Climate change is real.
I don't do this much anymore, but I felt the need to rant after reading a Q&A with Senator Cruz this morning.
He actually believes that there is no global climate change going on, because one measurement (satellite temperature graphs) shows to appreciable temperature change over the past few years. He basically says, no global warming, haha, you people are wrong.
No.
For anybody who believes "global warming" is some kind of liberal elite plot to make billionaires and their businesses suffer unnecessarily, I have something to say:
Global climate change is real, measurable, and not just an opinion. It is a fact.
We have imposed our big, plastic, artificial footprint all over this planet. We have destroyed the natural regulatory systems, like forests and fields and waterways, that used to keep the atmosphere and the air and the planet all balanced and able to support a diverse ecosystem.
If you think pumping pollutants into the air for a few centuries, removing most of the greenspace, and killing entire species for sport or convenience doesn't mess things up, you're either naive or delusional.
I don't have an answer for how to fix this (okay, maybe I have an answer, but it's radical, impractical, and would require accountability), but I have a way for everyone to take a bit of personal responsibility for their own space on this planet.
Do something about it every day. Don't litter. Walk instead of driving if the trip is close. Pay attention to your local politics, and support those people & policies that encourage sustainable practices. Recycle more. Use fewer disposables. Buy local wherever and whenever possible.
Maybe you feel that other people have fucked up our planet and it's not your fault, so why should you care? Because by not paying attention, by not caring, you're contributing to the fuck-fest. Pay attention to your acts and actions, and if you're already doing this, hooray! thanks! congrats! and all the other affirmations that you need. Keep keepin' on, as they say.
Climate change is real, it's here, causing everything from droughts and wildfires to ice cap melting and sea levels rising, and if you deny that, as I said earlier, you're either naive or delusional and I will give up on you.
For the rest of you, keep living responsibly on this planet. And look around you - or on Flickr - at how quickly nature takes over man-made structures once they're abandoned.
x-posted, LJ & FB.
He actually believes that there is no global climate change going on, because one measurement (satellite temperature graphs) shows to appreciable temperature change over the past few years. He basically says, no global warming, haha, you people are wrong.
No.
For anybody who believes "global warming" is some kind of liberal elite plot to make billionaires and their businesses suffer unnecessarily, I have something to say:
Global climate change is real, measurable, and not just an opinion. It is a fact.
We have imposed our big, plastic, artificial footprint all over this planet. We have destroyed the natural regulatory systems, like forests and fields and waterways, that used to keep the atmosphere and the air and the planet all balanced and able to support a diverse ecosystem.
If you think pumping pollutants into the air for a few centuries, removing most of the greenspace, and killing entire species for sport or convenience doesn't mess things up, you're either naive or delusional.
I don't have an answer for how to fix this (okay, maybe I have an answer, but it's radical, impractical, and would require accountability), but I have a way for everyone to take a bit of personal responsibility for their own space on this planet.
Do something about it every day. Don't litter. Walk instead of driving if the trip is close. Pay attention to your local politics, and support those people & policies that encourage sustainable practices. Recycle more. Use fewer disposables. Buy local wherever and whenever possible.
Maybe you feel that other people have fucked up our planet and it's not your fault, so why should you care? Because by not paying attention, by not caring, you're contributing to the fuck-fest. Pay attention to your acts and actions, and if you're already doing this, hooray! thanks! congrats! and all the other affirmations that you need. Keep keepin' on, as they say.
Climate change is real, it's here, causing everything from droughts and wildfires to ice cap melting and sea levels rising, and if you deny that, as I said earlier, you're either naive or delusional and I will give up on you.
For the rest of you, keep living responsibly on this planet. And look around you - or on Flickr - at how quickly nature takes over man-made structures once they're abandoned.
x-posted, LJ & FB.