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That’s what we heard with the ozone layer too (and pollution of lakes and streams, cigarette smoking, asbestos…etc.). We did it. It’s man made; it can be done.
The non believer prioritizing.
It’s not happening, if it is,
We aren’t the cause, if we are,
There is nothing we can do, if there is,
It’s too expensive…
Oh, doing nothing won’t cost more !!!
What do you think our standard of living will be when coastal areas are under water. What do you think our standard of living will be when our military grows to fill a need of protecting us from secondary affects of drought and severe flooding and catastrophic events.
These are the suppositions of the non believers, non doers. Seat belts ? They will be the least of your worries.
I’m with Rod on this. I think there’s more about grant acquisition than actual science in the area of global warming. I vividly recall being warned in the 1970s that we should prepare for a coming ice age. It should also be noted that if Al Gore’s predictions had held true, much of current terra firma would now be aquatic. The predictions of those that promote the global warming agenda simply have not come to pass. The Earth is estimated to be over 4-1/2 billion years old. The study of the environment as a science is about 100 years old, about one forty-millionth of the age of the earth. Even the oldest ice core samples only reach back a few thousand years.
Having said that, I also remember when the rivers were brown, toxic waste was being dumped into rivers and streams, and LA couldn’t be seen through the smog. The Clean Air and Waters Act and the EPA truly were needed and really did do a great job cleaning up the environment. However I believe that the current attempts to totally eliminate all impacts of human existence from the earth is a misguided quest. Well meaning by some, but purely about money for others.
In summary, I believe that 50 years ago we were truly trashing the neighborhood. We’ve corrected that, but to extrapolate from that attempts to eliminate all human impact from the earth is folly, and in many cases does more harm than good.
I should add by the way that instead of dumping waste in rivers we’re now burying radioactive waste in mountains… some by palatial faults. As a matter of fact there is now a study underway to possibly bring radioactive waste from other countries into the U.S. and bury that too in out mountains. I ask you, in what way is that being good stewards of the environment? There is, however, tons and tons of money involved. And I truly believe that is what’s driving a lot of this movement.
I should add also that our federal stewards of the environment are promoting lightbulbs that contain mercury vapor in place of lightbulbs that were totally nontoxic. Hundreds of millions of lightbulbs get thrown away every year. How is that being a good steward of the environment?
I know this post will be controversial. But it isn’t personal. It’s simply my opinion. My opinion will upset and anger many, but I reserve my right to it.
I don’t want to be flip about it but come up with something worse than New York City and South Florida being under water. My house in Minnesota was once under a glacier. I hope to sell it before the glacier returns.
It’s not a judgment of the opinions held within, or an expression of my own. However, the discussion has left the purview of this forum, so I closed it.