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Sir.Lancelot

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Topic

#4111

The dangers of Global Warming are overestimated

Status

Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics

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After 2 votes and with 7 points ahead, the winner is...

Sir.Lancelot

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Publication date: 01.30.2023 10:54PM
Last updated date: 03.19.2023 10:32PM
Type: Standard
Number of rounds: 4
Time for argument: Three days
Max argument characters: 10,000
Voting period: One month
Point system: Multiple criterions
Voting system: Open

Contender / Con

Waltuh

1500

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Description

The actual risks of Global Warming have been exaggerated and dramatized by politicians and environmentalists.

Round 1

Sir.Lancelot

01.31.2023 01:53AM

Pro

Preamble:

I will be arguing that the actual dangers of Global Warming are hyped up and mostly imaginary. This conclusion will be supported by five major contentions, each of which shall be divided into sections of their own.

BOP:

The description states that the BOP is on me. I win if I can prove that most of the actual risks of Global Warming are fictitious and my opponent wins if he can disprove my arguments.

Contentions:

l. CO2 is necessary.

CO2 has been observed to be making the planet greener and overall producing more vegetation.

CO2 is also necessary for the survival of plants.

ll. Science has not proven the correlation between CO2 and Global Warming.

There is a lot of blame passed onto CO2 as being one of the major greenhouse gases contributing to the global rise in temperature. This couldn't be any more absurd.

Scientists have failed to prove the correlation between Global Warming and CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
There is more carbon in vegetation than there is in the atmosphere. Research cannot currently identify the cause.

But even if they had, Correlation is not Causation.

lll. The Problem demanding urgency was wrong.

Environmental organizations reporting data on Climate Change/Global Warming have repeatedly told everyone that the end of the world was super close and that everyone's lifestyle required complete changes in order to stop the apocalypse. But the research was wrong.

Climate scientists withdraw journal claims of rising sea levels | Sea level | The Guardian
"Negative effects of more CO2 have been exaggerated. Readily available data from governmental and reliable non-governmental sources confirm that extreme weather events in recent years have not occurred more frequently or with greater intensity. Such data also refute claims of ecologically damaging ocean acidification, accelerating sea level rises, and disappearing global sea ice and other alleged dangers. If further observations confirm a small climate sensitivity, these realities will not change." FC7C4946-11A3-4967-BF28-8D0386608D3E (senate.gov)

Many of these concerns have demanded quick solutions to repair the problem before irreparable damage was done but what this data is showing is that we would have been acting impulsively based on incomplete evidence that was also false.

lV. The Sea Level Catastrophe is fabricated.

The ice glaciers are not melting due to artificial habits that are man-made.

They have been melting since the previous Ice Age and it hasn't gotten worse currently. As it stands, the melting has been fairly consistent for ten thousand years.

False Alarm over the Retreat of the Himalayan Glaciers | Cato Institute

V. The Worries are causing more problems than they're solving.

None of society's solutions to these crises have been rational. The costs of implementing techniques to address the destruction caused by Global Warming only serve to reduce the quality of life and means of transportation.

It appears that a lot of this media hype is beneficial for politicians to strengthen their reputation but does nothing for everybody else.

As science has proven, these phenomena are completely natural and there isn't anything abnormal about these occurrences.

Waltuh

02.03.2023 01:53AM

Con

Forfeited

Round 2

Sir.Lancelot

02.06.2023 12:20AM

Pro

Extend.

Waltuh

02.09.2023 12:20AM

Con

Forfeited

Round 3

Sir.Lancelot

02.11.2023 10:30PM

Pro

Opponent concedes. Vote PRO!

Waltuh

02.14.2023 10:30PM

Con

Forfeited

Round 4

Sir.Lancelot

02.14.2023 10:32PM

Pro

Extend.

Waltuh

02.17.2023 10:32PM

Con

Forfeited

RationalMadman

02.20.2023 01:15AM

Criterion

Pro

Tie

Con

Points

Better arguments

3 point(s)

Better sources

2 point(s)

Better legibility

1 point(s)

Better conduct

1 point(s)

Reason:

Tied votes need no justification apparently.

Melcharaz

02.17.2023 11:30PM

Criterion

Pro

Tie

Con

Points

Better arguments

3 point(s)

Better sources

2 point(s)

Better legibility

1 point(s)

Better conduct

1 point(s)

Reason:

full concession