Is Global Warming Really That Big Of A Problem?

IS GLOBAL WARMING REALLY THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM? — by Catherine Morgan

Is anyone concerned that, the year 2006 has gone on record as being the warmest year in United States history in the past 112 years? That’s a lot of years. Or, that when experts look at the global temperatures they find that each year since 1993 the temperatures have been in the top 20 of the warmest years on record?

All the experts are saying that we need to start fighting global warming now. So, why aren’t we? I have a theory. Aside from all the economical and political problems that would arise in taking real steps to combat this problem, and that list is long…..The real stumbling block is the name. Our ears just don’t hear words like “warming” any more, “warming” actually sounds kind of “soothing” doesn’t it? Please don’t get me wrong, I am not making light of the gravity of this problem. But the sad truth is that we are now living in what I would call; “the age of extreme”, and most importantly “the age of fear”. Every minute, every day we are being bombarded with; “BREAKING NEWS”, “TERRORISTS THREAT WARNINGS”, “DEADLY PANDEMICS”, you know what I mean. We are surrounded by so much grief, doom, and sadness that are ears have become immune. So, “global warming“ might as just as well be called “a boo-boo in the atmosphere“.

In all fairness, it’s not our fault. For most of us this immunity has become our survival mechanism. Let’s face it, you can’t really watch the news these days and actually allow yourself to be affected by it. If you did, you would be in a constant state of panic and despair.

The government uses this immunity to their benefit. They would like us to continue to not worry about the whole global warming thing. It’s better for them if we keep thinking it’s just a little boo-boo, and we don’t have to worry about it right now. That’s because, if they admit the problem, they will need to fix it….and by fixing it they will be throwing a real monkey wrench into our governments’ political comfort zone.

Everyone knows that the only real solution to the global warming problem is to decrease carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. We can only reduce these emissions if our government makes this problem a priority. I think….As long as we are only suffering from “global warming“, our government will continue to treat this problem as a “boo-boo“. Once this “boo-boo” turns into a “gaping, hemorrhaging, war on our planet“, and of course the Bush administration is no longer in office, we might actually see a real effort to combat this devastating and very serious problem. Until then, we might want to consider renaming “global warming” to something a little less innocuous .

Let me know what you think.

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Also see: THE CONVENIENT $MEAR — posted 2/28/07

AND FOR LOTS OF LINKS AND INFORMATION — SEE MY MOST RECENT POST ON THIS SUBJECT, BY USING THIS LINK.

For more infomation go to: http://www.stopglobalwarming.org

ALSO SEE: Jan. 23rd post also on global warming

And check out: Tamino’s Site and My Errant Mind also:

• Climate Change & Other Science Issues
• RealClimate.org
• The Pump Handle
• TragicPlanet.org

 

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