"Inconvenient" Time

Global Warming, it’s been a long time since I heard that phrase. Thank goodness for Copenhagen and the International Climate Change Summit or the media might not be talking about climate change. The country is getting really tired of hearing the words “Health care” at least I am because that is clearly the topic on the news. Ok, so cry me a river. That’s exactly what is going to happen if we don’t participate actively in the climate summit. The polar ice caps are melting as we speak and will catastrophically fill our rivers, lakes, and cities. The Republicans have been ignoring this because to them it sounds like a science fiction movie. History does repeat itself. The world was once comprised of one continent, Pangaea. Look how much the Earth has changed. It is forever evolving and we have the ability to see this evolution. Animals are dying, entire continents are having changes in weather and scientists have been warning about this for years. Don’t you think there would be even a slightest chance of a phenomenon change in our environment that might ruin our world? It’s bound to happen sometime. One thing I like about our President is his vision for taking on the environment; to create a strategy that will eliminate most of the emissions that are consuming our atmosphere. In the article from Boston Globe, “Finally, US leads on our environment,” the author revealed a statistic that was startling to me. The U.S. is about six percent of the world’s population and we consume about a quarter of the world’s energy and are responsible for a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gases. Overwhelming-considering the industrial production of Asia and their greenhouse gases while they are on the brink of their own Industrial Revolution. The EPA is now encouraged that we can possibly move forward on this issue due to the tolerant attitudes in the White House. We are spending too much time on a Health Care bill that can change at any time and may not even work. There are other more pressing matters to consider. We must remember that we are on Mother Nature’s watch now. Our strategy in the White House is and should be to gather the most talented scientists on the planet to activate a strategy that will reduce our emissions to preserve our planet.