My Global Warming Beliefs
Posted by Max Dunn Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:36:00 GMT
I have been reticent to publicly state my beliefs about global warming for a few reasons. One is that some of my friends are global warming believers and I don’t want to offend them. Another is that the global warming movement has gained so much momentum that it has becoming a core-belief of our society and to speak against it often makes a person seem crazy.
But the time has come for me to state my beliefs, and here they are:
- Many parts of the world are experiencing rising temperatures or other climate changes
- Man’s activities are increasing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere
- This increased CO2 is contributing in part to climate changes
- The effects from man’s contribution to climate change will not be as bad as many claim
On the other hand, I do believe that peak oil is going to be a gigantically huge problem and will be a major inflection point in the development and lifestyle of all civilization on this planet.
Conveniently, the actions to reduce CO2 are almost exactly the same ones that will help with peak oil. So I don’t mind riding the global warming train for now since it leads to the same place eventually!