Entries from April 2008 ↓

Trading food for fuel………means starvation for the poorest of the poor.
 
How much are we willing to pay for fuel……when you drive your car or truck at the expense of human lives?
 
Using food crops for fuel is obscene……financial pornography at its worst.
 
Controversial enough…..to get the greens on their feet?

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I don’t mean to ba an alarmist, but the evidence speaks for itself.

Since the 1900s the global average temperature and atmospheric CO₂ concentration increase is so dramatic, especially when compared to their levels in the 900 preceeding years, that its hard to ignore.

The last 100 years of industrialization have taken their toll, but things seem to have really get out of control ever since the mass production of the combustion engine. I belive jet planes are the worst offenders, offering families quick getaways and holiday bundles which allowed the air travel industry to flourish. And corporate jets whisking executives across the country for anything from meetings to Superbowls.

The whole issue of global warming is undeniably scarey, and we’re to blame. We’ve dug our own grave, so to speak.

In the past there has been multiple theories as to what is happening, from the sun being in a state of change to burping and farting cows being held responsible. The major causes of climatic change include CO2 and Other Greenhouse Gas Variations, Ocean Circulation, Volcanic Eruptions, Solar Variations, Orbital Variations, and Human activity.

This video clip from Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” illustrates the point. If you have never seen An Inconvenient Truth the short clip below (TRT 4:08) is worth your time.

I’m all for cleaning up the planet and eliminating pollution, but I have a problem with people using environmental issues to make political points. 

Al Gore has gone to great lengths in attempting to convince us that global warming or climate change is our own fault and that we can remedy the problem by getting rid of pollution in the form of carbon emissions. 

Carbon dioxide is a trace gas in our atmosphere…..I repeat, a trace gas, which means that CO2 represents a tiny portion of the atmosphere.  How tiny….0.03% of the earth’s atmosphere. 

To suggest that the sun is not responsible for climate change is nothing less than ignorant……….of course the sun determines climate change, as it is the earth/sun relationship which determines the temperature of our planet and not carbon dioxide. 

You often hear that massive amounts of carbon are being pumped into our atmosphere, yet the carbon dioxide content of our atmosphere remains at 0.03%.  Our perspective is flawed because we do not seem to realize the immense volume of our planetary atmosphere.  It is humanly impossible to manufacture sufficient carbon dioxide to affect the climate of our planet. 

What we need to realize is that our climate is tied in to the earth/sun cycle, in relation to a differential in energy existing between the earth and the sun. Oxygen should be our concern, as almost all of our oxygen is produced by means of photosynthesis, which means we depend on plants to produce the oxygen necessary for our survival. 

If we keep destroying the forests of the world we will end up reducing the oxygen content of our atmosphere and we humans are capable of reducing the oxygen content of our atmosphere to dangerous if not fatal levels.  All we have to do is keep cutting the forests down and polluting our oceans. 

Our atmosphere is slowly escaping into space, so the continuous regeneration of our atmosphere through photosynthesis is of critical importance to our survival and the health of our planet.

Amazing breakthroughs lead to genetically modified, diesel-spewing bacteria.

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