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Originally Posted by ffswizzlestick
Then it comes down to what pollution is. Is CO2 pollution? Its natural. Water vapor retains heat just like CO2. Does that make water a pollutant?
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More so the amount of the CO2 gas being dumped into the air that may possibly be changing the environment. CO2 is a natural occurring gas, yes, and the rate we have been pouring it out in addition to the natural occurring amount is questionable. CO2 is not the only wonderful gas going up there.
Now to what pollution is... I would have to say anything that throws off the balance of nature is pollution. And when I say pollution, anything being added/altered/destroyed by human activities. I connect human created pollution=bad... natural=good.
Tell me that stench you smell in the morning from warming up your car, or the black goodness coming out of big rigs that gives you a headache is great for the environment and health.
Global warming, global dimming, global cooling.... Pollution... I'd have to say this is our present day, "world is flat" ideology/political/government/world dilemma, we as a global society need to figure out.
Do we need something on a global scale to occur, before we come to realization to what we are doing? With rapidly industrialized countries like China and India coming to play, what can we expect?
I know some places are seeing more drastic changes temperature/physical changes than others. Natural...? Why mess with something as great and perfect as our one and only planet? Why even take the risk to find out the after affects?