A Brief Word About Global Warming

It has been an unseasonably warm December in New England.  I can get used to this.  It's been so nice that a lot of folks are saying absurd things that point to this unusual warmth as proof that global warming is, in fact, happening.  Meanwhile there was a day last week where Arizona was the coldest state in the nation.  I imagine folks there were saying something equally absurd, much like what was being said in New England last February when the thermometer was below twenty degrees for the entirety of the month.  The unusual cold disproves global warming!  That triggers comments by the global warming folks who then decide to simply call it "climate change" instead and blame the cold on that.  Meanwhile, you have people being paid to publish questionable studies, people saying that global warming is the biggest threat we are facing, and holy cow, is that ManBearPig?  (Watch the South Park episode of the same name if you don't follow...)

I have decided that I don't care whether or not global warming is happening, but I don't mean that in the way you might think.  Let me first state that global warming is clearly not the biggest threat we are facing right now.  There are people being murdered and raped, starving people, homeless people, and terrorists running wild, and some politicians have decided that all of these things are not nearly as important as global warming.  Yeah, I'm not buying that one.  That's embarrassing.  But, and this is a big but (that's but with ONE t), that does not mean that we should decide to ignore environmental issues.  I'm not a scientist, so let's consult the scientists on this one.  The real ones anyway.  But whether or not you believe that global warming is happening, what would be the problem with actually taking steps that are environmentally friendly?

Let's take care of the earth that God gave us.  Why not be better stewards?  This is why I don't care whether or not global warming is happening.  Whether or not it is, we should strive to be environmentally friendly and pollute less.  But at the same time, this should not fundamentally change how we live in an inconvenient way.  When the politicians who are so concerned about global warming decide to reduce their own carbon footprints and go around less in their own private jets, maybe we'll take them seriously.  Just like we'll be more apt to listen to how guns make us less safe when they and their families are not surrounded at all times by people with guns who are protecting them.

That's really about all I have to say on the issue.  Great, let's treat the environment better, but I don't want to hear about how climate change is the biggest threat to humanity every minute of the day.