And That's My Take...(Climate Change - What's The Big Deal?)

And That’s My Take...(Climate Change – What’s The Big Deal?)
©2010 by Curtis Sagmeister. All Rights Reserved.

Over the past few years, mainstream media has picked up on the idea that global climate change is a negative event and that we should be yelling at the tops of our collective lungs to summon a dragon slayer to deliver us from this beast of burden.

Despite reports of scientific cover?ups and misinformation, one would be hard pressed to make a case that the climate isn’t changing. Visit any Ansel Adams location and compare your new photograph with those he took back in the day. We can see with our naked eye the receding of ice fields, the rising ocean levels, and we have all experienced those freak snow storms in the middle of deserts. And all the while, we proclaim the earth is coming to an end.

Billions of years before man and his ‘progress’ capitalized on her resources, Mother Earth has always taken care of herself. And she will continue to do so. Earth is absolutely not in trouble. Mankind, on the other hand, should be very wary about making any long term plans. And for (likely) monetary reasons, those two entities, earth and mankind, have had their names tossed together, interchanged in some generic dice game conceived to presumably fuel passions for charitable donations, job creation strategies, and other ill?connected nefarious motives.

Want proof? Name one charitable organization that is called Mankind First!, Save Mankind, or Mankind Conservation Corps. You cannot because they do not exist. And why don’t they exist? Because of the 6.5 billion ‘mankinds’ on earth, barely a handful would fork over their hard earned money for such a concept. There is just no sell in saving mankind.

In Copenhagen recently, more than a hundred countries delivered representatives to discuss global climate change. What’s to discuss? Mother Earth is on a menstruation cycle of sorts, purging herself of toxins and waste. She has done this forever. Ice Ages, Jurassic Era, blah blah blah. Climate change is an inevitable and natural occurrence in the cycle of Mother Earth. Period.

I wonder how many carbon offset credits were needed for that Copenhagen conference.

Sure, Bangladesh has seen their coastal waters rise, as have other countries. And sure, it’s a bad thing for those living in Bangladesh coastal communities. But there with always be a Bangladesh coastal shoreline. You may just have to move inland a bit to live there! Maybe that old joke about ocean front property in Arizona has a ring of truth to it.

And to be sure, not everyone is adversely affected by the current climate changes. Discussions with aboriginal peoples in Northern Canada might give one a different perspective, as they do not fully share the mainstream view of dominant world countries. There are indeed some positives to this climate change. The censured mainstream media, major conservation groups, and interested multinational corporations will not speak openly about these positives.

No, my fellow reader, contrary to what certain religious, political, and social groups might have you believe, earth is not coming to an end... at least, not because of global climate change.

And that’s my take...

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