Copenhagen is a beautiful city...one that was well prepared to accept the international delegates for the recent conference on Global Warming that had hoped to replace the Kyoto Protocols that have been modestly ...hell, poorly protecting our planet. So, did the world realize that our pollution was a problem and that we must act now to keep the impact of Humankind on the state or our planet from changing the face of the Earth?The problem that Kyoto tried to address was climate change, and more specifically, the speed at which the earth appears to be warming up. The term Global Warming has become a battle cry... on one side is the group that feels man has made a mess of things and that we have caused the earth to warm at an alarming rate...melting ice and placing us on a road that will destroy our world...or at least make it damn near unbearable in most places... then there are those who feel this climatic shift is part of a natural cycle and that it is not really Global Warming, just a cycle and that the arguments presented by its proponents are not supported by scientific evidence at all. Remember, the US did not support the Kyoto Protocols.
So now we move to Copenhagen 2009... and again, but with much more animation, ask the same questions. The answers were not, however, quick to come...and there are many world wide who feel we have again failed.
The two largest polluters are China and the United States...followed by India and others... but these two super economies feel that they have to take their time to slow their carbon dumping in order to protect their populations from the impact on employment, especially in this recessionary time.
HEY....LISTEN UP!
There is only one Earth and we are polluting it past its capacity to survive. We don't have time to delay here. Kyoto did not work...and not it is questionable if Copenhagen has any chance of succeeding.
Now there were some promises. President Obama committed billions of dollars to third world nations to help them cope, and there was an 18% reduction here and later on a 25% reduction there... but not now and not fully committed. From my perspective I would say "Forget global warming...it pollution that we need to address"... things like air and water pollution must be corrected if we are going to effectively manage this part of Earth's history.
So what can we do? Simple... this is a Republic.... Talk to your representatives...tell them what you think must happen... we need to make real strides in correcting our environment or our Grand Children will not know Snow... forget the Northern and Southern Ice Caps...they won't even know snow.
OK...so what do you think...
