global warning

global warming: myth or reality? read the comic.

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global warning

art & story by:
rachel nabors

Comments

[gem]

I didn't like that girl who came up to rachael and sparrow. she seemed really obnoxious just butting in like that into their conversation. lol even tho she was rite, i mean wtf, mind ur own business!

[Corny Cortney bebe]

Yoshi, did you not read the comic at ALL???!!!!!!

[Yoshi]

i for one think global warming is a bucket load of shit. I mean COME ON! Back in the 70s, people thought the next ice age was coming, now global warming? people talk about since the earth is heating, the ice is melting and the polar bears are becoming endangered... did anyone happen to notice the polar bear population actually went up since like 2003? Al Gore doesn't want you to know this. And maybe if he was so concerned about global warming, he shouldn't be flying his private plane everywhere and just take the normal planes with everyone else. It saves fuel!

[Haley]

Heh, remember when it was called weather?

[AmorMJ]

I beleive in GB (global warming), I mean, look at the UK today, it's as hot as Tenerife! This time last year it was RAINING! Oh yeah, and I still lived there, but whatever. GB is serious people, don't ignore it!

[marina]

WOW! I saw that movie at school, where everybody else were laughing and throwing stuff at each other, i was listening with my eyes wide open. When the movie finished, one of my friends said "I don't believe in global warming". I WANTED TO KILL HER!!!!!!!!! it's a FACT. you can't choose if you believe it or not. IT JUST IS!

[lucy]

my argument isn't abut politics, in fact it's hardly an argument at all. I'm not going to yell facts at whoever will listen, actually global warming or not, I think our planet is lovely and we should give it some respect by being eco-aware. it doesn't mean going and living in a mud hut, just recycling, walking instead of driving now and then, and doing our best not to drop litter. I'm not an expert (can't you just tell?) but the fact is, if global warming is a myth or not, we have nothing to lose by caring for the planet! hey, if its a myth and we care for the planet, we were wrong but it doesn't really matter. if it's true and we cared for the planet, then we'll be laughing. however if it's true and we didn't care for the planet - well, as that girl said - we're doomed!

[Rosie]

Oh, edit. One more thing to think about. Sputnik, nuclear holocaust, AIDS will kill half the population of the planet within a few years, and tanning is extremely healthy. I mean, you're only healthy when you're tan, so soak up all the sun you can, with COPPERTONE! w00t! Ok, so more than one thing. Whatever, think about it.

[Rosie]

