Quote:On the surface, I would agree.  Weather is not climate.  Now if you stack up the weather points over time and we see a trend towards a rising of the average temperature over say, a year when compared to previous years, that would be cause for concern...

Yet that's not the case. 

 

It's 93 in Jacksonville today with a heat index over 100.  Should we run around in a panic over this?  I'm betting it's going to be a trend that lasts at least another few months here too, so clearly the science says this is global warming because it's hot and humid during the summer in Florida.  That's never happened before!

 

We are so arrogant to believe that we have all of this control over the climate of this planet.  All it takes is one good volcanic eruption to pretty much erase all the do good stuff being done in the name of saving the planet.  The planet isn't dying because of human beings.  Climate change happens as a natural order of things.  All things are cyclical, and because some feel gooder drives around in their hybrid thinking they're saving the planet, that doesn't make it so. 

 

At the end of the day, the global warming alarmists are all fighting for the almighty dollar.  Whether it's researchers who are looking for the next grant, or hypocrites like Al Gore who are only too happy to sell carbon credits to the rich and powerful of the world so they can feel better about their massive carbon footprints, it's all about the money.  Can we be better stewards of the planet and its resources?  Absolutely.  But, to think that we have the capability of destroying this planet is borderline comical.  This orb was here before humans inhabited the face of the earth, and it will be here long after we're gone and the next superior being takes over. 

 

I'm not a climate change denier.  Climate changes on a minute by minute basis.  I simply don't subscribe to the notion that by using compact fluorescent light bulbs and driving an electric car are going to make one bit of a difference.  

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