As mankind faces the most dramatic natural disaster in history we are squabbling instead of taking action. Quit arguing and let's come up with a plan.
Our poles are melting, temperature and weather patterns are changing. Those are facts. Whose fault it is, man made or natural is almost irrelevant. The important thing is that we take action to prepare for the unavoidable consequences of climate change NOW.
Past climate changes have happened quick, the most recent having taken only about a decade. We have seen weather patterns change over the last few years, lost a bunch of ice, witnessed massive amounts of species going extinct and see a slow-down of the ocean's conveyor which regulates temperature patterns around the globe. My gut feeling is to say that we are in the midst of climate change. Whether it's caused by CO2, an active sun or any other cause is not the issue. The issue is... we can't change, avert or avoid it so we have to figure out how to deal with it and survive it's effects.
The focal point of all the issues surrounding climate change is energy. More specifically, present and future energy. The energy we currently use, which most say changes the climate, and the energy we will need in the future to supply more people and to stave off the effects of a changed climate. We need cleaner fuel now, not only because of pollution or the fact that we are running out, but because we will need much more fuel in the future.
The world economy is currently dependant upon CO2 emitting fossil fuels and we won't just be able to throw a switch to convert to another source so we have to start now. We have to stop spending billions fighting over the remaining oil. No matter who owns it, we will use it up. As demand increases and supply dwindles it will become more expensive and economic factors will dictate that we replace it. If we're lucky, mankind will be reasonable enough to spend more money finding new energy sources than fighting over obsolete ones. That's a long shot but there's always hope.
We will need more energy and there is no denying that burning oil and coal pollutes our planet. We have 2 choices if we want to survive as a species.
1. Come up with more, preferably cleaner energy.
2. Shrink our global population to a size that our current energy supply can sustain.
The first is preferable but considering our primitive human nature, the second is more probable. Let's let common sense overpower human nature and strive towards option 1.
Think about it. There are many sources of energy, known and yet to be discovered that we can use. Wind, water, tidal, and solar are clean technologies that we have explored and can improve. We have started tinkering with ways to use the Earth's magnetic field. There is gravity and countless types of cosmic rays that we haven't even tried to harness yet. Nuclear has been around for decades and if it doesn't blow up on you, it is extremely clean.
My suggestion, no, my demand is that mankind stop it's economic and religious squabbling and start taking the action we need for our survival as a species. It will be impossible to get mankind to act as one, but someone has to start. If the US trimmed it's government and military to a minimum, keeping enough troops and nukes to sustain sovereignty, we could save billions and use it to develop energy sources.
That scenario might even be good for the economy. Imagine all of the workers needed to make electric cars or cosmic ray powered toasters. Besides, whoever discovers a technology usually has a lead when it comes to selling it's usage or the products it spins off.
New energy won't solve global warming but it will help us deal with it better. Right now it's the only option we have so let's get on it!
I am fed up with our government, with our tax system and the way we treat our home, the earth. I'm a liberal but by no means bleeding heart. I'm environmentally aware but not a tree-hugger. I am upset and quite frankly I don't know what to do except to vent my frustration in blogs and hope that talking about things will lead to awareness, answers and action.
When the UN and it's multinational corporatist elites collectively decide that it is you and me that are the problem, that you and me are the reasons for Global Destruction (through what they call warming) when Agenda21 says the planet can only sustain 50 million humans and the rest, including YOU must go, a number of us are arguing indeed, screaming NO
I did not create these wars with their depleted uranium and massive global destruction. I want them to stop. And I did not only offer gas cars and engines to a wide population for GREED in oil. My government has worked with these multinational companies to make owning a bike a luxury. And I did not genetically patent and clone flora and fuana in the name of science and force other nations to grow GMF...so many things I can go on and on and so can you, and you and I, we were victims of the UN and multinational corporations who employ propeganda to divide people (divided we fall...those who vote for Ron Paul and Kucinich are divided by UN issues Dennis supports, Payul doesn't, and yet we want the same things, really GLOABL PEACE. TheNew World Order elites who blame US are not your friends and you should not take their sides. And yes, we should work on solutions. If all you can do is yourself, youre way ahead of the majority.
"live Simply so others may simply live" Let's see Al Gore do that.
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Jeanette Doney (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 304 comments)
on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 7:34:59 AM
DrCole's comment proves that we are still arguing about why it's happening while overlooking the fact that it is happening. What difference does it make whether Global Warming is man made or natural? It's real and we need to dig in if we want to survive.
As for Jeanette's theory about war... I see it coming as well.
If history teaches us anything it is that greed outweighs intelligence every time. As oil becomes more scarce the price will go up and the profits will get bigger. No oil company on earth will allow the invention of an alternative energy source and miss the high profit stage of their product. Why do you think they bought up all the solar patents they could get their hands on in the 80's?
As a result, nations will end up fighting over dwindling oil reserves. The US has already positioned itself in strategic locations amongst the oil fields and what I am calling the "Energy Wars" will escalate. No doubt. I for one have already tucked tail and am hiding in the mountains of Colorado. I figure that being in the middle of the country with the biggest stick might be wise when it comes to surviving the next world war.
Ron
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MoreRon (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 7 comments)
on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 10:14:48 AM
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