Global Warming
OK, this is my view and the opinion I’ve formed as a result of :
1 - having lived with a geologist
2 - reading all the books on anthropology, geology, and glacial areas that I enjoy so much
3 – reading and learning what I have on the history of this planet.
4 – reading about ‘global warming’ since the term was coined
Basically, I believe "Global Warming" is an effective political scare tactic.
The warming and cooling of the globe has been happening for millions of years since time began. It is a normal and necessary part of the earth’s evolution. Glaciers form and glaciers recede, gouging out valleys and exposing them, and filling them in again. Seas rise and fall. Ground and surface water rises forming lakes, and recedes leaving wetlands. Forests and animal habitats enlarge, shrink, change or disappear entirely. This is basically how our planted breathes, inhales and exhales. As a result of that continuous process, a species must adapt, move, or die out. The ‘niche’ species will usually die out, and newer, stronger, more suitable ones are formed. All this has been happening over and over and over again for millions – actually billions of years. The earth is thought to be 4.5 billions years old – kind of a geezer, huh?
Politicians are trying to scare people into believing that things like carbon monoxide from all those millions of vehicles is creating this inevitable global disaster. And yes, people ARE helping, but the amount of carbon monoxide from people is miniscule compared to what is put into the air naturally and regularly by puffing and oozing volcanoes and methane from coal beds and other sources all around the world. We can’t stop carbon monoxide and methane from entering the atmosphere, it’s part of our environment, that’s how the planet works.
Yes, we should try to become “greener”. But not to save the planet from receding glaciers, we should become greener to keep from using up all our fossil fuel, water, and other resources before they’re gone! Because once they’re gone, we have to change or we, like the dinosaur are gone. And we are alarmingly close to that time in regard to fossil fuels. (Petroleum, coal, methane, and natural gas, are all fossil fuels.)
OK, this is where I might sound cold and heartless, but… stopping human progress because a tiny brown snail is in danger of becoming extinct is a bit foolish. Some species are niche species, that means that they were able to exist because a particular habitat was formed or left behind from an earlier warming or cooling event. Once that habitat is gone, they either move on, evolve and adjust, or die out. Again, a pretty natural process. Now does that mean I don’t care about endangered species? Absolutely not! I care very much. I’m saying that they need to find a way to measure the benefit of what they are trying to do that might endanger a species survival, against the impact of having the species become extinct. Is the loss of a particular butterfly species more important than finding more and cheaper domestic fossil fuel? Well, if other species of butterflys pollinate the same plants and can fill the same role, then perhaps finding more domestic fuel outweighs the need for that butterfly. Does the need for ivory for jewelry, and piano keys justify the extinction of African elephants? Jeebus, I hope not! At some point, we have to look at ourselves and make some very tough calls. We can’t save every single aspect of
this planet. It’s not our job. But we can conserve what we use, recycle and reclaim so that WE as a species can survive on this planet longer. But even our demise is probably inevitable at some point. And then, the planet will take a deep breath, continue her rotation around the sun, and recover from what we have done.
The fact remains that the earth is a living organism, and we are just a parasite living off it with millions of other parasitic species. We can help the planet, but we can not control what it is doing naturally. This little blue rock,… she breathes.
My petunias have been sprouting very slowly. I couldn't figure out why they are still so tiny after 2 weeks under grow lights. 
Global Warming
this planet. It’s not our job. But we can conserve what we use, recycle and reclaim so that WE as a species can survive on this planet longer. But even our demise is probably inevitable at some point. And then, the planet will take a deep breath, continue her rotation around the sun, and recover from what we have done.
