Stronger and more erratic behaviors of typhoons; rising sea levels; drought; extinction of animal species; bleaching of coral reefs; and new breed of diseases. These are only a few of the long lists of the outcomes of the steady climb on the global temperature or what we call Global Warming.
The most recent devastation that the Typhoons Ondoy and Peping brought the country is now being attributed by the government to global warming that causes the shifting of standard climates among parts of the globe saying that “Nature is getting back at us. Environment degradation is a big problem that we have to contend with.â€
Evidenced by the erratic behaviors of the weather when the country should have been experiencing some dry season, strong typhoons have been coming in and out of our country leaving private properties and livelihoods damaged and useless. Adding to that is the heavy rainfall that Typhoon Ondoy poured in the Metro submerging many towns and cities to floodwaters is now one clear alarm signal that our nation surrounded by waters and on the runway of strong typhoons from the Pacific will surely experience more of these as catastrophic fruits of global warming and the changing of our climate.
Despite the renewed consciousness in protecting the environment that the calamities has ushered in for our government leaders and the people, there are still many people especially from the first world nations who simply shrugs off their shoulders and claim this whole global warming thing as a fake or “a science that has gone awryâ€â€¦that become an “anti-science.â€
Americans Decline Belief on Global Warming
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) which is particularly a big result of the rapid industrialization of nations is one of the main culprit being pointed out as causing the steep rise in global temperature over the last century. The biggest sources of CO2 emissions could be attributed to the burning of fossil fuels, pollution from factories and big industries, power plants relying on fossil fuels and emissions from cars which are all basically considered as parts of the activities of man.
Presently, the United States ranks first (25.2%) as the biggest contributor of CO2 emissions in the planet followed by the booming economy of China (15.2%), Russia (6.7%), Japan (5.4%), and India (4.4%).
Despite of the numbers above, a recent survey about global warming among Americans reveals a steep decline from 77% to 57% among respondents who believes that global warming and the changing climate could not be attributed to human-caused activities and pollution.  This is also irregardless of the hype that United Nation, the U.S. Congress, President Obama and all other nations are all doing in addressing the very important global issue.
“It’s a combination of poor communication by scientists, a lousy summer in the Eastern United States, people mixing up weather and climate and a full-court press by public relations firms and lobby groups trying to instill a sense of uncertainty and confusion in the public,” said Andrew Weaver a Professor of climate analysis regarding the result of most recent survey on global warming and climate change.
The result of the survey also reveals that Americans may have focused so much lately on recovering from the economic downturn and personal financial issues.
While Senator Barbara Boxer of California says that “Today, to get 57 percent saying that the climate is warming is good, because today everybody is grumpy about everything,” Science will win the day in America. Science always wins the day.”
Big Deniers of Climate Change and Global Warming
HuffingtonPost has actually listed some of those big personalities who question the truth of this whole climate change and global warming. Here are some of them:
Glen Beck (Conservative Talk Show and Radio Host):Â “The earth and the environment are the progressive replacement for God … now because of our bad SUVs, according to Al Gore, the earth has a temperature. Uh oh. Unless you woke up yesterday, or today, where the temperature in the greater New York area was I believe right around 48 degrees, here in New York in late summer. There have been maybe, I don’t know, what a week of typical summer days in New York this year. Period.”
Steve Doocy (Fox News Anchor): “Despite it being bitterly cold outside in the northern plains, we hear a lot about global warming. Is there another side to this story? Many scientists would say yes, but most media outlets — the mainstream media — only cover Al Gore’s ‘Earth has a fever’ perspective. This is the worst winter in some parts of America and around the world and perhaps we should be worried now about global cooling.”
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Missouri): “My goal is to deliver some of our people’s hard-earned money back into their pocketbooks instead of spending it on international junk science.”
David Bellamy (British TV Presenter, Environmentalist): “People such as former American Vice-President Al Gore say that millions of us will die because of global warming – which I think is a pretty stupid thing to say if you’ve got no proof. And my opinion is that there is absolutely no proof that carbon dioxide is anything to do with any impending catastrophe. The Âscience has, quite simply, gone awry. In fact, it’s not even science any more, it’s anti-science.”
You can read more on Climate Change deniers at HuffingtonPost.
What Is Global Warming Got To Do With Us Filipinos?
The Philippines ranks more or less on the 37th among the list of nations that contributes carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Being a nation with so many coastal towns and cities and considered a third world country in terms of wealth, development and capacity to provide for its people, our nation will be one of the most adversely affected by rising sea levels, stronger typhoons, drought, flooding, bleaching of corral reefs that leads to decline of marine life, and maybe later in the future a big casualty of war and tension among nations struggling for survival over food supply and security.
Up to this point, our government has not yet really taken a comprehensive study on how big the effect of global warming will change our nation and our lives.
But that will happen only if all efforts towards a united undertaking on reducing CO2 emissions among nations especially among the biggest contributors of CO2 in the atmosphere will just end in futile exercise because of misunderstanding on the adverse economic affects such move will bring.
And if doubt and skepticism will triumph over the glaring fact that the world has been changing so rapidly outside the four corners of our comfortable households.
On to you now guys. Do you believe that climate change and global warming is connected to human activities and human-caused pollution? Do you believe that the crazy and erratic weather and calamities that we are all experiencing are caused by global warming and the changing climate? For you, is climate change and global warming a truth or a hoax?
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Well, I guess our very own president believes in Climate Change, the very reason she signed the Climate Change Bill into law today.
