Greetings Citizens of our Beautiful World,
As I become more and more disenchanted with the world's ambivalence towards the actual real threat of global warming on our environment, lives, and world species, at the Bali conference I felt it necessary to establish a forum where other disenchanted "environmentalists" can voice their opinions and share news that tracks the progression of global warming. You know...I really detest labels and yes I am an environmentalist and am descended from environmentalist activists but if you care about your home, ie, the earth does that mean you deserve a label? In reality everyone should be environmentalists because we all live on this amazingly intricate planet and no one will be able to escape the ravages of Global Warming.
Yes, Yes, Yes...it's so ubber trendy now to question the global warming "facts" and to rip apart Al Gore...all these talk show hosts on Am morning shows who dig up obscure scientists who say that actually global warming is really non-existent or just a natural warming trend...when in reality if one researches these "scientists" one learns that they haven't published anything in like 20 years or that they receive funding for their research from large corporations or the "Friends of Carbon Fuels". What is humorous about all this is these people easily dismiss the facts produced by professionals who have devoted entire careers to studying climate change and human's impact on the environment. Who are these critics?? This is would be akin to me walking into a cancer research lab and saying "You know what folks? You have it all wrong...you need to start looking at it from this angle or from this theory". I mean really! Why do we have scientists and other professionals out there who are paid to explore issues and then provide feedback to the general ignorant population? I would rather trust scientists who are passionate and committed to their careers, who have nothing to gain or lose by presenting their research, than politicians who have fingers in corporate pies and fossil fuel companies.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his side-kick Environment Minister John Baird are so pathetically transparent in their reluctance to allow Canada to develop leadership in the fight against global warming....hmmm...conservative base support=Alberta, oil fields, big corporations. This party highlights its platform as reduced government and not hurting big business...so should we be surprised when the they stall an entire conference on global warming??
This brings up another boogeyman: Crashing economies because companies/industry are forced to reduce their emissions. Interesting that European economies are successful yet they have reduced emissions at a far great rate than us over the last decade. What else is fascinating is how there is this whole green economy waiting to be profiteered out there with jobs galore but we choose to hedge our bets with oil companies and outdated industrial practices.
It is sad...and if anything I hope this blog will forever keep alive the names of individuals like Stephen Harper and John Baird so that future generations can remember their names as those who failed the world. I will also make it my personal mission to ensure that future textbooks will highlight the failures of these two individuals (I have contacts in the publishing world, hahaha) and how Canada will hold them responsible for our disappearing Arctic, extreme prairie droughts, etc.
I feel sorry for the scientists of our world who have devoted so much time and energy to this whole issue while ignorant big business politicians poohpooh it all...for them it must be like watching themselves in a poorly directed science fiction film...them desperately warning the world and everyone going about their selfish daily lives...as the planet slips beyond repair.
I hope it's all worth it people...to all of you armchair skeptics who've never visited a climatologist lab, the arctic, or have taken the time to pour over the UN's climate reports. I also hope none of you have children or grandchildren out there...because your indifference, when things are at their most serious, is really on par to war crimes...and you have failed your future descendants....for what?
I welcome critics but really your criticisms are so out of whack in the face of the piles of evidence that it will only be amusing jibber jabber by uneducated individuals who want to make shock statements.
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