Activists v. Industrialists. The Issues.
“The globe is warming.”
With those four incisive words, George W. Bush did more to raise awareness of current climate change than Al Gore ever has or ever will. Al Gore won the presidency in 2000 and is still a loser.
George’s confession must signal the end of the debate. The most right-wing, ignorant industrialist ever has admitted that the world is getting hotter. Hippies: take to the streets in cities across and rejoice! The problem is solved! Everyone’s onboard, and everything is going to be alright.
Not quite. The President’s admission is both long overdue and completely inconsequential. It’s like having a friend finally admit he’s wrong when you’ve known he was the entire time. Not only that, the original argument was pointless to begin with. The hippies’ victory is so hollow I’m still hearing the echoes.
In the scientific community, it has been generally agreed that the average global temperature has been rising since the late 1970s or so. That’s right, the people who actually study climate change and things that may be affected by climate change have been in strong agreement for the past 30 years that global warming is a real phenomenon.
To keep this brief, I need you to understand that the controversy surrounding global warming is not where you think it would be. The typical person would describe the climate change argument as being about whether the world’s temperature is rising or not, but this isn’t the issue. Among the people who matter, there is very little argument against global warming at all.
Essentially, this bloogumentary series will shed light on issues that are being hotly contested as we speak by people who are in the know about the global warming dilemma. These problems may not often be talked about within the public domain, but I can assure you that they are quite real.
First, I will illustrate both sides of the argument over how much the world’s temperature is rising. This issue is both wide-ranging and surprisingly complex, going beyond simple temperature change and looking at shifts in climate as well.
Second, I will summarize the argument over how much of this supposed change in climate is actually our fault. This is an extremely tricky debate, but I’ll do my best to point out the big issues here.
Third, I will reveal the debate that rages over what global warming might actually do. This one sounds pretty straightforward, but it is stranger than you’d think.
Finally, I will discuss the argument that rages over what, if anything, we can do about global warming.
I’m off to begin collecting my resources, but I hope to present Issue 1: How Hot Is It Getting? as soon as possible.
With those four incisive words, George W. Bush did more to raise awareness of current climate change than Al Gore ever has or ever will. Al Gore won the presidency in 2000 and is still a loser.
George’s confession must signal the end of the debate. The most right-wing, ignorant industrialist ever has admitted that the world is getting hotter. Hippies: take to the streets in cities across and rejoice! The problem is solved! Everyone’s onboard, and everything is going to be alright.
Not quite. The President’s admission is both long overdue and completely inconsequential. It’s like having a friend finally admit he’s wrong when you’ve known he was the entire time. Not only that, the original argument was pointless to begin with. The hippies’ victory is so hollow I’m still hearing the echoes.
In the scientific community, it has been generally agreed that the average global temperature has been rising since the late 1970s or so. That’s right, the people who actually study climate change and things that may be affected by climate change have been in strong agreement for the past 30 years that global warming is a real phenomenon.
To keep this brief, I need you to understand that the controversy surrounding global warming is not where you think it would be. The typical person would describe the climate change argument as being about whether the world’s temperature is rising or not, but this isn’t the issue. Among the people who matter, there is very little argument against global warming at all.
Essentially, this bloogumentary series will shed light on issues that are being hotly contested as we speak by people who are in the know about the global warming dilemma. These problems may not often be talked about within the public domain, but I can assure you that they are quite real.
First, I will illustrate both sides of the argument over how much the world’s temperature is rising. This issue is both wide-ranging and surprisingly complex, going beyond simple temperature change and looking at shifts in climate as well.
Second, I will summarize the argument over how much of this supposed change in climate is actually our fault. This is an extremely tricky debate, but I’ll do my best to point out the big issues here.
Third, I will reveal the debate that rages over what global warming might actually do. This one sounds pretty straightforward, but it is stranger than you’d think.
Finally, I will discuss the argument that rages over what, if anything, we can do about global warming.
I’m off to begin collecting my resources, but I hope to present Issue 1: How Hot Is It Getting? as soon as possible.
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