Blog Action Day

(I somehow forgot to post this on Oct 15.) Today is Blog Action Day. Bloggers the world over are blogging about the environment. I am currently reading, Cool It. This is a must-read. Cool It takes a look at the information contained in An Inconvenient Truth. It doesn't approach the matter from a right wing view, rather it approaches it from a reasonable view. The author says that global warming is occurring and we are most likely advancing the effects. So, what are some reasonable ways to handle this problem. That is the basis of the book. It does not make sense to spend a lot of money, as we currently are. In fact, many of the attempts to go green are actually hurting the environment much more than helping. It has basically become a for-profit business surrounding a hollywood created pandemonium. There are things to do that can help and that should be done, but they fly in the face of what is currently being pushed. For example, if we are really worried about the polar bear population in the artic, we should not worry about 3 or 4 polar bears that were drowned during a windstorm (which was somehow interpreted by Gore to show that water levels are rising) but instead focus on the forty bears that are hunted each year. If we are worried about greenhouse emissions, we shouldn't spend thousands extra on a hybrid vehicle (which the production of causes much more contaminants than the production of a normal vehicle) but buy a regular vehicle and invest the money in fighting hunger so that other countries can get to the point where they can worry about their greenhouse gases rather than eating. You see, nothing the US does is really going to make a big difference. The problem is going to be the development of China and India and other places like that. These are places where many people don't care at all and are just going to do what is cheapest. Our vehicles are now more fuel efficient, along with all of our appliances. If we can help those economies get to the point of being able to buy those things and even progress the technology further, we will do much more to help reduce greenhouse gases than if we spent our money on expensive but unrealistic programs here. You just have to say, "What will really make a difference?" And think of it from an economic perspective.

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