view of global warming changed, this was something that was politically influenced on Mitt Romney this was not his own views. It has been shown even if a political candidate does not care at all about the climate he will support the change just to receive the votes when election day comes. 2.5 times more registered voters will support a presidential candidate or congress if their views are supporting global warming. (Leiserowitz)
The view on global warming between both political party’s Republicans and Democrats are so drastically different. The Democrats support that climate change is occurring because of how dependent we as an entire earth have become on industrialization. The leader for the Democratic party is former Vice President Al Gore. In the documentary by Al Gore Inconvenient Truth, he discusses global warming crisis in-depth and states exactly what he feels is causing this climate change. He discusses many greenhouse …show more content…
Here are some facts that can occur if global warming increases , the number of category four and five hurricanes will double in 30 years, deaths from global warming in just twenty five years to 300,000 people a year, sea levels will rise twenty feet, drought and wildfires will occur more often and more than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050. (inconvenient truth)
Democrats and Republicans both have very good reasons for their views on this issue, but scientifically the Democrats have the facts behind them and more reliable sources. In the late 1980s scientist were seeing a significant change that the climate was changing and the planet was warming. Dr. Patrick J. Michaels of University of Virginia and Dr. Robert C. Balling of Arizona State sent President George Bush a letter warning him of the research that has been found and the effects that are going to happen. These researchers had the evidence, put in the work to prove their needs to be a change, yet the politicians did not act. (Newton