The Earth's cliamte has proven to be extremely dynamic and not static. So what is it that we are trying to achieve. To maintain the staus quo. That's not natural either. Are we expected to have no effect on the planet whatsoever. All this panic based on so little knowledge. I'm not arguing a cleaner environment is not preferable - anuyone remember LA in the 70's - but it's the sky is falling attitude that is so ridiculous. What would these people be saying if the world started cooling based on something we did.
The Earth will heat up or it will cool down. History has proven that. This brings me back to my main point - what are they trying to achieve.
What they are trying to achieve is, CONTROL and POWER.
That's what the "global warming scare" is all about.
The environmentalists, the Greenies, the socialists, the Marxists, KNOW that in the arena of history, socialism is losing and capitalism is winning. They know that Freedom is on the march, and that their ideas are in retreat.
How to reverse this?
To regain control, to regain power, they need to put before the public "scare issues" that present situations so dire, that the public must surrender control to "the government", because the matters-at-hand are too overwhelming to be trusted to the private sector. And, thus, the electorate is persuaded to hand over ever-increasing power to unelected bureaucrats and administrators who will "know what is best for us".
And so we are bombarded with the threat of global climactic change caused by humanity. And we are told the only way to "reverse" it will be to surrender our ecomonies, our futures, and our FREEDOMS.... to THEM.
And the doomsayers get more and more hysterical, as with Gore's warnings that we have but 10 years to "stop" the process of climate change. When, in truth, the earth will go on "changing" as Mother Nature wishes, and the efforts of humans to accelerate or to decelerate such "change" will matter no more than a spit in the wind.
Michael Crichton layed all this out in his timely book, "State of Fear". If anyone reading this far hasn't yet bought that book, I urge you to do so. It's not only informative, but a very easy and good read to boot. It would make a heck of a movie - especially as a counterpoint to Gore's film - but I doubt any of the studios would undertake the project because Mr. Crichton's ideas are so politically incorrect. Mel Gibson, your phone is ringing!
- John