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Global Warming
Can we reverse climate change?
If people were the sole cause of global warming then the answer would be a qualified yes, the qualifier is, would we?
Does the political and social will exist to do what would be necessary if indeed humans are responsible for climate change?
There is a debate still being waged over the human role in climate change, some say humans are the sole cause while others say humans have played no role at all.
There is another point of view and that is humans have contributed to a naturally occurring climate shift.
Before we move on let us look at the difference between climate and weather.
The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time. When we talk about climate change, we talk about changes in long-term averages of daily weather.
I do not believe that humans are the sole cause of global warming but the fact that a debate rages and often fiercely makes it very difficult to undertake any action which could mitigate the human impact.
There is much that we could do to reeves the harm that humans have done to the planet and develop sustainable communities while we are doing so.
The United Nations secretary-General has called for a Green New Deal saying:
“Climate change threatens all our goals for development and social progress. Indeed, it is the one true existential threat to the planet.”
“On the other hand, it also presents us with a gilt-edged opportunity. By tackling climate change head-on we can solve many of our current troubles, including the threat of global recession. We stand at a crossroads. It is important that we realize we have a choice. We can choose short-sighted unilateralism and business as usual. Or we can grasp global cooperation and partnership on a scale never before seen.”
There is hope in what Ban says but I come back to the will that is required to do the work. I sense that it is missing and that people on all sides of the debate would rather sit around and debate than get out there and actually take action.
Let me give an example of one project that if duplicated in municipalities across the world would help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases we are spewing into the atmosphere, create employment and provide food.
First let us look at what an economy is. An economy is based upon trade. We go to the marketplace, either in person or digitally, and buy the goods (cabbages, shoes, DVDs, meat) we need. We also enter the market place to purchase services such as healthcare and education.
Urban agriculture which is simply the growing of food and the production of food based items (jams, jellies, eggs and s on ) in urban setting, cities, towns and villages, not only reduces the amount of fossil fuels used to move goods across country but when done organically reduces the pollutants used to grow the goods.
This has a positive effect on the community. If urban agriculture is combined with community energy generation then we create jobs and clean, renewable energy, such as wind, solar, micro hydro. There are spin offs in practical research and development of appropriate wind and solar technologies for urban settings.
I believe we have the knowledge and skills to take the steps we need to reduce the human impact on our planet and thus mitigate the effects of global warming. I am much less certain that the will or desire to do so exists at a level that will make a difference. Too many people are simply arguing and doing nothing.
So, yes we can reverse the human element of global warming the question is will we?
Do you believe people are contributing to climate change?
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The premise that we can change the climate is a false one so this is a non-issue. The earth is much smarter than humanity as it was made by our Creator. Oil, coal & natural gas all come from the earth. They all contain carbon, just as we do, so they are considered to be organic. I though organic was in vogue? If something comes from the earth, it can't be harming it.
The earth repairs itself. Any other such notion is an act of the human ego that allows us to "feel" like we are saving the planet. Is my hybrid car really my messiah with four wheels? "Global warming" only falls under two different agendas. The first of which is a government revenue-making issue, as the cap and tax bill passed last week shows us. This allows the goverment to continue their quest to turn our society into something out of 1984.
The second is that a person has it so easy in life that they have the luxury of believing in these fabricated myths. The earth naturally has cooling and warming periods. The Lord said that there will come a time when people will worship the creation and not the Creator. We are obviously in that time with all the propaganda that people have been swallowing. Listening to our God-given intuition has gone out the window.
Environmentalism works when its purpose is to maintain clean water supplies or to prevent other hidious acts that ruin lives or the health of people. Anything other than that turns the love of a clean world into a religion. It's a belief system that is maintained by many people and they will fight for those beliefs. They won't be happy till all humanity is gone so that the earth can "heal itself."
The current trend of environmental extremism kills people. It is cruel to spread the big lie that if we only consume less, we will get an atta boy from the president and his ilk. Hitler believed in the big lie too. Say it often enough and the people will believe it It's the same thing as saying a fetus isn't really a person and that it's ok not to have a husband to support a child because being replaced by the government is okay.
I don't like getting conned. I don't like other people getting conned, especially when the stakes are so high. I value Truth over political affiliation or other petty things like race, gender, or your particular brand of religion. You'll never convince me that what I exhale & what plants need for photosynthesis is a pollutant, is toxic to the environment and needs to be taxed. Of course, maybe someone from the goverment can pay me a visit to "get my mind right."
God Bless
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Like to know what everyone thinks about the house bill H.R. 2454. The American Clean Energy and Security Act. If you want more information on the bill go to my hub Know your congressman and click on a link.
tonybeck I feel like you have a very passive attitude towards the issue of global warming. I get the impression that you think everything is natural and in gods hands and he will take care of it. I am not really a bible person however I do remember one story from when I was a child. The story was about the faith of two farmers. They had went some time without rain they both prayed for rain and had faith that god would provide for them. One farmer stayed home and prayed everyday the other farmer went out and prepared his field for the day that God would bring rain. Which farmer profited from his faith in God. I do believe that God will provide but we must actively protect the enviroment to receive the blessings that God's enviroment gives us.
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There is no question that mankind has an influence on the content of the air, look at the pollution in the bigger cities and the air-conditioning and filtration systems in our homes; the abundance of flora and fauna, look at the destruction of thousands of acres of forest yearly by man caused wildfires or the hundreds of thousands of acres of plant life, grains and vegetables, trees and shrubs planted by farmers the world over; and on the dispostion of surface and ground water, diverted from rivers and streams to supplement the rain, to irrigate deserts, oceans held back by dikes, as in Netherlands, or used to create highway, as in Suez and Panama. But, God's great work never rests, we cannot keep up with nature not even for one year. All that I have mentioned requires constant attention by man. None of it would remain as it is without that commitment.
Yet, it took just one Mt St. Helens to spew more pollution than LA did in 20 years. It takes just one drought to wipe years of crops and threaten worldwide famine. It takes just one hurricane to wash away the monuments to man's technology and ingenuity, as it did in New Orleans. The sun has simply to set to illustrate man's impact on this planet, with all our electrical energy, all that consumed fossil fuel no light we create it useable to us for more than a few hundred feet beyond its source.
It is the epitiomy of arrogance to think that we, mere mortal man, can have any lasting impact on our environment. Weather has fluctuated on this planet in both extremes for eons and when man arrived it was doing just fine. The best estimates, now, are that we all disappeared it would still be just fine. Its time for globalwarming prognosticators to get over themselves.
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Doc Snow says:
5 months ago
Good hub, Bob! Clear and succinct.
Personally, I think it is clear that humans are driving the current (last 30-40 years) warming trend. Natural variations also exist.
I'd say that we can control climate, to a point. Unfortunately, we are controlling it in an inadvertant way right now.