Global Warming

Millions of years ago dinosaurs walked the earth. These days, their remains are making it so we don't have to. Global warming is a hot topic amongst scientists around the world, with Joe Average seemingly divided on the issue. The general consensus of the scientific community is that global warming is occurring, and at a very alarming rate! However, many countries, or perhaps more correctly stated, the corporations that run these countries, have been very slow or completely resistant to do anything about it.

It has been said by some that this global warming phenomenon is a completely natural cycle that earth goes through. It has happened before and will happen again. I completely agree!
It is a completely natural reaction for our earth to go through a life-ending cycle every time it builds up a thick layer of SUVs and industrial production plants.

If increasingly severe storms and rising sea levels is not proof enough that idling your 12 MPG Hummer H2 to get it warm in the winter isn't enough, then maybe when a category 5 hurricane runs over your house, things will become clear. Perhaps mother nature really should flush it all away and start-over again. Perhaps a less consuming, more natural society will emerge from our ruins. However, hope seems dim for us, as we continue to toss McDonald's wrappers out our car windows, improperly dispose of recyclables and guzzle non-renewable resources like a blood-thirsty leech.

Although many are portraying pseudo-philanthropist persona by purchasing compact-fluorescent bulbs, getting windows replaced, having higher efficiency appliances and making an effort to consume less electricity they're not fooling anyone. For more people this isn't about the ozone layer, endangered species or the betterment of mankind, it is simple loyalty to the mighty dollar. I am not claiming that all people who take these steps don't believe in the cause, there are plenty of people who do, but there are even more who do not. Many people who turn off their high-efficiency bulbs, lock their door as it sits in a newly insulated door frame, walk to their Explorer and drive to Starbucks. Wait for an overpriced coffee, latte or frappuchino to pump the money saved with the new low-consumption fridge, in to a huge, faceless corporation. These people however do not realize just how ironic the whole scenario is.

To quote Tool...
"The only way to fix it is to flush it all away."

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