Just kidding, or at least mostly - I'm not really "anti-Earth." I just find it amusing that that is how I am portrayed by Saint Al and his acolytes. As if, by being skeptical about catastrophic anthropogenic global warming (or CAGW, for short), I somehow want the Earth to be destroyed. I just hate the planet, I don't care if my children melt, I don't care if people die - I just want my freaking oil!
Things are starting to get bad with the CAGW agenda, and they are likely to get far worse in the near future. The world is currently suffering massive food shortages due to, among other things, the deliberate burning of our food supply to make ethanol, which was championed by CAGW advocates. Fuel prices are at record highs in large part due to environmentalist opposition to new drilling, new refineries, and nuclear power. Governments are passing fascistic laws doing things like banning light bulbs, mandating absurd fuel standards, and imposing all sorts of controls and penalties on people who dare to exist and desire a decent lifestyle. Dissent is being actively silenced, skeptics are being targeted and smeared, the media is blindly parroting the most absurd and fantastical disaster predictions, children are being indoctrinated by Al Gore's movie, and far more. And with all three presidential candidates buying into the CAGW scam we're in for a lot more.
This whole thing makes me absolutely furious due to the entire agenda being based on lies, exaggerations, and agendas. People are being deliberately deceived by activists and socialists who are playing on their good nature and fears to impose their agenda. So much of what is generally accepted is patently false. Polar bears aren't dying, they are thriving. CO2 and temperature have no proven relationship. Hurricanes are not getting worse. The Earth has been much warmer and much colder in the past. The ice caps aren't melting. In fact, the Earth might not even be warming. The whole thing is a giant scam using selective studies and spin to promote an agenda.
Luckily there is some reason to have hope. Though most people claim to believe in CAGW, they have largely been resistant to accepting the most onerous of regulations despite the constant barrage of CAGW alarmism. Not a single person listed global warming as their number one issue in November - pretty strange for something that's supposedly going to kill everyone. In the end of the day, I have to have some faith in common sense, and that most people will make token changes but won't make big ones - this is being shown by emissions continuing to increase even in the Kyoto-signing countries. I hope as people realize how many environmentalist predictions are false (increased hurricanes, increased droughts, sea level rises) they will begin to question the alarmists. People like me and my compatriots will continue to fight to raise awareness and stop the most insane and dangerous actions. It all begins with getting informed and explaining to friends and family the truth about the CAGW agenda.
The scientific community is rather united in its belief that global warming is real and the evidence is over whelming. You cite no referances to support your opinions. Indeed, the earth has undergone temperature fluctuations over the eons and countless species faded into extinction as a result. To achieve real, sustainable energy independence we must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels sooner or later. Perhaps parking the Escalade and walking a block or two might be a step in the right direction.
Posted by: Carol Newman | 28 June 2009 at 14:12