This is the best explanation I have ever heard for the case of Global Warming.

Firstly, hes a scientist, with a sense of humor (even if its a little cheesy), and secondly its almost impossible to argue against his logic (even though I’m sure plenty of people would try).

Why? Because if you weigh up all the possibilities and the risk that is associated with each one the conclusion is very clear. Heres the movie…

So how do you feel about the issue now?

For the record I believe (with damn good evidence) that it is definitely human activity causing the warming!

The bottom line for me is that if you want to ignore the risk (and a lot of people are), you can, but at least now we’re under no illusions as to what is at stake.

Hey its only the livability of the planet we’re talking about!

I had a conversation once with someone that considered himself very knowledgeable and “scientific” and yet his evidence simply backed up what he wanted to believe. His argument was that the patterns of the sun affect global warming and that this warming we’re experiencing is normal and natural.

By the way that is very true that the sun affects the warmth of the globe (amongst many other complex variables) but if you follow the Sun/Temp charts up to the present day they tell a very disturbing tale.

From the UN News report from the IPCC.

“The report says that it is likely that effect of human activity since 1750 is five times greater than the effect of fluctuations in the sun’s output.”

Read the full article here.

Here it is simply.

For the first time in the history of the planet, the earth is getting dramatically warmer while the sun activity shows a general leveling off and even a drop. To me what this means is that we are changing the balance of the atmosphere ina way that will change and is changing the livability of this eco-system.

In addition try this as an experience.

• Next time you are standing on a street corner, simply stop and look around. Take a moment to breath in the fumes and appreciate the subtle aroma of CO2.
• Now imagine all the cars in this town that are driving around and all the fumes from those.
• Now zoom out and see the major cities in your country and all the activity that must be going on there.
• Now add all the industry and other forms of travel like boats and planes to the equation.
• Now zoom out further and imagine all the activity going in all the major cities and towns and roads and rivers and oceans around the world right now.
• And now look at the pace its all going at, and rememebr that this has been going on for over 100 years!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution
So now this issue is no longer only intellectual and its much harder to continue to be complacent. I’m sure many of us will continue to live in denial of the risks, but that in my opinion is no way to live.

Disregard for the welfare of our home is akin to self loathing in my opinion and reinforces the idea that we can be a law unto ourselves and are not subject to an ecology on which we rely for our very existence.

Sure, I am part of the problem in simply being here and using up resources and driving etc, but I feel more real in accepting the situation as it is.

The key for me is to be authentic and honest. This is the least we can do and its a good start towards having a a social and environmental conscience. Peace to you and may we start to consider the welfare of this wonderful system called Earth.

More Global Warming Resources

• http://www.ipcc.ch/ - Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
• http://www.climatecrisis.net/ - Home of The Inconvenient Truth
• http://actnow.com.au/ - Act Now Australia
• Wikipedia - Global Warming - Attribution_of_recent_climate_change

Also read an article from Rolling Stone with one of the most respected environmental scientists in the world, James Lovelock.

Read the article here.

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