In 1968,
Stanford University Professor Paul Ehrlich wrote “The Population Bomb,” which
became a bestseller. The premise of the book was that worldwide famine was going
to destroy humanity. According to the professor, this frightening scenario was
scheduled to happen in the 1970s and 1980s, due to overpopulation, as well as other
major societal upheavals. Hmmm…, sounds like he was giving mankind about 12
years before Armageddon would occur. Who does that remind you of? Anyway, his solution was immediate action to
limit population growth! We know how well that worked out!
During the
1970s we entered a period of academic conjecture on a subject that came to be
known as global cooling. This theory was based on studies which suggested that
a buildup of glaciers was occurring and could cause imminent cooling of the
Earth’s surface leading to another Ice Age. Glaciers are made up of fallen snow that, over many years, compresses into
large, thickened ice masses. Presently, glaciers occupy about 10 percent
of the world's total land area, with most located in polar regions like
Antarctica, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic. Glaciers are remnants from the
last Ice Age, when ice covered nearly 32 percent of the land, and 30 percent of
the oceans. At 10 percent we’re doing well.
As we moved into the 1980s another climate
scare was taking root. Acid
rain gave new meaning to the term the “sky is falling.” According to the
alarmists of that era there was a form of precipitation that contained an
acidic quality with elevated levels of hydrogen ions. They claimed that the
acid rain was having harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals and our
infrastructure. Nothing much was said about walking in the rain, or drinking
rainwater. After a series of studies and the emergence of
a new term called the “ozone hole,” life went on pretty much the same as
always.
That is until around the late 1990s when a new phrase
was adopted by the usual suspects who seem to live for the chance to predict
disaster in every human encounter with nature. This time it was global warming
that pushed their body temperature toward a steep incline. No, they admitted,
the Earth is not cooling, it’s warming. The term refers to the emission of
greenhouse gases being released by those huge, greedy and irresponsible
companies prospering in the modern industrial economy. This “warming” would,
according to the teenaged scientific experts carrying signs on college
campuses, melt the polar ice caps and flood major cities around the world. Keep
in mind; this was only about 20 years after they were convinced that glaciers
were growing sufficiently to turn all human and plant life on the planet into
icicles.
When every other catastrophic prediction failed,
the chronic complainers needed to find a descriptive term that would cover
everything bad in the universe. Voila! Around 2010, Climate Change burst onto
the scene with an evangelical fervor that would capture the imagination of even
the most committed infidels. After all, the use of such a comprehensive term
for any environmental occurrence would give them cover no matter what happened.
Devastating hurricanes in the Caribbean? Climate Change! Lower than normal
temperatures in southern states? Climate Change is the culprit! Sweltering temperatures in northern states? You wanna
guess what caused it? Tsunami in the Philippines? You know it has to be Climate
Change!
The fact that these calamities have occurred
since countries began to record weather hundreds of years ago has no effect on
those who have been systematically convinced that it all started,
coincidentally, just as they approached puberty. Armed with a new and extremely
formidable weapon, which appears to demonstrate their inflexible moral
authority over “climate change deniers,” these fanatics feel compelled to
destroy anyone who doesn’t kneel before their truculent orthodoxy. You may have
gotten a taste of it on social media if you took an opposing position when
someone declares the world will end in about a dozen years. Ruthless attacks
will be your reward for daring to have a contrary thought.
You will be verbally pummeled before being
warned of merciless violence if those arbiters of reason every run into you on
the street. They will research your background, hoping to find something to
smear you with, or, they’ll find out where you work and inundate the place with
lies and threats of boycotts and/or public demonstrations calling for your
termination. This is how the left wing wins its battles in our country today. Rational
thought is a loser for them. They can only score victories by threats and
intimidation. It’s a type of primal scream emanating from the angry mob mentality
being relentlessly nurtured by a corrupt political system, aided and abetted by
a dishonest media determined to hold onto power, even if the country is lost in
the effort.
If I should suddenly meet my maker after this
article is published, don’t believe it was an accident, a suicide, or a result
of natural disaster. Not that you’ll be able to solve the cause of my abrupt
expiration, since there’ll be more suspects than even Lieutenant Columbo could
handle. The illustrious detective only dealt with logical reasoning and
forensic science, neither of which has any influence on the mental state of a
political extremist.
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