Now that it’s snowing in the east coast in winter, we’re screwed. Global warming has once and for all been proven to be a hoax. Just ask Jon Stewart. (BTW, It’s almost insulting that Al Gore continues to be given all of the credit for raising global awareness about climate change. I’m ready for Colbert to start giving the youth of Copenhagen some credit for rising awareness about climate change.) But maybe we can take a moment to say, damn it Al, if you’d only used the term “climate change” rather than “global warming” we might not be in this ridiculous situation right now. Because now that it is snowing in winter, CO2 pollution deniers (because let's remember that this is what this argument is about) have reason to say that Gore is wrong because the earth is not boiling. Thank you Jon Stewart for bringing the funny (my coworkers just mocked me for the amount of laughs I got out of watching this piece): And let's not forget the people in Fairbanks, Alaska, who are angry at Al because they can’t put in pools. (See blog post for link.) But it would appear that everyone appears slightly moronic when they take the time to openly mock people. This insult to graphic design was sent in a joke email attachment between two scientists about climate skeptics, and was leaked during the climate gate scandal. (You can go to the original post on the Guardian to find out who is being referenced and why). I digress. The point is words are powerful. Global Warming was the term that the environmental movement agreed on to explain the process of CO2 pollution (remember the image of the blanket? “Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun’s heat and causing the planet to warm up.” It was a term created so people could develop a quick understandable image about what was happening to the planet. But the truth of the matter, when you look at the statistics, and where the real issue lies, is that we are in a pattern of radically shifting climate change combined with pollution and impact on the planet created by one species. So if we can get the thinking away from “global warming” and weather, we might be able to focus on clean air and clean water and that minor issue that we are in the midst of the 6th mass extinction. We are seeing repeated examples of this issue as we note the changing migration patterns of birds, as well as the migration pattern of marine mammals. And yes, the glaciers are melting. Oh, but then there is that minor issue that global warming patterns could very well take us to the next ice age. So where does that leave us? I don’t know. Given the amount of energy spent on finger pointing it feels like Kindergarten? I keep asking myself, in those last moments of life, what will we have to say to ourselves? Will it be, “I sure did spend a lot of time pointing fingers and telling them how they were wrong.” Or will it be, “I did everything in my power to take care of my planet?” (for videos and links head to the blog) added by: leahl
