Recently there has been much discussion on our environment. The “World and Press” newspaper, March 1 2007 Issue, says, “Ten years left to avert catastrophe.”
“IPCC’s: (Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change) assessment report reveals that global warming is a reality. Little time left to curb dangerous climate change.”
This statement is a result of a study assessment of 2,000 scientists from around the world.
With all the evidence about our impending disaster there are still people who refuse to believe it and others who feel these reports are just scare tactics.
America has and continues to be the world’s greatest polluter. Our political leader says that it would hurt the economy to place controls on our pollution.
How many will remember our weather from just this past year to realize that something is wrong. And, it is reported that it will get worse. Will the economy continue to take priority with more disasters facing us? We are already deep in debt and each disaster will be more costly. The war we need to fight is to protect humanity.
Unfortunately people don’t want to cut back on the things they have become accustomed to. They don’t want to conserve. They don’t want fuel-efficient cars. They want their Air Conditioners running around the clock, driving when they could walk and many other energy related things. People therefore look for any excuse to delay doing what needs to be done. The problem is that time is running out.
An analogy to this might be the eating habits of many people. Eating to excess, eating unhealthy foods, smoking, etc., things that cause heart attacks, cancer and other diseases. People don’t want to give up these good things even though they know they are harmful.
As the abuse of our bodies cause harm that can be fatal, that same attitude of abuse to our environment will be fatal to mother earth. We need to act now rather than wait until it is too late.
March On... 
Global warming is an indisputable fact. Even our most stanch whipping boy for big business has admitted it and ironically stated that America must lead the way in combating global warming. Duh. Guess he never heard of the Keoto (sp?) Accord proposed years ago and rejected by his “administration.”
Even the most greedy have admitted to climate change today, because the facts are simply overwhelming. The severity of its effects upon various species are the only things in question at this point. Like most everything these days, all the attention is paid to the doomsayers and the naysayers, while the complicated answers lie somewhere in the middle.
It’s interesting to note that you posted your original message 2 1/2 years ago, and little or nothing has been done to address the problem.
What good will it have done for world leaders to address economic issues if we have polluted and raped the planet to a point where it will no longer sustain life?
Marie,
you make a good point. Too little too late seems to be the norm.