Ok, first, are we talking industrailized heating as in major cities or actual GLOBAL warming. I think to truly identify the issue, you need to first identify the correct lingo. I mean, yes, cities GLOBALLY are getting hotter. However, recent studies have shown that not only are "weather sattelites" inaccurate in reporting data but that in depth double-blind studies in the arctic have shown that only certain peninsulas and glacier groups (the ones the global warming enthusiasts are ALWAYS harping about) are melting faster than others while the rest of the arctic is actually getting COLDER. That aside, back to my "global" rant. If you want to call it GLOBAL warming, make sure it means global. Or, for those of you who misunderstand this simple term, make sure you mean ALL OVER. Not just cities.
Now that that has been said, onto the effects of this heating in industrialized nations. Now, while it is true that for those of us living in large cities the future isn't exactly bright (unless you mean the glare from glass skyscrapers), we're not damning the surrounding environment to our own fate either. Look it up.
Also I challenge ANYONE who believes in this GLOBAL bull to name ONE COMPLETELY POSITIVE thing humans have ever done for the environment.
First, windmill energy. Great. Fabulous. Efficient. IF you don't mind the HUNDREDS of birds that are shred to pieces each MONTH by these monstrosities.
Second, solar energy. Great, on a small scale. To switch the US ALONE would take an area populated by solar panels halk the size of Texas. But then, why not wipe out half of Texas, everyone hates it anyway, right? Nevermind the wildlife, forests, and, oh yeah, PEOPLE, who live there and EVERYWHERE else you could think to place these lovely panels. Not to mention the tremendous amount of heat this would generate. Those poor, poor birds. Can't catch a break can they?
Third, wildlife "preserves." In the early years of the beautiful Yellowstone park, so often praised as a haven for all those poor, helpless animals and trees, no one knew what exactly preservation/conservation entailed. In fact, we still know exactly squat. What do you mean, you ask? In the early years the coyote population was hunted and nearly wiped out due to futile attempts to preserve its prey. However, this led to a surplus of small game and the near extinction of these gorgeous beasts. Not to mention the near extinction of hundreds of types of flora and fauna that had been well-balanced by the consumption of a healthy amount of wildlife. And the slaughter continues. Look it up.
And the redwoods. The precious, innocent, ancient redwoods. Guess what? Not so ancient. The Native Americans who were reviled and thrown out of the native lands in part because of the "destruction" they were doing to the "natural" environment by setting controlled forest fires in a valiant, and effective, effort to reduce mass forestation of valuable crop lands and to make room for new trees that were being choked out by giant weeds. And the slaughter, of course, continues.
Why is this? Because no one knows jack squat abotu the environment. All these "experts" are doing are making "educated" guesses that, for the most part, end in horrendous destruction and accidental consequences that leads to nothing but disaster. Weather balloons and satellites aren't nearly accurate enough to base all thse "scientific reports" and journals about global warming on.
That aside, one must remember that most of these "experts" are funded by environmental groups/terrorists that manipulate the reports to say whatever they wish. Never turst statistics, you can get them to say anything. Especially if you're a multi gazillion dollar "non-profit" organization that spends most of their money cooking books, failing at protecting anything without destroying something else, and paying "unbiased scientists" to come out with countless studies that say otherwise.
Want to really know more, read Michael Crichton's "State of Fear." Really cheap in paperback and gives no nonsense, simple to read facts about this "epidemic."
I leave you now with this, hundreds of years ago, everyone on earth KNEW the Earth was flat. Just a few years ago, everyone KNEW that Saddam had massive amounts of WMD's hidden. And today, everyone KNOWS that global warming will kill the Earth and all of us with it. Think about it.

[Maddy P]

Guys calm! Breath, really well all die eventually but im not here to start fights!! Its a big deal but this is the WRONG way to go about it!
(And blake y r u on gURL.com...? No offense!)

[abby]

i totally agree with global warming if we dont do anything about it soon our whole planet will be DOOMED!! but seriously, we gotta do somthing about it ppl, even little things make a BIG difference! Lurve the comic rach, keep it up! :D xxxx

[Irene]

people aren't scared about destroying the earth, we're scared of destroying ourselves and dying. As far as humans go we've been around on earth for about a second, if we're stupid enough to destroy ourselves the earth will be better off without us!

[Chiick]

We live on this planet. We want to keep living on this planet. So far it has provided us with everything we need to live, so shouldnt we just treat it with respect? Im not into the whole global warming stuff, but I still think we should look after were we live.

[Blake]

Please, PLEASE don't respond to this, Clop. I really don't have the time, or energy, to be going back and forth like people do on messege boards when the insults start flying. I will, damn my pride, but I really shouldn't.

[Blake]

Yes, I will have my penis, thank you for pointing that out. Your forgot to include my fire-arms and fighting. You see, I completely forgot about those things with my insignificant male brain. I suppose with your infalable female intelligence that you realized that I was using my car as an example to point out that the left/environmentalist groups alienate American males because they feel like something that contributes to their manliness/fun is being threatened. You want to reduce CO2 emmisions? Campaign for industrial reform, find a way to do something about the cows or volcanos, or even prosecute the automotive companies and gas companies, who are *probably* in cahoots to increase profits by not doing anything to increase gas mileage. Offer an incentive for riding a motorcycle instead. A guy will get two or three times the mileage he's getting in his car, and won't feel like he's giving up any muscle or "manliness". Just don't take away my pre-existing 17-mpg muscle car. Yes, the government taking away things we love and think are vital to our existance/way of life is always in the backs' of libertarians' minds, or at least mine, anyways. I'm sorry for not typing all that out earlier. Seriously, "don't fuck with my car" pretty much translates into all of that in "man". Just like "you can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers" translates into pages about our deep-seated, subconscious fear that the government may become tyrannical and oppresive someday, and we want to retain the ability to revolt and overthrow it if it does. And what do you mean that I won't "appreciate" the truth when it is finally revealed? Either there will be real trouble or there won't be, and if there's a catastrophe, I may be one of the millions/billions that die, but then again I could get fucking hit by a car, accidently shot, fall from a bridge, fall off a building, contract drug-resistant MRS tripping on a sidewalk, or falling down the stairs tommorow. All of life is survival of the fittest, with a lot of luck and chance thrown in. I've survived so far, and I've got plenty of experience living without technology, so I'll be fine. Probably. If not, I don't "deserve" to survive, and if humanity dies out, then I guess we didn't deserve to survive, either.

