Drum roll please! From the blog that brought you MONDAY MORNING MUSINGS and FLASHBACK FRIDAY, a new weekly post has been born. THINKIN' THURSDAY.
What is Thinkin' Thursday, you ask? It is chance for me to throw my opinion out there. It is a chance to me to make you say, hmmmm. (things that make you go hmmmm, things that make you go hmmm, hmmm, hmmm)
OK, anyway. My opinions. Because it is my blog. You probably won't all agree with my opinions, and that is fine. I just feel like throwing some thoughts out there because I feel like I need to. If you want to comment that is fine, if not, that's fine too. I just want to make you think.
I have decided to dedicate my first Thinkin' Thursday to the topic of......Global Warming and the recent Global Warming Conference that was held in New York City. WHAT? You didn't hear about that conference? Why not? Oh, because it was a conference of scientists who don't believe in Global Warming. (and we are supposed to believe the media isn't biased) I find the following video very interesting. Willie Soon with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics states that the data for the earth's climate changes over the last 100 years do not follow the same patterns for the c02 emission data like you have been hearing. He says that between 1910-1950 the Arctic was warming by about 2 degrees. During this warming period there were relatively no c02 emissions. In the 1970's the Arctic started a cooling trend, at the same time there was a huge rise in co2 emissions. Bob Carter from James Cook University says that Antarctica used to be warmer, but is cooling now and sea ice this year is at an all time historic high. Sea ice in the North Pole was decreasing but it is starting to turn around. Both scientists agree that our planet Earth is constantly getting warmer or colder. Here, you can watch the video for yourself:
So why all the Global Warming hype? Because it is the hip, in thing right now? Because someone is making a booty load of money? I don't know. I do recall an Oprah with Al Gore where he said people who don't want to cut back on their co2 emissions can send money to make up for the co2 emissions they put out. Hmmmm......that makes sense? I did go on his website and found ample opportunities to donate.
Click here to read an interview Glen Beck did with Anthony Watts, a meteorologist who started out looking at a temperature recording station (where we get all our data about the rising temperatures) to see if the type of paint they used made a difference in the temperature readings. He happened to notice that the recording station was six inches away from a heat source. He thought that was strange that someone would put it there. He went to another recording station near a fire station and noticed that the fire chief parked his car with the radiator end about 2 feet from the sensor on the temperature recording station which also happens to be right next to a cell phone building which had an air conditioner blowing exhaust on the recording station. He started looking at stations all around the country and found out that the majority of them are not in compliance with regulations. He found some on asphalt parking lots, on rooftops, near other heat sources. Hmmmm.....click here for more pictures.
So to celebrate this wonderful news I went around my house and turned on all the lights and plugged in all my appliances. Then I started my car and just let it sit in the driveway. Just for fun. Really, I didn't. I think that this earth is a gift to us and we do need to take care of it. I think that we have a problem with overdoing it in our country and it is good for us to cut down on the unnecessary things that bog our lives. But I don't think we need to have wide spread panic about something that, well, doesn't need to be panicked about. I don't think hard working Americans need to be swindled out of their money.
Besides, what makes Al Gore an expert on the environment. Well, I guess if you are smart enough to invent the Internet......
8 comments:
I think your new Thusday posts are going to make a great reading for you blog!
Thank you Alicia.
Seriously. No one's gonna say anything? Whatever.
I will say you are pretty stupid if you go and let your car idle due to the fact that gas costs are so high. Forget the damage it might be doing to the enviroment.
Also, all the stuff about global warming might not be true but do you really want to be breathing those toxins in. Again forget about the damage you might be doing to the earth and think about the pollutions you are taking into your body and your children's bodies and their children's bodies.
Does it really hurt to be use things in moderation? I never got caught up in the doomsday theory of global warming, but I believe in taking extra steps to protect the earth. I pledge to do what I can.
And i didn't mean "you" when I said that about being stupid. I meant people in general not you specifically.
Woohoo! Sombody said something. Thank you. I said I didn't really do that, I was kidding. AND I said "I think that this earth is a gift to us and we do need to take care of it. I think that we have a problem with overdoing it in our country and it is good for us to cut down on the unnecessary things that bog our lives."
Hey Allyson,
I actually agree with you. I have read a few books on global warming that state the facts you mention. I agree that we should use moderation in all things and conserve our resources, but not based on the fact that i think global warming is real. I think that the media uses "scare tactics" to put people into a frenze, when really fear isn't the most healthy motivator. I love your new thursday idea..this could be fun!
Thanks Marissa. I was wondering if people thought I was a little off my rocker.
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