Christian Democrats in the United States
Global Issues - Global WarmingThe GOP strategy of burying heads in the sand obviously isn't working and alienates the United States from the rest of the world. We believe Al Gore states the problem well, but proposes no meaningful solution. Even if we switched to 100% renewable energy right now, even if we stopped using fire altogether, the global carbon cycle would still be charged with hundreds of billions of tons more than it has ever seen, and the arctic tundra is about to melt and rot, increasing that far more. We must direct immense research effort now to develop energy-efficient means of extracting carbon from the atmosphere without creating a carbonate oxygen sink. This is the only feasible way to reverse the immediate crisis of global warming.
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]polar shipping - another financial incentive for global warming
China will make a lot more money by cutting shipping costs to Europe if they can ship straight north over the pole instead of going through Panama or around India to the Suez. Anyone who says "no one wants global warming" is pulling the wool over their own eyes.China has already figured this out, their accelerating pollution will not only add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, but soot, some of which will blow north over the pacific and settle on the ice packs. They have economic goals far greater than what the U.S. might be able to realize by tapping our own oil reserves near the north pole.
The environmental war began many years ago. The financial giants who see only stacks of numbers have fooled us long enough. It's time to stop believing them. Talk about aid and comfort to the enemy!
In the end, the money that makes it back to regular people by not taking immediate action to counter global warming will be a pittance compared to the profit that China and other far east countries will realize by taking advantage of the global change to the northern ice pack. (Unless the resulting stop of the deep Atlantic currents triggers a new ice age, then we'll all lose big — a lot more than money, we'll lose our whole civilization. Some people say they want that, too.)
While you're thinking about it, consider how your giant truck or SUV is also aiding the long-term goals of countries whose policies and systems of government are antithetical to the freedoms that the U.S. is supposed to protect in the world. After all, why would our rivals need to act directly when they can tempt us and take advantage of our own stupidity and greed to do their work for them? This seems to be a running theme.
Right-wing environmental policies work to the benefit of everyone but regular American people. They want to make us afraid that environmental policies will hurt the American economy... news flash, it's already hurt, and they're laughing all the way to the bank. Wake up, America, and throw the liars out of office!
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