Within the scientific community there is no debate! The 12 warmest years on record have occurred since 1998; with 2012 being the hottest on record for the United States. The Natural Resources Defense Council’s website states that “Climate change is the single biggest environmental and humanitarian crisis of our time. The Earth’s atmosphere is overloaded with carbon dioxide, which threatens large-scale disruptions in climate with disastrous and costly consequences. We need cleaner energy sources at home and abroad”. Record heat, droughts, storms and wildfires hit hard in 2012. The polar ice caps are shrinking and sea levels are rising. As Arctic ice melts, the earth absorbs more sunlight and gets hotter, affecting the world’s eco-systems. “Many places in the United States will face water shortages by mid-century”. Higher food prices and shortages result from droughts and flooding. Air pollution causes diseases like Asthma. We have choices: we can continue our pace of carbon emissions or we can aggressively fight misinformation about global warming and slow its pace to give a safer, healthier world to our children. We can invest in clean energy, green jobs, drive smarter cars, and build better communities and transportation networks. And we must! President Obama has a plan to cut the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions. The New York Times called the plan “the most far-reaching effort by an American president to address what many experts consider the defining environmental and economic challenge of the 21st century”. “A small vocal minority of special interests have a vested interest in delaying action on climate change”. Let’s see, who would want us to burn more coal, oil, and natural gas? And Yes, I believe that planet Earth is a sphere and I believe in evolution (and creationism; that intelligent design creates and everything evolves). I bet Harry and Charlie believe the world is flat! And they believe that the Tea Party knows what’s best for America! I also believe in a firewall divide between church and state, for the very reason that the Tea Party demonstrates!
Oct 19 2013
Do you believe global warming is a threat to future generations?
Within the scientific community there is no debate! The 12 warmest years on record have occurred since 1998; with 2012 being the hottest on record for the United States. The Natural Resources Defense Council’s website states that “Climate change is the single biggest environmental and humanitarian crisis of our time. The Earth’s atmosphere is overloaded with carbon dioxide, which threatens large-scale disruptions in climate with disastrous and costly consequences. We need cleaner energy sources at home and abroad”. Record heat, droughts, storms and wildfires hit hard in 2012. The polar ice caps are shrinking and sea levels are rising. As Arctic ice melts, the earth absorbs more sunlight and gets hotter, affecting the world’s eco-systems. “Many places in the United States will face water shortages by mid-century”. Higher food prices and shortages result from droughts and flooding. Air pollution causes diseases like Asthma. We have choices: we can continue our pace of carbon emissions or we can aggressively fight misinformation about global warming and slow its pace to give a safer, healthier world to our children. We can invest in clean energy, green jobs, drive smarter cars, and build better communities and transportation networks. And we must! President Obama has a plan to cut the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions. The New York Times called the plan “the most far-reaching effort by an American president to address what many experts consider the defining environmental and economic challenge of the 21st century”. “A small vocal minority of special interests have a vested interest in delaying action on climate change”. Let’s see, who would want us to burn more coal, oil, and natural gas? And Yes, I believe that planet Earth is a sphere and I believe in evolution (and creationism; that intelligent design creates and everything evolves). I bet Harry and Charlie believe the world is flat! And they believe that the Tea Party knows what’s best for America! I also believe in a firewall divide between church and state, for the very reason that the Tea Party demonstrates!
By spiritspeak • Community Roundtable, Politics 0