"Global warming?..C'mon, it's all a bullshit conspiracy"
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Now for my daily rant. Re. global warming, human impact on nature in general (ie. extinction of species and contraction of biodiversity), and our responsibility as a species to mitigate these problems; can we possibly beat this horse to death anymore than it already is? And the Earth is in fact round folks. The way I see it, these people generally fall into several of the following 8 categories:
#1. They are contrary by nature and simply can't help themselves...kinda like a good friend of mine.
#2. Emotional difficulty in accepting the idea that our species has in many ways failed at our role as "nature's" caretaker and consequently damaged it to such a degree that we are in for some heavy consequences.
#3. Denial of the role as Caretaker....instead, that our species exist in opposition to nature. Or in it's most innocuous and deluded version, the belief and/or pursuit of mastery over nature.
#4. Adhereance to some twisted Darwinian view that we must, sadly, ALLOW the extinction of a species due to that particular species failure to ADAPT to human encroachment and or interaction...."I mean, my goodness, it's not OUR fault they're dying. People are just trying to eek out a living...and we need paper dammit, and aren't houses built out of wood you idiot?!?!....so clear cut away!" Its the height of moral relativity indeed when you begin to compare lost income to extinction. And don't let me get started on the flawed logic behind the notion of "renewable resources".
#5. Can't comprehend and/or deny that humans have the capacity to impact the environment on a large scale, not to mention in detrimental ways. Hmm, let's come up with a few massive and completely irrefutable examples from a list of thousands shall we? The Nile no longer floods yearly directly impacting half a dozen nations and several thousand miles of river coastland...Why? the Aswan Dam. The once mightly Colorado now never reaches the Pacific....Why? the Hoover Dam. Several hundred lakes in the U.S. and Canada can no longer support fish due to elevated PH levels..."but don't worry, that's just a myth". A laundry list of mega fauna, poached to near extinction, now needing (in some cases) armed guards in order to maintain the survival of the species. The long list of fish species that no longer spawn in the rivers and waterways of just the California coast. The some hundred miles of coastland affected by one Exxon Valdez oil spill that to this day has not nearly recovered it's once considerable bird population or fish numbers which had at one time supported a thriving industry (okay, I like to eat fish). Should I include the elevated rates of asthma, cancer, infant mortality, and genetic defect in communities in close proximity to refining plants? Crazy talk?....well talk to the Public Health dept in Richmond CA. I suppose I can go on but I'll stop here for now.
#6. Those who automatically refute and discredit ANY study/theory/data/information or idea/notion/comment/observation due to political reasons.
#7. They have an economic incentive/interest in it's opposition.
#8. They believe that perhaps it's all a coincidence....this is a natural and expected warming cycle.
So, ultimately, what is comes down to is...they think it's all bullshit. Yes, when 130 nations as well as all the first world nations on this planet (save the U.S.) acknowledge global warming and it's connection with human industry...Well, they're all brainwashed. When every major credible University in the U.S. supports this position....well, the oil industry has several studies that refute those studies. The thing is, if I wanted info. about chemotherapy, I'd talk with an oncologist. And in the same way, if I wanted info. about the climate (watch out, I'm going out on a limb here), I'd probably listen to a climatologist.
There really are people who believe that ALL climatologists are either lying or affected with bias. Lets analyze this critically, shall we? Re. the collective lying of the global climatology community; somehow, all these climatologist have secretly decided to not only fabricate all their data, but also to posit the same theory/observation re. the earth's climate. Reasonable? Re. the bias issue, somehow ALL these climatologists have unconsciously misinterpreted their data because they've been overwhelmed with bias and personal politics. Reasonable?
Are folks so brainwashed into believing that the American economy and industry would implode if we were to take steps to be cleaner? And for christs sake!....is it soo bad to be good to our planet?
Now for my daily rant. Re. global warming, human impact on nature in general (ie. extinction of species and contraction of biodiversity), and our responsibility as a species to mitigate these problems; can we possibly beat this horse to death anymore than it already is? And the Earth is in fact round folks. The way I see it, these people generally fall into several of the following 8 categories:
#1. They are contrary by nature and simply can't help themselves...kinda like a good friend of mine.
#2. Emotional difficulty in accepting the idea that our species has in many ways failed at our role as "nature's" caretaker and consequently damaged it to such a degree that we are in for some heavy consequences.
#3. Denial of the role as Caretaker....instead, that our species exist in opposition to nature. Or in it's most innocuous and deluded version, the belief and/or pursuit of mastery over nature.
#4. Adhereance to some twisted Darwinian view that we must, sadly, ALLOW the extinction of a species due to that particular species failure to ADAPT to human encroachment and or interaction...."I mean, my goodness, it's not OUR fault they're dying. People are just trying to eek out a living...and we need paper dammit, and aren't houses built out of wood you idiot?!?!....so clear cut away!" Its the height of moral relativity indeed when you begin to compare lost income to extinction. And don't let me get started on the flawed logic behind the notion of "renewable resources".
#5. Can't comprehend and/or deny that humans have the capacity to impact the environment on a large scale, not to mention in detrimental ways. Hmm, let's come up with a few massive and completely irrefutable examples from a list of thousands shall we? The Nile no longer floods yearly directly impacting half a dozen nations and several thousand miles of river coastland...Why? the Aswan Dam. The once mightly Colorado now never reaches the Pacific....Why? the Hoover Dam. Several hundred lakes in the U.S. and Canada can no longer support fish due to elevated PH levels..."but don't worry, that's just a myth". A laundry list of mega fauna, poached to near extinction, now needing (in some cases) armed guards in order to maintain the survival of the species. The long list of fish species that no longer spawn in the rivers and waterways of just the California coast. The some hundred miles of coastland affected by one Exxon Valdez oil spill that to this day has not nearly recovered it's once considerable bird population or fish numbers which had at one time supported a thriving industry (okay, I like to eat fish). Should I include the elevated rates of asthma, cancer, infant mortality, and genetic defect in communities in close proximity to refining plants? Crazy talk?....well talk to the Public Health dept in Richmond CA. I suppose I can go on but I'll stop here for now.
#6. Those who automatically refute and discredit ANY study/theory/data/information or idea/notion/comment/observation due to political reasons.
#7. They have an economic incentive/interest in it's opposition.
#8. They believe that perhaps it's all a coincidence....this is a natural and expected warming cycle.
So, ultimately, what is comes down to is...they think it's all bullshit. Yes, when 130 nations as well as all the first world nations on this planet (save the U.S.) acknowledge global warming and it's connection with human industry...Well, they're all brainwashed. When every major credible University in the U.S. supports this position....well, the oil industry has several studies that refute those studies. The thing is, if I wanted info. about chemotherapy, I'd talk with an oncologist. And in the same way, if I wanted info. about the climate (watch out, I'm going out on a limb here), I'd probably listen to a climatologist.
There really are people who believe that ALL climatologists are either lying or affected with bias. Lets analyze this critically, shall we? Re. the collective lying of the global climatology community; somehow, all these climatologist have secretly decided to not only fabricate all their data, but also to posit the same theory/observation re. the earth's climate. Reasonable? Re. the bias issue, somehow ALL these climatologists have unconsciously misinterpreted their data because they've been overwhelmed with bias and personal politics. Reasonable?
Are folks so brainwashed into believing that the American economy and industry would implode if we were to take steps to be cleaner? And for christs sake!....is it soo bad to be good to our planet?
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