Well I've decided to continue posting long and somewhat intelligent articles up, mostly for improving my writing skills for next year.
Today's topic: Global Warming
This summer I am required to read a book called "Boiling Point" by Ross Gelbspan for my science class next year. Ross Gelbspan is a wannabe scientist who supports the theory of global warming. By support, I mean he is one of those people who thinks the Earth is going to melt in the next five years. He believes that global warming is a serious issue that is being covered up by big oil industries and the Bush administration. While I didn't finish reading the book yet, I have read enough to draw the conclusion that lots of facts are taken out of context or exaggerated.
First of all, this books reminds me of a ridiculous 9/11 conspiracy. It presents a bunch of facts and then haphazardly connects them. On the surface, the argument sounds intelligent, but when you dig down a little, you notice its a pile of bull shit. Some of the facts can't even be proven or just sound ridiculously exaggerated.
Global warming is one the most debated topics today however. Some people think the Earth is ready to bake while others think its a myth. I'm not going to pretend I'm an expert on it, because I know am not. Even the experts seem to be confused about facts, which makes the topic much more confusing.
If you were to put a hardcore atheist and a hardcore fundamentalist in a room and make them debate, you would have an argument that would go on for hours. At the end, no one would be right. This is what the global warming argument is like. No one seems to have and hard evidence on either side. Theres the people who think the Earth is near a meltdown because the average temperature is up by .1 of a degree. After multiple ice ages i think its safe to assume the climate can fluctuate at times.
But then there is the other side of the argument. You have the asshole who blames everything on natural causes and would rather not even worry about global warming. Even if global warming is a pile of horse shit, it would be nice to cut CO2 emissions down and help the environment. There's nothing wrong with with being environmentally friendly.
Global warming has become more of an ego and political issue than anything. Each side has to prove that they are right by exaggerating number and facts and then throwing false accusations towards anyone who disagrees with them.
I personally believe global warming is a theory of the future, not of the present. Once again, I'm no expert, so don't take anything I say as fact. I believe that as of currently our situation is fine, but if we continue at this rate, we will have problems in the future. The easiest solution is to continue making things environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of pollutants we release.
In conclusion, global warming is one of the most most confusing topics out there. Most facts are exaggerated if not wrong or made up. Then dozens of contradicting theories are made up by these "facts." A lot experts are taking two very different and very extreme sides. It seems like no one really has a good idea of what is actually going on with our planet.
Dazmi
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