Think About It. Global Warming? Some of you will remember the early ’70s when it was Global Cooling caused in part by aerosols (hair spray). Yes, I know it’s now called Climate Change. The real question is, “Is it my fault?”. Mea culpa. At one time I smoked a pipe, drove a large gasoline guzzling car and had real wood-fired barbeques in the back yard.
On the other hand I didn’t start the volcanoes spewing smoke and ash. It’s not my cows that seem to continue converting grass into gas that heads straight for the atmosphere.
In any event , it seems to me pompous delusion to presume that even all of us together could possibly effectively alter the course of climate history. If you’ve ever seen the strata in a cliff where the dramatic upheaval of earth illustrates the history of change caused by ….whom or what, then it’s difficult to imagine being the culprit.
Yes, there has been change. There will continue to be change. If we really think that the oceans will rise, don’t build your home on the sand. Where have I read that? Don’t build on the side of a hill where rains will wash it down if the hillside fires don’t get it first. And do not commit government (our) money to rebuild them, only to have them taken down again. And do not continue to build bigger dikes or rebuild cities already below sea level. Think New Orleans.
Will climate change? Of course. Don’t blame me or yourself. It does appear that ice is melting and water is rising these days. May I suggest that joining a world-wide ban on carbon will not prevent the imminent problem. Like millions in past millennia, if you are in the path of potential threat, move to higher ground or get a boat. Prepare for it, or withhold comment. Global Warming? Think About It.
Admittedly, this was first published three years ago. When will we ever learn?