Why Global Warming doesn’t bother me
I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about global warming. One, I live in Brazil, and I’m landlocked. Watch any disaster movie, with the exception of maybe Starship Troopers. South America is always just fine.
Also, I don’t worry about it for thesame reasons I don’t worry about death. Global warming is coming, and whatever it brings, it’ll bring. Will it suck? Yes, horribly. New York and lots of New Yorkers, among others will be greatly missed.
But face it, the world in general is not going to do anything to stop it. Not China, and definitely not the U.S.
Twelve states, led by Massachusetts and joined by the District of Columbia, are objecting to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to decline to issue emissions standards for new cars and trucks. They and the environmental organizations that support them say the standards should be the first step in a broader effort to reduce carbon dioxide and other gases that they say are harming the atmosphere and leading to global warming and rising sea levels.
But they faced a court sometimes skeptical about whether the remedy they seek would make much difference in the long run, and whether they can even show they are facing the kind of imminent harm that is required before they can press their case.
“I mean,” asked Justice Antonin Scalia, “when is the predicted cataclysm?”
Scalia was one of several justices to remark on a lack of scientific expertise during an hour of questioning that touched on whether the states have “standing” to challenge the EPA’s refusal, the level of evidence proving the existence of global warming and its causes, and even whether unilateral action by the United States to reduce greenhouse gases would hamper negotiations with other countries on the issue.
Sorry to sound so defeatist, but when the Supreme Court refuses to believe, there’s just no sense in worrying about things. It’s not like the planet will be destroyed, after all. Justa lot, if not all humans will. I’ll do what I can on a personal level, but let’s be honest here. It’s coming. No one in any position of power will do anything about it until it’s far, far too late.
So while the work of so many is appreciated and to be respected, and Al Gore’s “An Incovenient Truth” is to be admired, the fact is that his movie was misnamed.
Global Warming, and the havoc that it will bring to humans is an Inescapable Truth.
–WKW
January 11th, 2007 at 6:00 am
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February 2nd, 2007 at 5:53 am
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April 5th, 2007 at 5:30 am
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April 5th, 2007 at 9:45 am
‘New York will be missed’? Uhhhh - even the IPCC summary says that over the next 100 years ocean level will rise *no more than* 23 inches.
You knew that, right? That when Al Gore says oceans will rise 12 feet he meant 12 inches?
May 26th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Cmon people, we can still make a difference. Losing hope is not the smart thing to do right now. The human race could be wiped out because of this, and no body gives a damn. What kind of race are we when we dont even care what we’ve done to the world. Open up your eyes and face the truth, its happening, right now, but we can do something to atleast slow down the natural process. I watched Al Gore’s movie, and what he said was powerful. But I dont think we’re doing it all, i believe that Global Warming is what it happens after every Ice Age. But think about all the lives that will be lost if we dont try to do something.