Global Warming

Global warming causes climate change which brings about extreme weather. We’ve definitely seen severe snow storms, flooding, tornadoes, heat waves and fires in 20ll. And a judge, I don’t know how or why, agrees with government scientists that global warming is destroying the polar bear. People say they want to reduce global warming. However, they don’t seem to realize that when the bible said to go forth and multiply it was at a time when there was limited population on earth. Earth’s population has exploded; in year 1 = 200 million, 1800 = 1 billion, 1960 = 3 billion and on October 31, 2011 the 7 billionth person was born. Underdeveloped countries without the resources to sustain a population are having the highest birth rates (Niger is the highest with 7.2, the US is 2.1). But, we all should have the good sense to know that too many people are the cause of global warming, pollution, overfishing of our waterways, high unemployment, and other social issues resulting in pride and lust generated by extreme competition. It was good to hear Al Gore saying what I’ve said all along, it’s too many people on the planet that causes global warming. Even if it’s because of a bad economy I was happy to hear that Americans for the past 3 years have not increased births. Humankind cannot continue to increase the population while technology reduces opportunities. It was recently reported that Latinos have surpassed Blacks as the largest minority and kids under the age of 18 make up 24% of our population; seniors over 65 = 13%. By 2050 the minorities will be the majority and seniors will be 20% of the population. These actions make me believe that we are determined to destroy what has been given to us. We need change to fix the economy not add more people. Kaiser Permanente’s insemination of the Octomom was ridiculous. Here’s a woman who already had 6 children and lived with her parents. As far as I’m concerned, Kaiser failed in Planned Parenthood, Family Therapy and good old fashioned sense when it came to this insemination.

Because of global warming plants and animals are migrating away from their normal habitats. Some of this could be okay while the rest could be deadly. For example, the Asian Tiger Mosquito, native to the tropics of Southeast Asia, have landed in the US southeast and California; they bite during the day and are deadly. Starbucks Jim Hanna said because of global climate change, bad weather (severe rains or long droughts) and insect infestations are ruining our supply of coffee beans. He told the Guardian newspaper that if things stay the way they are, the coffee bean will be gone within 30 years. Another report says that Africa may end up too hot for cocoa which will eliminate chocolate. Dr. Clifford Bassett of Allergy and Asthma Care of NY says that due to the wet weather and global warming that causes more pollen, the pollen is more powerful and may be stronger and more plentiful. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found the ragweed season to be longer. No one is asking you to give up beef or milk and I don’t think we’ll be getting rid of all the swamp land even though they put gas into the air (I learned these affect the planet years ago with one of the kid’s school project). But we can control the cutting of the rain forest, planting of new trees, exhaust from factories and vehicles and the population causing the increased usage. There are those that don’t agree with scientists, judges and other people in the know (Republican Rick Perry says he doesn’t believe that it’s man made). The skeptics of global warming are saying that the warnings are brewing unnecessary concerns. However, on October 31, 2011 a physicist, and long-time skeptic of global warming, is now agreeing that it’s real.

Earlier this year, the Republicans slammed a strict smog rule saying it would kill jobs (the President dropped it). I do agree with Al Gore in that the lack of more stringent regulations will result in increased medical bills for seniors with lung disease, more children developing asthma, and the continued degradation of our air quality. But, I still thought it was okay with the new smog rule being temporarily dropped so we could get our economy back on track and look at what others are doing before implementing new rules. I’ve since had the opportunity to look at what others are doing and how well we do our part in deterring global warming. I’ve found that we’re not keeping up our end of the bargain. The bottom line is that Republicans are being hypocrites: corporations are sitting on trillions of dollars and have done very little to add jobs and they’re yelling about medical costs, both Medicare and Medicaid, and don’t want to implement practices on business that would reduce health costs as they would also reduce business profits. But the clincher is that the Republicans don’t want to spend money when it comes to the smog regulations because it hinders the continued greed of their fossil-fuel (oil) industry cohorts.