Friday, May 13, 2011

Fear Mongering about Global Warming

"The sky is falling!" "The sky is falling!" "Be afraid, if we don't change our ways the sky may fall in the next 150 years!"

We've all heard similar statements that at times have scared the crap out of us, or if you're like me... makes you research and think about the issue.
With every new weather pattern or every glitch in long term predictions, the GLOBAL WARMING fear mongerers come out of the woodwork. Every time the rainfall reaches 1/2" more than normal or a tornado outbreak happens where it hasnt in 100 years then GLOBAL WARMING HAS to be the cause. I think its time to set the record straight with what I have found out and with what common sense tells me.
1st.. The Earth IS warming, or at least in most parts it is! UH OH..What??? Yep, the earth is in a warming trend. Should we all be afraid??? Nahh.... The earth is actually COOLER than it was less then 1000 years ago before the LITTLE ICE AGE. We hear constantly that burning fossil fuels is pumping so much CO2 into the air that it is creating a smothering blanket of heat over our planet. While it is true that we are polluting the atmosphere with ALOT of CO2 and other toxins and they do cause a greenhouse effect that raises the earths' temperature, it is also true that the raise in temperature of the climate of the planet is less then 2 degrees. We hear that just a 3 degree jump in temperature will cause the melting of the polar ice caps and absolute destruction of low-lying areas....well, uhhh... not ENTIRELY true on this part, When Normal temperatures are listed for a particular area at a particular time there is a + or - 4 degree window where the temp is still considered normal. Normal temps are also only normal for the last 150 yrs.....thats it!!! 150 yrs, and right away the scientists have a handle on the long term prognosis of the climate.
Just to show you how off the scientists are about the effect of Global Warming, you just have to look at the predictions for the summer hurricane season. Every year since '05 the weather services have stated that because of Global Warming we will have ABOVE AVERAGE number of hurricanes with increased ferocity.... Thats 7 yrs of predictions, they have had to modify that number DOWN 5 of those 7.... They have been wrong 5 out of the last 7 years, CRAZY!!!! And we should be listening to these guys, RIGHT!!!!
Lets say just for the sake of argument, that we have caused the earths' temperature to rise at a faster then normal rate. According to all the science that I have read on the subject, the long term effect... an ICE AGE... 
I dont know about you but I could use a tan, and I'll be putting a good PARKA on layaway...

I implore everyone though the next time they hear the dire predictions to do some of the research available over the internet from the many reliable sources including the same ones making the predictions.

Maybe the govt should tax homeowners of future beachfront property to close the budget deficit..just a thought  .. (LOL)

In the end Fear Mongering about Global Warming is one of the things wrong with MY AMERICA

1 comment:

  1. Let m go as far to explain a little farther what I believe...
    YES, the earth is warming (overall trend).
    YES, I believe human activity may play a part in speeding it up (adding greenhouse gases and such).
    BUT, to think that we as an inhabitant of this planet can go as far as wrecking the natural system beyond repair, I think that is naive and a bit SELF CENTERED! As a race humans are are so scared with our fate that they find ways to "fix" the problems that we "create" in order to make a better life (and avoid death). Where a problem does not necessarily exist you can count on the "intelligent" ones among us to CREATE one, and I think that is where the fear mongering with GLOBAL WARMING lies.
    Thank you
    Have a nice (WARM) day

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