Bah, I've been meaning to write this one for a while now... I've been putting it off, because I didn't think it was right for this blog. But, now I've changed what my blog is, because I didn't have enough of those completely random off the wall things to say, or time to write them down. So, now, it's more of a strange and interesting news blog.
Oh, yeah, and Sheryl Crow decided to go loonie.
But the whole thing just really cracks me up. One, no one can agree whether global warming is a problem or how big of a problem it is. Those that say it is point to scientific evidence and the "scientific consensus" that it's a problem. Those that say it isn't also point to scientific evidence and the "scientific evidence" that it isn't as big of a problem as the other side thinks. Yes, both sides seem to say that scientists are in favor of their side. Unfortunately... scientists are just as divided as anyone in this country is, and the scientific community has never given any consistent statement on the subject. Individual scientists have said things, but "scientists" in general have never stated one way or the other. So... who do we believe?
Personally, I'd like to believe the fact that although the whole global warming thing is popular now, it's still been really cold in many places. Now, some will try to justify it by saying, "Oh, the cold is an effect of Global Warming." Yeah. Well, it's a really dumb name for the phenomenon then, if Warm now produces Cold. Please. Either get your arguments straight or change the name.
Secondly... whether it's really and a threat or not, it seems to be "cool" right now to be on the bandwagon. Hollywood stars are all in it, popular music is in it, along with all the other famous people... so we want to be in with them, right? Well, do we? Would we really want to be in with someone who says things like Sheryl Crow did...?
She thinks we should only be allowed one square of toilet paper per sitting, and only more than one in those rare times that require it... Hmm. At the risk of either sounding dumb or using too much profanity, I'll not go into my toilet habits. I'll just mention that it usually takes more than one square for me, unless I want to get my hand all dirty. I can't imagine what kind of superhuman can only use one. You must have one of those toilets with the little water stream that comes out of it. Yeah, some of us are not that fortunate.
Crow also has stated that "the science is out there" about Global Warming... yeah, you mean all those bits and pieces that Al Gore picked out for his movie, while ignoring the other side's evidence? Yeah, it's out there. So is the rest of it. It seems no one wants to study both sides of an issue anymore. They only look at the part they like. But that's a blog post for another day.
As for this, from Crow: "Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating."
If it makes sense in your mind, then your mind is a very interesting place.
Posted by Shenlon at April 24, 2007 04:06 PM