Here in the south central part of the U.S. we have experienced some severe winter storms and even below freezing temperatures in the first week of April. Of course such weather brings out the expected comments about Al Gore and the issue of global warming. Surely you have heard them: "So much for global warming" or "It just proves that Al Gore doesn't know jack about climate", and so on.
Intelligent people say stupid things that get picked up by h/her not so intelligent peer and soon the average g/gal on the street is repeating a falsehood as if it were true. Unfortunately, had those who blew off Gore as if he were an alarmist, and looked at his main points regarding climate, h/she would have discovered a most interesting point: huge swings in weather conditions. Instead they sneer at the "Inconvenient Truth" and the former Veep as if he were the village idiot, not realizing that their very disparaging remarks identify them as such.
Monday, April 6, 2009
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I suppose it is human nature to ignore the problem until it is too late to do anything about it. Even if global warming wasn't true, I don't understand why people wouldn't want to promote green tech and such for pollution's sake. There is irrefutable evidence that suggests bad air quality increases one's chances of getting certain cancers. It is undeniable by all rational and many irrational Americans that our interest in the Middle East extend as far as our thirst for oil. So if not for global warming's sake, why not because it is the right thing to do?
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