Where Would We Be Without The Alarmists?
Remember when, in 8th grade Science class, your teacher explained what the Greenhouse Effect was? Just because we’ve given it a new name - Global Warming - and just because Al Gore made a movie about an intricate PowerPoint project outlining the effects of global warming, and just because a bunch of celebrity wannabe biologist/environmentalists have suddenly decided to give a damn doesn’t mean that what we’re experiencing hasn’t always existed.
In fact, it’s existed since the end of the Ice Age. The planet has been warming for 10,000 years and that’s what we wanted. Be careful what you wish for?
The truth is, global warming is inevitable. What are we supposed to do, hide out in caves? Were we NOT supposed to have invented the wheel? How far back do we have to go to make things better? And wouldn’t that really be making things worse?
We’ve evolved - not just technologically, but spiritually, physically and otherwise. It’s not a bad thing. Even without pollution, the earth is going to eventually be destroyed - whether from an asteroid, the sun burning out, the Super Volcano under Yellowstone or whatever. These are all events that are going to happen, whether you drive a Prius or a Suburban.
I’m really getting tired of all the alarmists freaking out. It’s like Y2K all over again.
And what really gets me going are all these pseudo environmentally superior celebrities playing God. Guess how much fuel their private jets are burning while they’re dashing to and from their “Global Warming Benefit” events?
I recycle; I buy biodegradable tampons. I turn off the lights when I’m not using them. I try not to do laundry or run my dishwasher during peak hours. I don’t litter and I volunteer at the Presidio to restore wildlife habitat in Golden Gate Park. I do these things because I’m not about wasting or taking for granted what I’ve got. Not because I think that I’m going to save the world.
If you ARE trying to save the earth, stop. Do these things because you’re a good person, not because you are being made to feel guilty for living your life. New studies show that even if no more greenhouse gases were to be emitted into the atmosphere, sea levels are going to rise at least 4 inches within this century. In other words, the damage has been done. It’s the price we pay for building, expanding, growing. Like I said, would you really want to go backward?
October 12th, 2007 19:01
Amen to that sister!!! I do a lot of things just because it makes sense or it works for me (like cloth diapers) and not to save the world. I am so tired of the hysteria especially since the science is not absolute that have destroyed the world and turned it into an uninhabitable mess.
I remember when I was a kid there was a huge hoopla about a hole in the ozone layer. What ever happened with that? We never hear it mentioned in the news any more.
As far as reading Wicked goes I have taken a break. I have a huge pile of books that need reading and all I can do is knit. I think I am sick or something because books normally take precedence over all my other hobbies.
October 13th, 2007 07:43
Well said!
October 13th, 2007 13:06
everything you just said i reply “AMEN SISTAH!” It’s not just alarmist BS…but where is the scientific evidence? Oh what? You mean these are just theories? Well then, let’s continue gathering evidence and treat it as a damn theory instead of as irrefutable fact.
Back in the 70’s the scientific community thought we were cycling to an damn ICE AGE…let’s just agree that the earth goes through many cycles. And please. The earth is so much bigger than we are. Once we screw it up too much it will put the kibosh on humanity,(in case we haven’t killed ourselves off by then) as it does to many other species…cycle cycle cycle… people get over your sanctimonious selves.
October 13th, 2007 16:35
Well said, especially about the celebrity smugness going on. I get so sick of it too. And yes, totally on the mark! It is amazing how much people forget natural history when they talk about the plight of the world. Hello! Ice Age ring a bell? All those seals breathing didn’t cause it all melt. Natural cycles, people.
I am always in shock of the amount of waste that goes on in hospitals. And yet, no one would ever think to tell them not to be sterile for the sake of the earth. That would be going backwards for sure, right?
October 19th, 2007 16:56
I completely agree. It’s refreshing to hear someone who decides to do things because it’s a good thing to do, not to “save the world”. Besides, in a few thousand years, the sun is going to engulf the earth anyways, and everything that is here now is going to be gone. So yeah.
October 19th, 2007 17:46
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