P.S. Survival of the fittest, babe. If Oxygen is poisenous to your species (like you mentioned), then your ass better start figuring out a way of converting it to something you can breath, or extracting it from the atmosphere, pronto.

P.P.S. Umm...Clop...Who are you? This was mostly a rant about people who don't think for themselves, and then you have to go and insult me, personally, when I haven't even really disagreed with you. Remember? I'm kind of hoping for a catastrophe. For some reason, there's just a little bit of an anarchist in me. Then again, I'm starting to lean the other way. Disproving global warming would shut a lot of people up that really annoy me because they keep getting on their fucking soap boxes. Like you.

[clop]

Don't be so sure, blake :) Are you willing to bet your future that there's some magical mechanism for handling a very unnatural release of carbon dioxide? You know, when oxygen producing micro organisms arrived on the scene and started pump O2 into the atmosphere, it wiped out all life to which oxygen was poison. There wasn't any coping mechanism then. Not saying that CO2 will kill everyone, but I am pointing out that sometimes Nature is not equipped to deal with the rapid changes brought about by the scuttling activities of self-obsessed and foolish animals.

As for thinking outside the box, I can assure you that I have been worried about global warming since before it became a fashionable buzzword.

It doesn't matter what any of us say. It matters what we DO. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating, and arguing or no, the truth will reveal itself in time... perhaps in a way you will not appreciate.

And don't worry 'bout your car. The government would never think of doing anything to it, and even if they did, you'd still have your penis!

[Blake]

Global Warming, at least what y'all are talking about, is not a Scientific Law (a theorie that has been proven over and over again without a single inconsistency, like gravity or centripetal force) or even a fact (a fact is something that is easily measured and proven, like: the pencil is 5.81" long or the temperature is 25 degrees right now). It's a political belief based on some scientific evidence that human-beings are going to destroy themselves and the environment, but there are so many variables and so few controls that you can't prove which side is right (At least until the shit hits the fan, if it ever does. Then all of the proponents of global warming will point and laugh as we burn. Or unless we enter a period of cooling. Then the oponents will point and laugh as we all freeze). Arguments over global warming always draw on varying sources of data to prove the point of the person/people arguing it. Conservative talk show hosts manage to find plenty of scientists who don't believe in global warming, whereas liberal politicians point at the scientists and groups that do.

The world has gone through periods of accelerated, intense heating and cooling before, and the ecosystem has always found a way to survive. As for the CO2 in the air, cows and volcanos contribute more than humanity, or at least automobiles (I think, I don't remember the exact numbers. I've just been reasoning this shit out as I go along). Don't get me wrong, I'm an Eagle Scout and am all for protecting the environment and decreasing our impact on it, just don't outlaw my muscle car when your doing it, 'cause if you're wrong about it and you fuck with my car, your ass is mine.

And you know what? Personally, I hope it happens. We could probably use a global catastophe right about now to thin the earth's population. Also, think about all the problems a catastrophe would solve: No more celebrity gossip, you're too busy trying to find food. No more pointless reality T.V., your dieing of thirst. So much stupid, pointless shit and idiotic people would fall by the wayside. Ironically, the people most prepared to survive, like survivalists, soldiers, farmers, etc., are more conservative, (i.e. anti-globabl warming) and they would be the ones that would survive. Oh, well.

P.S. What happened to Goths being open-minded and preffering to think for themselves instead of regurgitating what they've heard? Global Warming is the pop-culture issue of the decade, and a lot of people buy into it without thinking about it or researching it, or only thinking or researching along their party lines. Why am I only reading all the same crap on here? Rachel, I must say, at least you brought up in your comic the chemical affects of CO2, which people don't usually consider, although I'm sure the ecosystem has mechanism for correcting it.

