All the poor poor polar bears.......

The debate on global warming has been taking place for decades and has basically gotten nowhere during that entire timespan. Every new piece of evidence is debunked by critics who claim that the crazy liberal environmentalists don't know what they are talking about and/or the facts aren't facts they are only hypotheses. My favorite one is that the sensationalist scientists don't understand the economic ramifications of the drastic measures that our current problem is asking for. Well, maybe they don't. But what they do know is science and the environment. Last week, the worlds most prominent group of climatologists announced that the Earth is undeniably becoming warmer and at an alarming rate no doubt. If that's not enough for ya then try this on. The U.N. Intragovernmental Panel on Climate Change has taken this to heart and give over a 90% chance that it is our fault. Still not enough? Fine, use your own common sense. We are burning fossil fuels (which no one can deny are heavy pollutants) at higher and higher rates every day and beyond that are the greenhouse gases emitted from other sources. These toxins can all be measured and the measurements show that there are significanly higher amounts now than ever before. So putting two-and-two together, we have dangerous pollutants being pumped into the air in higher quantities than ever before in the history of the world and we can measure them so we know it's not just the "crazy environmentalists" blowing smoke; how then can anyone claim that there will be no ramifications of this. Here are just a few: mass extinctions, ever increasing severe weather, sea level rise, temperature rise, ect. All of this is due to our own selfish ambitions (mine as well) and an inability to balance the need to protect our planet from the want of our daily lives.

So what are we to do about this? Nothing? Then we will bring into reality every science fiction movie that shows how we destroyed our own planet. It sounds silly, I know, but it is still a possibility. For my own humble opinion we, the people of Earth as a whole, need to start listening to those that understand the complex systems that are being destroyed by our pollution and come to the aid of our Mother Earth. I won't claim that I am an expert or that I can even begin to fathom a plan to follow, but I will say we need to listen. The scientists that have the proof of our destruction should finally be heeded and given the resources to find a way (if there is one) to fix the problem. This would be much easier if it was that simple but it isn't. There are more factors than just the global warming that is occurring, and as much as I hate to admit it, those that claim the economy is too fragile for drastic change are right. Oh, wait, but what's this word that is coming to mind...........cooperation. We need to stop fighting amongst ourselves and work together for a solution. It may be a long and bumpy road but the sooner we realize that the environment is in danger and work together the sooner we can construct a plan to heal our world with as little adverse effect on the economy as possible; remember boys and girls, if we have no planet then we can have no economy of any kind. Think about that.