@Finessing the impact of Climate Change
MMCC (Man Made Climate Change) is VERY REAL .
It is not a conspiracy and not a hoax.
This stance puts me at odds with my erstwhile friends on the “right” of the political spectrum – that being the field where I play on most political issues, albeit less not on the environment field it seems (or quite a few others, as will become clear). The “right” has convinced themselves that MMCC is a leftist-led conspiracy and CC, if it is happening at all, is merely part of a natural climatic cycle like the “Little Ice Age” of a few hundred years ago.
For rightists to dismiss what they see as a “leftist” obsession because “the left is always wrong” is foolish.
“Even a blind chicken sometimes finds the corn”. (old German proverb)
If we compare the earth with the slow defrosting of a fridge, the gradual warming we are experiencing now may have its origins decades ago but, as with a faulty fridge, it takes quite a while before we notice that the ice is slowly melting. If the earth is now at the “slowly melting” stage then we can expect the dripping to become a slow trickle, then a faster trickle, and finally a flood. Indeed, there is mounting evidence that GW is slowly accelerating and, if this is the case, then its probably already much TOO LATE to do anything about it, even in the extreme unlikely case that every country were to take the same sort of remedial actions that the Western world is attempting. So in that regard, the right is right..! But it would be irresponsible of us to carry on with “business as normal”. Even if we cannot fix the fridge properly, we should at least attempt some minor adjustments that might slow the melting. Perhaps taking some stuff out of the fridge or arranging the contents differently might slow the melting and prevent a total defrosting.
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