[Hannah]

I'm really finding these posts quite ridiculous.
Saying you don't believe in global warming
is like saying you don't believe in endangered species.

It exists PERIOD
there is scientific fact PERIOD
it is NOT at all in any way
a matter of opinion

Now some vies of global warming are far more intense and extreme than others
and I personally don't believe that the world will end befoe I see my grandchildren - many people believe that we will definitely see the end of the world in our lifetime.

the intensity is subjective along with looking at the probabilities of the possiblities

but the world definitely needs to be in a state of emergency reaction.

[Tainted]

Having heard the arguements for global warming and against global warming, I've come to the following conclusion:
Why take the risk?
True, you won't be the one being killed in "supposed" floods. But the idea that there is even a possibility that my grandchildren woudl have to go through that...
it's scary.
as people have said here, we're also running out of fossil fuels-over dependence on it will mean, at the very least, an economic crisis when it all runs out.
True, the developing world need to be able to use this cheap form of energy, if they can hope to reach our current standard of living; so why don't the giant powers just cut back a little?
does every city dweller need a car? Does every industry need so much excess?
Sorry if that seemed a bit ranty, but honestly , I think we are better off safe than sorry.
P.S. I love Clop's analagy- "get your shot gun" XD
P.P.S I agree, it would be such a plot twist of Rachel was gay...or was the phone number just friendly?

[anabelle]

if you were honestly trying to inform people about this issue, I don't think you should have written it in the same "if you don't believe it you're crazy" kind of way. Just because those who do believe it don't really need the comic, and those who don't won't repsond well to it as it comes off condesending. It was well written, but to me it just sounded like it was telling you to jump on the bandwagon and not to actually listen. The only information provided about global warming just sounds like brainwashing. Instead of just trying to force ideas on people, maybe you should encourage them to recycle or something that has always been an issue but isn't getting press coverage because nobody famous made a movie about it.(And I really liked what lexie said about it. I just wish more people could acknowledge the problem without getting pretentious and obsessed with "awareness" and then admit that they don't actually recycle or do anything)

[Veronica]

Rachel, I love your comics, but I have to say I disagree with you on this issue. I know you like to read, so let me suggest a book. It is called "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming". I want to make is clear that I am not a crazy conservative, I consider myself very purple, and I have seen An Inconvenient Truth twice. I think this book is a very good summary of the other view on the issue.

[naomi]

God isn't here for us. I think that something that would really help are trees. And I've actually seen in different parts of the world that there are some sort of campaigns going around to plant trees. Trees absorb the carbon dioxide, and give us better air. They also attract rain, water, something we need.
I am by no means a person who recycles.. and other of those things. I just get informed in the news, becasue this IS a thing to get worried about. But I do consider to make small changes, possibly big ones as well to help our world. Anywho, how the situation is right now, I'd rather not have a baby to bring to this world..
Your comics are good!

[Jess]

I simply loved this comic.
Finally someone truly adresses this in a way that is understandable to everybody.
Way to go, Rach!!

(ps- if anybody happens to find a girl like Brenda, preferably a gay one, please send her my way. ^_^)

[bri :]]

wow ! rachel , you are too awsome . i have always been a huge environmentalist and my friends are so tried of hearing me talk about global warming and recycling and alternate energy . ha ha ! but this is so great that you are actually putting global warming out there for us teens to learn about . for people who keep saying global freezing : it was said in another comment, about why the temperatures are being cooler . if you don't already know, polar icecaps are melting ! alright ? in lame mans terms , the place where all the penguins and polar bears are is disappearing and polar bears will be come instinct. the melting of icebergs causes the sea to become cooler , which in turn makes the temperatures swing from hot to cold . i live in cali , and we had one week of non stop rain , followed by bright sunny days and a week later the rain came back . i've never seen that happen here . just because the name is 'global warming' does NOT mean its going to get super hot all of a sudden . i cant believe people are actually dismissing all these signs !

anyway
keep up the comics rachel !!
peace+love+trees

[dani]

what's the deal with this liberal(godless)/conservative(godly) dichotomy that keeps coming up in the comments? regardless of your politics, what's the harm in being stewards of the earth? correct me if i'm wrong, but it seems to me that the believers amongst us have a bigger investment in protecting the environment. would somebody mind explaining to me the harm in making a few small changes here and there? not even small sacrifices, just small changes. it's not all tofu and bicycles, y'know.

