Being someone that loves to study science, particularly Earth Science, and observing what's been going on for the past 3 decades, I am somewhat disturbed by this entire subject. I grew up in the 90s, so we heard all about Global Warming, and how it would destroy our planet if we didn't recycle and clean up our garbage better. But here's the thing:
All those dire predictions Al Snore and his cronies said would happen in the 2010s, didn't happen. We still have icecaps, and they're even THICKER now than they were in the 90s, New York City and Venice are still above water, the ozone hole shrank a bit, and a number of our winters have actually been COLDER in recent history, not warmer. That was why those boneheads changed the title of their failing narrative from "Global Warming," to "Climate Change."
Here's something else that should be noted, if you study paleontology and climatology: the Earth has been experiencing climate change ever since she got an atmosphere over 3 billion years ago. There is evidence that shows she went through a number of crazy cooling and warming trends, including global ice ages, and times (such as during the early Mesozoic Period 220 million years ago) when it was so warm, there were no ice caps. And who is to blame for that? Not humans. Our earliest hominid ancestors didn't show up until approximately 3 million years ago.
Now I will admit that pollution is a very serious problem, and I'm totally with the recycling idea. It benefits a lot to be able to re-use things like plastic, glass, and paper. I also believe in planting new generations of trees in areas that logging companies have stripped. My mother was once part of the Arbor Day Society. There has also been measures done to make factories, power plants, and cars less polluting than they used to be.
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AmeriGirl26 (12299)
5 years ago
But it bothers me that not everyone is joining in. You look at how much the US and Europe pollute, vs. Asia, Latin America, and India, and it's absolutely CRIMINAL how much crap THEY spew into our atmosphere, and you're wondering, why aren't they on board? In fact, some of the 3rd world countries out there are doing stuff that is way worse than the Free World. And yet the Green Nazis keep punishing the Free World countries all the time with regulations, fines, and lawsuits. Where's the logic in that?
It should be noted that the biggest polluters in the world are not humans at all. They are volcanoes. Even China and India can't compete with what explodes into our atmosphere from volcanic eruptions. I mean, what are the Global Warming drones gonna do? Plug up the volcanoes? I'd love to see how they can prevent eruptions like that.
There has been talk of biased scientists whose funding came from certain political groups, and them being bribed into cooking the books to push the narrative. They also aren't working with enough data. It's similar to the plastic straw BS that was going on in CA just last year. The state govt. was working on data a single 10-year-old child had gotten from speaking to TWO plastic straw companies, and they did not even verify this data with their own scientists. The Earth's atmosphere and climate are highly complex, and we don't understand everything that goes on, even to this day. There are also holes in the data, areas that some climatologists totally ignore or pretend they never saw.
Here's something that could really mess with your head: there is evidence to suggest that electric cars could contribute to MORE pollution than gasoline cars, and I'll explain why: today's gasoline-burning cars now have much better engines that allow less pollutants from being spewed out of the tailpipe and into the atmosphere. They've been improving car engine designs to be that good since the early 2010s, maybe sooner.
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AmeriGirl26 (12299)
5 years ago
Meanwhile, the factories that make batteries for electric cars are polluting way more than our gasoline cars have done, partially due to the process in making those batteries.
It has been suggested that this entire "Climate Change" thing is nothing more than a scheme to make money, and is one of the biggest frauds in history. The idea is to keep pushing the narrative, no matter how ridiculous it is, and squeeze rich, industrial countries [that aren't in Asia] into paying fines and being forced to follow all these stupid rules, while 3rd-world countries can pollute all they want. Who benefits from this? Can you say...rich asshole Globalists, maybe?
And by the way, I'm just getting warmed up [if you'll excuse the pun,] because there's more where that came from.
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Frogarama (12942)
5 years ago
All those dire predictions Al Snore and his cronies said would happen in the 2010s, didn't happen. We still have icecaps, and they're even THICKER now than they were in the 90s, New York City and Venice are still above water, the ozone hole shrank a bit, and a number of our winters have actually been COLDER in recent history, not warmer.
Ozone hole shrank due to reduction in ozone emissions, which was a result of laws and changes in society!
If dire warnings are given, and don't pan out, either the warnings were wrong or slightly off... OR the warnings worked! Seriously, consider that.
Also, I don't think the ice caps are thicker now. Maybe I'm thinking of the ice sheets.... Right now we have ancient bacteria being released thanks to melting ice and warming permafrost.
Oh, and Global Warming does not make winters warmer. That's right-wing propaganda. It's an average temperature for the entire year and it goes up by a factor of a degree or so, which is a big deal when you take the entire Earth into consideration.
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