Global Climate Change

Global climate change, also known as global warming, is the result of a variety of factors including rapid world population growth, expanding industrialization, deforestation, agriculture and farming (particularly what I believe is inappropriately called, “livestock”) and emissions from power plants and automobiles. While much could be done to reduce the impact each of these has on the environment, many argue that little progress has been made over the years. For specific examples, why don’t the residents of the state of Florida (i.e., the “Sunshine State”), use solar power to provide most of their electrical needs? Why isn’t more done to promote harnessing the wind in areas that could benefit from wind power? Based on the United States’ need of volatile foreign oil supplies, why hasn’t the country aggressively conducted research and development in the area of alternative fuels? Has the U.S. federal government done enough to promote alternative fuels such as the two mentioned above?

If you are knowledgeable about global climate change, assist to understand something: If not, just give me your input about it. Nay Sayers believe that global climate change is completely fabricated and untrue and that’s there no need to modify human behavior when it comes to this issue. It’s hard for me to believe that there is a huge conspiracy to support the notion that humans are not contributing to global warming. If indeed it is a huge conspiracy to get people to believe that global warming exists, what’s the point or benefit?

Furthermore, assuming that global climate change is a conspiracy and totally made up, what would be the harm in making changes to human behavior to decrease pollution emissions and researching and developing technologies that would decrease our carbon footprint (e.g., cleaner burning fuels, higher efficiency automobiles, more insulated homes, and businesses, etc.)?