Google

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Is it time to live with global warming?


That's the title of this article, which questions whether or not it's time to accept global warming as an inevitability and begin dealing with it.

(sigh) Like many other issues in our current world, the problem with global warming is not only that it's occurring. People denying that the Earth's temperature is rising at this point are specifically trying to ignore reality. As is the trend, something unpleasant is overlooked in the hopes that it won't matter. Hooray for modern reason!

That said, the argument can and will rage on about how much influence humans have over this phenomenon, but regardless, it's probably time we stop blaming each other for something that's already happening. The political discourse seems to suggest it can be stopped.

Novel concept: maybe we should adapt to global warming like the good products of evolution we're supposed to be. Yes, this means both doing something about our effect on it AND accepting the fact that humans are not solely responsible for everything that occurs on the planet.

0 comments: