Foreign
Oil Dependency: THE battle in the fight against global
warming?
Friday,
April 27, 2007
Could
the fight against foreign oil dependency actually unite
the people?
Watching a National Geographic show on global warming last
night, I realized that I'm becoming anti-global warming
activism. Ironically, however, I believe that - minimally
- man is having a significant impact on the environment. I
also believe that we should be developing technologies,
such as hybrid
cars, that help reduce carbon footprints.
So, what's my problem? Why am I so troubled by war against
global warming?
While many have already decided that man is causing global
warming, most aren't doing much to really improve the
situation. Even Al Gore isn't really doing anything to
change his lifestyle. Instead Gore buys carbon credits to
justify his environmentally unfriendly life - credits that
a new report suggests might not be doing much to help the
environment (more).
Even more interesting, what if science proves that global
warming is happening, that sea levels will rise by 5 - 20
feet in the next few decades, and that global warming
ISN'T caused by CO2 emissions. Instead, global warming is
caused by sun cycles, or some other combination of natural
forces. Or, perhaps man is simply making global warming
happen slighter faster than nature.
Then, the real question is, can we stop global warming?
Obviously, in order to answer that question one must know
as much as possible about what is causing global warming.
Is it just CO2 emissions, or is that just one chapter in
the causes of global warming.
Global warming has happened in the past, and since nature
typically acts very cyclically, one shouldn't be surprised
if it happens again - with or without the help of humans.
So, what if all the people can do is slow global warming
down a few decades? That certainly doesn't solve the
bigger problem of surviving global warming.
Ultimately, we should be doing as much research into
global warming as possible. An Inconvenient Truth is not
the truth - at least not the full truth. There still is
far too much science missing. Even if an Inconvenient
Truth is right about everything, except that man CAN stop
global warming, then an Inconvenient Truth is horribly
wrong.
We really just don't know enough about global warming.
This isn't an excuse not to act, but many will use it as
an excuse. For years they will need more evidence.
Ultimately, there is a lot of doubt regarding global
warming and severe inaction by even those whom believe in
global warming. Hence, maybe there is a better way to
fight global warming: foreign oil dependency.
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