President Obama is at the United Nations General Assembly this week talking about climate change, a subject that makes many Americans run to their phones to scream at their Congressman (though usually a scared intern is on the other end) and makes just as many fall asleep with the same old rhetoric that we have been hearing for almost ten years. In his address on Tuesday, President Obama committed the United States to combat climate change. His opinions are based on information that a large group of scientists now say is wrong.
The President claims that if we as a nation do nothing, then climate change will be an “irreversible catastrophe.” However, Canadian reporter Lorne Gunter, throws a wrench into the President’s plans. In his article in the Calgary Herald he writes that a leading scientist in environmental science, German Professor Mojib Latif, has dramatically changed his opinion on global warming. He is just the latest in a long line of scientists who have changed their opinions on this issue.
In the months after the release of Al Gore’s book, An Inconvenient Truth, global warming was all the rage. Recently, however, the debate over whether or not global warming actually exists has gotten quieter and now, according to this scientist, should be put on hold.
The term “climate change” only started being used a few years ago when many pundits realized exactly what this scientist has figured out. The earth is actually cooling, not warming. The past few summers have seen some of the coolest temperatures that cities have ever seen. How can anyone legitimately say that global warming is accelerating at an alarming rate? I won’t go far as to say that it doesn’t exist, or that we shouldn’t be trying to reduce our emissions (as all countries should be doing), but for the President of the United States to get up in front of the world community and say that we need to do something lest we all drown in a boiling world-covering ocean – that’s excessive. There’s no need to be an alarmist about an issue that in most American’s minds should not be in any way front and center right now.
Obama may truly believe that climate change is a real problem for America; however the President needs to understand that he can be wrong about things. This is all part of his plan to change the rest of the world’s opinion the United States. In the past the world has branded the U.S. as a deterrent to positive environmental policy, and the President is now trying to makeover that image.
My suggestion to President Obama is to stop focusing on a problem that will apparently be on hold for the entirety of his presidency and focus on coming up with a health care plan that will not screw Americans over.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
1. About two thirds of deficit in the U.S. accrue from oil import.
2. As with “Inaction” cost, $9trillion over the next decade in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, supposedly the same is of inaction on the 21st energy bill to determine war & peace, catastrophe & prosperity. For the global economy to reign in the runaway price of fossil fuels, “Sustainable Option” will be indispensable.
3. Looking to worthless, painful and wasteful oil wars, namely, the “Original Source” of this great recession, to waste time bickering over meaningless things and drag feet on a defining energy bill are sure to shake the embryonic effect of stimulus package that is an interim measure for build-out of a new foundation.
4. As the overall oil reserve in Middle East, let alone the rest of oil-producing areas, is on the decline more than known, the region blessed with affluent sun rays also needs to ready for a new groundwork, particularly in this context AEU is beginning to concentrate on future energy and Iranian EV is rolling out recently, the countries in the region will never stand still on the occupation, that means no matter what the result is, the repetitious mistake at the cost of invaluable lives and gigantic spending will end up with a heartbreaking tragedy once again.
5. Facing a sharp downturn in fossil fuels all over the world, the world-wide overpopulation growing consistently is using up tremendous fossil fuels at an alarming pace. Especially when the own conventional resources in some dense countries is facing drastic dent, it adds up explicitly.
6. For that reason, it is widely accepted that the price of fossil fuels is expected to go up and up simply, which is behind all but major states taking a bold and speedy action in a bid to put the global economy on a sustainable and solid ground.
7. Thankfully and interestingly enough, 100s of Companies (with $13 Trillion) Are Demanding Strong Climate Deal in Copenhagen just like environmental activists, a coalition of more than 500 Global Businesses is also demanding ambitious new climate deal, and the report by Blair and the Climate Group, a London-based nonprofit organization, found a climate-change accord among all countries would spur economic growth and create as many as 10 million jobs by 2020.
8. Currently, a 21st energy bill has passed the House and is making its way through Senate. According to CBO, this bill known as more progressive generally would trim budget deficit by $24.4 billion of a net gain.
9. I think the world is eagerly looking forward to Americans’ participation, and if it were not for world-wide massive job creation, the world can not pull the economy out of this recession successfully.
10. I’d say only science and innovation can meet this challenge, and the science enough for all around the globe to live in harmony is awaiting final assembly by way of innovation. It seems to me that this great recession is pitching us a serious lesson to make sure we build a bridge for future generations, otherwise, our generation, too, is falling off the cliff.
Thank You !
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September 24th, 2009 at 12:00 am
“The term ‘climate change’ only started being used a few years ago when many pundits realized …”
That’s hilariously wrong. Scientists and also journalists spoke about and wrote about “climate change” for decades. I remember going to a talk about it in 1980. In 1982, I gave a lunchhour talk about detection of climate change in the Okanagan weather records. And it has been in common use through the 90s, etc.
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