Climate change is really not true
Climate change is really not true
Funny cartoon in the May 27 edition of West Hawaii Today depicting a “Climate Change Denier” being trapped by the rising ocean level even as he continues to deny. Well, folks, I am an unabashed “Climate Change Denier.” I used to believe in climate change, I just thought the changes were due to natural occurrence. But, as I got more interested about the causes and origins of climate change I began to research and question statements I heard from the many strong proponents of manmade climate change.
The cartoon of sea levels rising is a very good example of climate change paranoia. We’ve been hearing about catastrophic ocean rise for 40 years. In 2008, Al Gore famously predicted Florida would be under water by 2014. The National Wildlife Federation says “Global warming is making hot days hotter, rainfall and flooding heavier, hurricanes stronger and droughts more severe. This intensification of weather and climate extremes will be the most visible impact of global warming in our everyday lives. It is also causing dangerous changes to the landscape of our world, adding stress to wildlife species and their habitat.”
I invite you to research the statistics quoted here. If you take the time, you’ll find none of these statements are true.
Statistically speaking, flooding and droughts are no more severe than they’ve ever been. Hurricanes are not increasing in numbers or in severity. Unfortunately for proponents of global warming, their “facts” can be checked. You’ll discover their claims to be, based on historical statistics, as untrue as “Florida is underwater.” The ocean levels have not risen in any measurable capacity.
Living in Hawaii, I think we would be the first to know if the ocean were rising. There is a part of the statement I do agree with. The landscape of our world is changing and it is adding stress to wildlife species and their habitat. But this isn’t because of global warming. It’s because of the real imminent threat our planet is facing — overpopulation. We’re eating our oceans empty. We’re drinking our rivers and lakes dry. Based on current population growth rates we will hit 10 billion people by the end of this century. Far beyond the ability for Earth to support us. That is what the people of Earth should be worrying about.
On a related note: We desperately need technology like the Thirty Meter Telescope. For the human race to survive we need to find other planets to live on. And we only have about 50 years to find them.
Dave Chrisman
Kailua-Kona