Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

But it's still going up by .2 degrees every ten years. This seems small, but it's signifigant in the long run. That's a degree every 50 years if we don't raise at a higher rate. With the population growing signifigantly and more countries becoming industrialized, there is a good chance it could get worse.

I'm not a doom and gloomer and I don't think the world will be completely destroyed in 30 years or whatever because of it. But I do think we are slowly destroying the world. Ocean levels will rise slowly as temperatrues increase. Maybe nothing will happen for 200-300 years, but it will happen eventually where this becomes a problem. I don't think we need to completely change the world to stop this, but I do think we should do our best to limit what is happening.