Two kinds of people in this world…
Those that believe in Global Warming and those that could care less. This video depicts a man last Thursday who scaled the 52-story New York Times building to promote public awareness on the issue. On the 9th floor he displayed a banner that read “Global Warming kills more people than 9/11 every year.” His name is Alain Robert and I’ve got a lot of respect for him. Not just because he wants to address an issue that is important to me, but because he is someone that is so passionate about something that he would go and pull a stunt like this.
Most of us could only dream of developing such a strong passion about changing the world that we were willing to devote our lives (or in this case, risk our life) to have our voice heard.
I see the way that the Midwest is being affected by Global Warming everyday. The last two summers we have had nearly drought-like conditions. This year we have had flash floods and tornados. The changing ocean temperatures are creating completely unpredictable weather patterns that are getting to the point of devastation. I have done a lot of thinking over the last few years…is Global Warming man made? Can humans really have an impact on our climate? I have gotten to the point where I really don’t know and I really don’t care. What I know is that whether it is a natural climate cycle or it is man made, we are not doing enough as individuals, as a country or even as a world to adapt.
Instead of fighting wars we need to be spending money on developing ways to combat the inevitable changes that are going to occur sooner than later. Instead of drilling for oil we better start scouting and drilling fresh water resevoirs. Instead economic stimulus packages, we had better start giving incentives to people that recycle. We had better start modernizing our energy infrastructure. We had better start teaching third world countries how to grow crops and prevent disease.
I am done arguing the politics of Global Warming and I am done arguing why the hell it is happening. To me, it is now a survival issue. It’s not about the price of gasoline, cable television, food, water and gallons of milk. It’s not about the housing crisis or the Dow Jones dropping. It’s about honey bees dying. It’s about devastating weather. It’s about not having enough trees. It’s about cancer and chronic disease. It’s about the 150,000 and counting deaths that can be traced directly back to the fact that the Earth is warming for WHATEVER FUCKING REASON.
Alain Robert may be a wack job for climbing a 52 story building. I am not going to argue that. Maybe Al Gore and the rest of the environmentalists in the world are wack jobs. Maybe I am a wack job. Maybe I am crazy for wanting a better world for my kids. Maybe I am crazy for thinking that the problem is not to big. Maybe I am crazy for thinking that the world can come together and work on a solution.
But the solution is so simple…visit thesolutionissimple.org
“Maybe I am crazy for wanting a better world for my kids.”
So subscribing to global warming, which is based entirely on unverifiable computer models is making the world safer for your kids?
What reality are you living in, Andy?
Hey Andy, by the way, whatever happened to the ice age these same global warming people pushed for back in the 1970’s? I know your response will be something on the lines of, “back then, we didn’t have the technologies that we have now.”
So I guess those 30,072 scientists are all wrong, huh? According to Al Gore, they all belong to the same class of people who think the moon landing was staged, along with those who believe the Earth is flat.
Oh, and one more thing, Andy: Have you ever asked yourself why Al Gore has so much of his own money invested in carbon credit companies? Hmmmm…let’s put two and two together here ….
I’ll say no more.
Comment by Braden — June 11, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Leave it to you to bring politics into a blog I was attempting to keep them out of.
Comment by admin — June 11, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
Considering the government is very much involved with the global warming/climate change fiasco, I’d say it’s pretty safe to say it is a political discussion, wouldn’t you?
Comment by Braden — June 11, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
Here’s some decent reading for you, Andy:
What I’d say if I was wrong about climate change:
http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/what-id-say-i-1.html
Oregon Petition signatory information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Petition#Signatories
Comment by AxsDeny — June 11, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
“Instead of fighting wars we need to be spending money on developing ways to combat the inevitable changes that are going to occur sooner than later”
Although I agree that more could be done to encourage recycling and stuff, I see the terrorists in the Middle East as a much more dangerous threat than global warming. Global warming might be a serious issue for our kids or grandkids, but terrorists are a real threat right now. If we don’t kill them on their soil, they WILL come over and do another 9/11 on us. THEY HATE AMERICANS. And they will do whatever they can to bring us down.
You bring up some very good points, Andy. I personally believe that we are going through a natural climate cycle right now. If you look at the changes that the Earth has gone through since its conception, this is the best climate that has ever existed. At one point, the earth was covered in ice for thousands of years. At another time, it was dried up and ashy for thousands of years. Some other drastic climate change is bound to happen, and we as humans are foolish to think that we can do something to dramatically alter Mother Nature. Look at the dinosaurs… a whole entire species wiped out by a meteor. And all the recycling in the world could not have changed their fate. Not to say we shouldn’t conserve our resources, because it can’t hurt. I’m just saying that we would be powerless over a huge natural disaster, global warming or not.
My best advice is to use your faith to overcome your fears about this issue. If you truly believe that there is a God and he is watching out for you, then trust Him. He always knows what is best. Remember: fear is the opposite of faith. Love ya, bro.
XOXOXOXO
Comment by Kim — June 11, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
AxsDeny,
Thanks for the links. My spam blocker caught them and I just posted the comment. That NoImpactMan blog is FASCINATING!
Comment by Andy — June 12, 2008 @ 10:09 pm