[clop]

For everyone talking about global cooling, just remember that Peter kept calling "wolf," but that didn't make the real wolf any less of a threat. When people stopped caring about his false alarms, they were not prepared to handle the real thing.

This, my friends, is a real wolf. We see his paw prints, we can hear him growling. Do get your shotgun.

[lynn]

ummm if its "global warming then y is it recker lows every waer i go?

[Vanessa]

Right. Now make a comix of the actual riot of Global Warming.
You cannot deny it. It is there. All the signs are there.

This is the first comix that has made me angry.

[Jennifer]

I do not agree with this comment.

I don't.

[JENNIFER]

Dear Gurls,
Whether there will be Global Warming OR NOT, we are still in danger. We are finishing up the resources, and just how she said, "true we do not know everything [of the Earth]"
that is why we should protect it. Are you people, the ones that do not care of the "Global Warming" up for destroying our resources? Do you care of what is going around in our world? True or NOT, it is still in OUR hands to protect ourselves.

Perhaps, even if Global Warming "be made by LIBERALS" it is a good thing. IT is opening our eyes to what might happen, or OPENING OUR EYES that we are using up too much much electricity. It is a good scare, because it makes people recycle and think about the things that they will waste.

Think about it.

ps. Remember that we once did live well with all that useless technology, that is even making people more obese in the United States.

Computers?
We do need.

I-Pods?
COME ON.

[Lexie]

THANK YOU
people never believe me that in 1971 the liberals were freaking out because of 'global freezing' and how THAT was going to be the end of the world.
i do not deny that what we put into the air is bad, and all that fun stuff, but DANG.
i think the liberals play it up to much, and the conservativs play it down to much.

[Rebecca]

It's true that the temperature rises one degree every year, but have you ever heard of Global cooling? People thought that it was a huge problem not too long ago. If we want to save one degree a year, we have to live as if we live in Haiti (no offence to Haiti). Would any of you be willing to live in a mud hut with no computers, no cell phones, no TV, inadequite schools, improper hospitals, open sewers, almost no police available, and no stores just to save one degree? Please; I doubt it. What we need to do it cut back and plant more trees and stop fussing so much. I beleive that God will protect us.

[dani]

"Even if the future is destroyed. It certainly isnt going to be mine."

and we wonder how we got ourselves into this situation in the first place?

[ani]

the people who are saying its natural and its snowing and stuff, cold well its becauese the summers and winters are harsher.
i think this is a good comic rachel, we need to raise awareness! you should do a comic on how to stop global warming.

[melody]

your comix are rich, :D

enjoyable.

educational & funny.

ily :3

i live of of them.

[Samriddhi]

hey the best comic ever of u racheal...keep it up!

[laura]

With all the pollution we're creating of course its going to have an affect.however, its only one of the reasons. We're spiraling into the sun(very slowly) but this should cause some heat rise. I believe that people should be more eco friendly because even if whats done is done we still want to prevent any more damage.Also i think that most people will die when the sea level rises.

[Bumblebee011]

Anyone who can honestly still say that global warming is a myth is an idiot. The signs are EVERYWHERE!!!! I live in Arkansas, it was fifty-something degrees on Christmas day, and today it snowed....IN MARCH!!!! The entire state closed the schools and it's supposed to be twenty-four degrees tomorrow. The sad thing is, all the birds have migrated back here thinking spring is right around the corner and dove head-first into a full-blown snowstorm. That's a sign that the animals are already being affected by the ever-changing weather conditions.

[clop]

Brenda's info is correct. Warming or no, there are real chemical consequences to bumping up the C02, which all sources, even those denying global warming, agree is happening.

You can't defy the laws of nature, as so many motorists have learned when going too fast in curve before wrecking.

There's no brainwashing here, just new information. Important information that we have a right to. It's your future, too. I'm surprised at how many comments here don't seem concerned with that.

Kelley, the AVERAGE temp is going up. It's not an across the board thing yet. Don't be fooled by one or two cold winters. All the evidence globally points to a warming, not cooling, trend. Check your sources. MN is a state, not the world.

[Yue]

this is all so true, and i hate that the government keeps tearing down trees and all the plants for usless shopping centers! it's friggin usless!!! I live on Long Island New York, but there's so much usless construction for shopping centers where i live that it's kinda like they're adding on to New York City. I hate that they keep tearing down the trees!!! Trees have feelings too! they can talk to other trees and they're kinda like people, and alot of psysics know this cauz some can actually talk to trees, and when they get cut down it feels like they're dieing. And my aunts new neighbors cut down ALL the trees on thier property and everyone in my family was pissed off at them, cauz trees are so important to our community it's not even funny! they give us oxygen, they clean out the carbon dioxide, they give homes to birds and squrilles and other animals, and a whole bunch of other things, and to just watch them get tear down tears me apart and it sux, i really hope our new president does somthing about this.

[michelle]

Believe in global warming or not, can we all agree that we should just treat our planet nicely? I don't know, isn't doing good things to the earth that gives you so much just... common sense?

[SarahRose]

Well, I'm not really into the whole "global warming" stuff that everyone is so worked up about, but it's true we need to be aware of these things. I can happen. Maybe tomarrow. We don't know. And I really like how Brenda came back at Sparrow with her arguement. It was civilized, and not just some goof mouthing off about something for attention. Good job. I liked it.

With Love,

[mimi]

Awesome comic Rachel! Global Warming is a huge issue & its kewl of you to bring it into the public eye!
BTW, to anyone who thinks the planet is actually cooling; the reason for has something to do w/ global warming melting the polar ice caps

[kelley]

well this comic is a perfect example of the liberals trying to scare and manipulate us teenagers. And I forgot what girl said it, but our Earth is actually cooling down. MN had a record-breaking 50 inches of snow this year. Nobody realizes that this planet is huge. Humans are almost insignificant. If Al Gore is so worried about all those fumes from the big cars and such, then he should be the first to advocate not driving them. Did you also know he refused to sign the one year energy conservation pledge? Practice what you preach, people!

[Maggie]

Sparrow is right. Global warming is natural and happened before. I love these comics but the very liberal undertone makes it almost seem like brainwashing.

[Nexien]

We are not fully familiar with all the lower level feedback processes in GAIA, or of how we can modify them, but Craig Ventnor's approach of biosequestration and biofixation via photosynthesis of CO2 using genetically modified phytoplankton or biofuel generating algae looks to be very promising and has the potential to be a real twofor. The algal route has been demonstrated to produce a form of refinery ready light sweet crude in commercial quantities and is already being used in South Africa for a major power plant fuel blending supply source & simultaneously for biosequestration of CO2. The potential of using modified phytoplankton will probably be known within about two years, but the research looks very promising. For this, the genetic modifications required are actually being synthesized in Ventnor's labs. (Ventor is the guy who successfully pursued and solved the problems associated with the Human Genome sequencing.) Basically we will enhance GAIA's multilevel feedback system to control and use the excess carbon, by treating it as a biological resource to enhance life. Global warming and excess CO2 is not going to be a problem past about the next 15-20 years. By then there will be several alternative, redundant, nanotech and biosynthetically based global solutions.
Nexien

[Tourtuga]

Global warming, I agree with sparrow its a government conspiracy.
And the truth is its really global freezing.
snow in Baghdad its been a 100 years since that has happened. Well anyway. Where did she get all those flowers and things? I want to be able to do that.

[Nahgem]

I really like the message here, too, and ESPECIALLY how it was presented. There's the side that's completely convinced, the side that's completely UNconvinced, and the side that states nothing but facts. All three arguments were presented logically, too. -._-. Great stuff!

Hah, samm, I actually think it'd be pretty cool if Rachel got a girlfriend. o_o Although in the end, it's completely the author's choice...what a curveball THAT'D be. XD

[Nona]

(to Dotty) Spot on, Dotty. Good for you and politness. And thanks Rachel! Great comic. Now whenever somebody talks about global warming, I'll walk off and say, "Enjoy your doom," but then again, that's kind of pessimistic. Eh, whatever, the truth is usually always negative, except for some truths.

[samm]

i love this its so hard to talk about global warning with all the different points of views but i must ask does getting the number mean Rachel might be getting a gf???