I was watching a presentation on one of the science channels. They showed me a graph that purported to be a temperature history of our Blue Planet, from Day One. The thing that stuck in my mind was that the graph looked like the profile of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The 'average' temperature has apparently been in a state of constant change forever. That is why we have to average in the first place, isn't it? So...Why do we expect stability forever now?
Everyone is worried about a change in the temperature of the planet, and some are even so bold as to suggest that they can do 'things' to stabilize it now. Insanity, pure and simple! Our history is rife with tales of well meaning interference (perhaps molestation is a better description) with dear old Mother Nature, and almost without exception, each has ended in unmitigated disaster. When it comes to predicting the results of our actions on a global scale, we suck!
Is Polar Ice melting a serious event? You bet your sweet bippie it is! Can we stop or reverse it? Not likely....What I fail to understand is why everyone is so concerned with 'Reducing Our Carbon Footprint' and nobody is proposing plans to get our low lying population or infrastructure out of the way. The sea levels will probably only be significantly higher than usual until the glaciers have reformed and all that water is sitting high and dry, so to speak, but the damage will definitely have been done.
I've already got a boat. Where the hell did my snowshoes go?
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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