Warm Ideas
With the tremendous loss of life related to the tumultuous weather and natural disasters that have struck around the world over the last two weeks, I feel the need to take a moment to just let it all sink in. In the last couple of weeks the world has experienced:
- An earthquake that registered 7.9 in Eastern Sichuan, China, and has resulted in an estimated death toll of 50,000 (AP News)
- A tidal surge from Cyclone Nargis, with winds that reached as high as 121 mph, hit Myanmar, killing 62,000 to 100,000 people and leaving more than 1 million people homeless
- A tornado that blazed through Missouri and Oklahoma at 170 mph and killed 23 people, adding to the abnormally high annual death rate due to tornadoes (AP News)
Naturally, the world has always experienced natural disasters; we expect hurricanes and tornadoes to hit at this time of year and well into the summer. But the intensity, overwhelming devastation and increased frequency of these events has prompted scientists to ask why.
One reason is clearly evident: global warming.
According to National Geographic News, experts say our mountain glaciers are melting faster than ever; Mount Kilimanjaro’s glaciers are melting so quickly that the mountain lost nearly a quarter of its ice from 2000 to 2006. And according to StopGlobalWarming.org, leading science journals report that atmospheric greenhouse gases have reached levels not seen for millions of years, and that species are vanishing as a result of climate change. They also report of extreme weather events, long-term droughts and rising sea levels.
So let's stop and let this all soak in. Take the time to learn all we can about global warming and its effect on the environment. Commit to do our part by not adding to greenhouse gas emissions. And above all, let's never think it's somebody else’s problem. It’s up to us. The time is now to make a change!
To learn more about global warming and how to lower your carbon emissions, visit StopGlobalWarming.org.
I don't think that the extreme weather is from Global Warming. Nature and God have a way of clearing itself out. Anyone that has said such, must have an investment in the new laws that they are, and have passed recently in California. Our economy will be effected in regions because of the on-slaught of misinformation on global warming. The natual balance of nature is at work here, nothing more.
Earthquakes can not be caused by global warming. Climate does not effect tectonic plates shifting, it's completely unrealistic, even for the doom and gloom crowd. Tidal waves are also caused by tectonic shifts. Again, completely unrealistic. We've always had tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, even when 'global cooling' was all the rage.
I'm all for cleaning up our environment. There is not reason for us not to have earth friendly fuels and stop burning through our resources. But the scare tactics spearheaded by the man-made global warming crowd are so far over the top, it's getting really ridiculous and I'm afraid it will start the pendulum swinging back the other way and all the efforts we are making to clean up our environment will be squandered.
There is a way to find out if these disasters are caused from global warming, and that is for all of us to do our part in cutting down the greenhouse effects. If we do our part in this and it works then we will know who is right or wrong.
I believe that most of the disasters are being partly caused from global warming. The North Pole is melting rapidly and the glaciers are disappearing fast from the warmer than normal temperatures. The hole in the ozone is getting bigger than before which is caused from the emissions from cars, factories, and many other man-made things.
Let's just keep cleaning up our environment and try to make it a world for our children and grandchildren to live and enjoy.