Seeking truth through diverse,openminded expression,explaining america to the world
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Stopping Ignoring
I BELIEVE IN, or rather I know, empirically, that human made climate change is real. I have three reasons, and I shall attempt to name them in order of importance. First, I have had chemistry classes. Not many; I'm not a good chemistry student, but enough to understand the basics of climate change, which are very real. Secondly, all the experts say its real, and I believe the experts. By "expert" I mean scientist, science teacher, or person educated in science. And thirdly, I believe in climate change because I see it, every day, where I live, and I suspect that most other, if not all other people see it also. The chemistry is simple: seven hundred fifty billion tons of man made carbon in the atmosphere, which stays there, twenty four seven, retaining heat. Its unavoidable, this conclusion, this reality, because its so simple, and provable. The overwhelming consensus within the scientific community is another indication of the truth of global warming. Scientists always try to disprove each other's theories, ans when one sticks, it sticks, for real. Climates change is real, because, if nothing else, so many people can finally see it as real. It has been obvious, and provable, for two hundred years, climate change, but, its been ignored. Everybody can understand basic chemistry. Anyone can see for herself that the climate has changed. And anyone can figure out that when all the people who know the most about something say the same thing, its probably true. Perfectly intelligent people claim, with confidence, that climate change is merely cyclical, and natural, and will return to its normal state soon. The president himself has said this. It sounds good, and intelligent, but..it isn't. Earth's climate is not going to return to its "normal" state, because the carbon in the atmosphere is not going away. In fact, its still increasing, although w must soon make it decrease, or face extinction. This crazy idea that there's nothing that we want or should want to do about climate change, because climate change is natural...is sheer lunacy. We must reject climate change Trumpism, and replace it with sanity. It is absolutely stark raving crazy for the United States to have, in 2018, leadership which does not accept climate change.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment