So global warming, eh? It's coming and it's coming fast. Lock up your daughters and put out the cat for that one last night. Global warming, and the end of the earth, is nigh and we are all to blame.
But, hold for one moment. Yes, there are eminent scientists telling us that we are the cause of this global catastrophe and that, whatever we do, it will happen and will devastate the earth and all that live on it.
But there are conflicting views too, and they hold equal import. Some extremely eminent people (scientists no less) have put forward opposing views on the subject of global warming, the greenhouse effect and man's contribution to it all.
The argument goes something like this: the earth has warmed and cooled several times in its long history. Even before man arrived on the scene there were times that the earth was very hot and other times when it was very cold.
The life that was around at that time (the distant relatives of plankton) had no use for cars, televisions or other energy-guzzling accoutrements. They were simple creatures without arms, legs or a brain. Yet the earth still warmed up.And the fuss about carbon dioxide emissions is all bunkum, according to some clever scientists. It can be argued, for example, that warming causes carbon retention in the atmosphere rather than the other way round. So there. All the fuss is about nothing and, whatever happens to the earth, there is precious little that you, I or anyone else can do about it.
It is an interesting side to the hackneyed argument concerning global warming. My opinion? - well it hardly counts in the grand scheme of things. Yet, man IS now on the earth and man IS contributing to pollution and man IS important for the longevity of the world.
So I say, play safe and do something before it is too late.Find More Global Warming International Center Articles
