A friend emailed me today with several pictures from Versoix, Switzerland. Apparently the ice storm was recent. As the picture shows it must have been a doozy. Another friend emailed about the same time wanting my take on the global warming controversy. Talk about timing, right? Following is my answer.
From all that I've read there is no doubt that we are in a warming trend. There is also some evidence that it may be just a temporary spike between ice ages. Plus, there is great dissention from climatologists about the valididty of the computer models that are used to promote the global warming scenario. All this leads to . . . confusion.
I am of the opinion that the market place is always the answer, even obliquely. Point, I walk a tremendous amount, up to 3 hours a day. I incorporate as many tasks as possible when I do, such as going to the library for a book to read, getting milk and bread from the grocery and so on. This leads to a great healthy body and no use of valuable resources or waste of dollars out of my pocket. I used to live across the street from AMGEN, where I worked for many years. I planned it that way. It was an advantageous money move for me. I could walk to work and not use a car, thus saving again precious dollars and resources. I say this because capitalism will in the end save our resources, reduce the effects of global warming and keep our freedoms in place. All because of self-interest. I live a life style that most greenies refuse to do!
One final point. Back in prehistory a volcano erupted, the largest eruption ever known. It spew so much ash and particulates into the air that it took more than 10 years for the atmosphere to clear to just a haze. It dropped the world's temperatures over 15 degrees C. Killing off most of the population of animals at the time. This is not a unique event. It will certainly happen again or some such catastrophe like a meteor hitting the Earth. Even if we humans ignite every nuclear device we have, release all of the freon in storage, or burn to the last drop all the hydrocarbons in the ground it would not equal the amount of damage that one volcano produced.
Follow the money my friend. The groups so worried about global warming have a need for funds.
I am of the opinion that the market place is always the answer, even obliquely. Point, I walk a tremendous amount, up to 3 hours a day. I incorporate as many tasks as possible when I do, such as going to the library for a book to read, getting milk and bread from the grocery and so on. This leads to a great healthy body and no use of valuable resources or waste of dollars out of my pocket. I used to live across the street from AMGEN, where I worked for many years. I planned it that way. It was an advantageous money move for me. I could walk to work and not use a car, thus saving again precious dollars and resources. I say this because capitalism will in the end save our resources, reduce the effects of global warming and keep our freedoms in place. All because of self-interest. I live a life style that most greenies refuse to do!
One final point. Back in prehistory a volcano erupted, the largest eruption ever known. It spew so much ash and particulates into the air that it took more than 10 years for the atmosphere to clear to just a haze. It dropped the world's temperatures over 15 degrees C. Killing off most of the population of animals at the time. This is not a unique event. It will certainly happen again or some such catastrophe like a meteor hitting the Earth. Even if we humans ignite every nuclear device we have, release all of the freon in storage, or burn to the last drop all the hydrocarbons in the ground it would not equal the amount of damage that one volcano produced.
Follow the money my friend. The groups so worried about global warming have a need for funds.
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