Global Warming: Non-issue
Government officials met recently to discuss, agree or diagree on the whole issue of global warming--which to my mind was a waste of time and money. Why? It is a non-issue.
The concern for some people is that the world temperature is rising, and because of that they project all sorts of scenarios, which in their minds can mean only one thing: tragedy.
Then the come up with all these solutions to eliminate it--as if man in his puny way can have any serious impact on something so huge and so unknown.
I wonder, do these people who worry about global warmng believe the earth's temperature should always remain the same? Or, do they think it should drop? It would surprise me if there were absolutely no change in the global temperature.
The problem with this issue is that it detracts from the real world issues. Just think, if all those people in Pakistan suffering through the cold of winter after that earthquake had all the money spent on that global warming conference the money would have made a real and immediate difference in peoples lives!
Too, often we get distracted by issues such as global warming when there are much more important REAL issues for which there are known solutions. For example, a large part of the world does not have clean drinking water. The industrial countries know how to make clearn water. Illness, such as AIDS, weighs down the populations of many regions of the world. Successful teatment of AIDS is still illusive, but teaching people how to avoid it could help on the front end of that issue. And, work on the front end or before people get AIDS would be far cheaper and easier to achieve than treatment after they get it.
So, world, get a grip! Identify the real problems for which there are ready solutions. Solve those and think how much better the world will be.
posted by Travel Ohio and beyond at
2:19 PM
1 Comments:
You definately need to do more research into how much of a "non-issue" this is. Why don't you go see what scientists are saying at http://www.newscientist.com/ or speak to an expert in the area.
On September 12 2001, the day after September 11 when planes had been grounded in the US and less jetstream was left in the air, the average amount of energy coming through to the ground was dramatically higher than when the planes were flying.
No coincidence, rather proof of how highly "masked" the effects of global warming are. Not intentionally either.
Infact if we were to suddenly stop polluting the air, the temperature would rise exponentially faster than it has been.
Excessive carbons in the air help block sunlight out of the earths atmosphere- but not radiant heat.
Less sunlight means the earth itself is not getting hotter at a faster rate, but the air in the atmosphere is because that is where the energy is getting stuck!
here where the ozone layer has depleted and the temperature and seasons are going haywire, we understand global warming.
Because it doesnt effect you doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
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