And she can actually do nothing but sign the Climate Change Bill:
the bill will “somehow” shift the consciousness of people into blaming the phenomenon of climate change rather than attacking her and her administration directly because the tragedy;
signing the climate change bill “somehow” give her good points in front of the public for being in the frontline in the fight for protecting the environment and acting upon the current threats that climate change is posing despite being the foremost sponsor of opening up the mining industry in the country to all investors;
signing the bill will also help us move towards some proactive roles and actions in the furthering of our understanding and preparedness regarding this phenomenon.
And I am just glad that there is now a Bill on this one. What is crucial are their actions and programs in addressing the effects and cause of climate change.
There’s this Jimmy Kimmmel joke: “President Bush has a plan. He says that if we need to, we can lower the temperature dramatically just by switching from Fahrenheit to Celsius”
As for Obama, I don’t know what his plans are. Let’s ask our friend Holly.
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That is funny Bro, LOL!
And Bush is actually one man that has not really believed in all this global warming thing together with his conservative pals in the Hill.
Obama on the other hand together with the democrats are pushing a bill about climate change that will reduce the CO2 emission of the U.S. But as usual, there are still lots of debates regarding this hot issue.
Oh, isn’t it Holly has a great post about this whole thing…
There is suppose to be a mega summit about this issues in December, were Obama will address leaders of many nations to change their policy about “Climate Change” Recently there also was a “Blog Action Day” (15 of October) were hundreds of thousand of bloggers united to speak about climate change. Holly has got a good post about it.
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The Blog Action Day is only one of those efforts to support the clamor to respond to the issues that surround climate change and global warming.
But I think, the biggest hurdle on this one is the political will among first world countries and those top CO2 emission contributors in order to have a united working platform to respond to climate change.
One big step that is still on a stalemate is the draft being made by countries that would replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol. But many big nations are still undecided and not satisfied with the draft especially with the issue that the biggest contributor of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere has to shoulder in terms of the financial aspect of the expenses of implementing the new treaty for climate change.
For one, climate change does not necessarily mean increased global temperatures. But they are related.
Second, you don’t need to be a believer or non-believer in global warming and it’s causing climate change to do something to protect the environment.
We’ve been having environmental problems long before Al Gore, et al came along with the “An Inconvenient Truth” and it’s been long established that we humans have been a big contributor to it. So it’s common sense that we should do something about it.
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Thanks for pointing that out bro. Climate change and global warming are closely interrelated but could have some differences. Global warming causes climate change while climate change may not also be necessarily caused global warming on some instances like during the time of the dinosaurs’ extinction when a change of climate happened with the Ice Age. But it was not caused by global warming.
As you said that it has been well established that we humans are the biggest pollutants since the start of industrialization, there are still a big number of people come to dismiss this fact vehemently and even making a big campaign on the people that human activities is not the cause of pollution and global warming and all.
I just can’t fathom their reasons for believing otherwise.
I think the dinosaurs are behind global warming. They messed up the earth and left us to deal with it! Good post.
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Hahhaha! And the oil moguls are having the time of their life digging the last drop of fossil fuel from the dino’s fellow living species…and the headache for all of us to address the changing climate and temperature.
If one has interests in oil, coal, etc. it is probably in one’s interests to deny any human contribution to global warming in the form of increased CO2. Likewise, if one has interests in “clean energy” (wind, solar, etc.) then it is in one’s interests to hype global warming.
I think we’d all do well to explore our options for the future NOW, rather than later, because climate change is happening NOW, and we might be able to slow the rate of change and keep things habitable while we figure out how to address the challenges climate change presents.
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That is the serious power play that government top leaders need to hurdle. Whose interest are they really up to to protect? Of course lobbyist and everyone with interests on the traditional energy sectors will try to point the issue as a hoax; while tree huggers will fight for conservation.
But I guess on big problem that whole global community is facing is that some leaders are not yet sold out to the idea of climate change are really happening and causing adverse effects on our planet.
As the world and technology advance, there comes the risk of polluting our environment. I don’t know if it’s too late as of now but we should do our own part to lessen the effects of this global warming. Companies should produce more “green products” than ever before.
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There are so many companies now that are into “green technology” even web hosting.
And one important key I think for companies to venture into this more environment-friendly technology is by having clear government laws or policies supporting companies or even giving them incentives if they will go “green”.
My web host claims to be 100% wind powered. Of course, they do it through purchase of carbon offsets: “Since generating wind energy on site isn’t feasible, we’re offsetting all of our electricity use with wind-generated Renewable Energy Certificates, which prevent the release of 2,660 metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year.”
Read more at http://www.fatcow.com/green/
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all we have to do is just pray….
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Hehehe, that was one old lady told me too. Just pray and wait for our souls to be hopefully taken to heaven, LOL!
climate change is inevitable as change itself. what if we try living underwater? or set up communities in the moon?
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Though it is some kind of change, I think it is not totally inevitable; only that humans are not the ones who wants to change their ways.
Exactly Bro! We will soon see communities living underwater or housed in a condo in space or in the moon. Not impossible: it is actually one part of a research that NASA is doing, to find other habitable places (like in the space or other planets)for humankind.
This is something inevitable. Men have to find a way to adapt as always. We evolve according to the environment that we exist in. It’s sad that we ourselves , are the ones responsible in the slow annihilation of our own species.
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We can all indeed adapt Mam, but hopefully the changes in our surroundings is not too fast that our adaptation skills and instincts as human beings will not be lagged behind.
And maybe it will be the time I we will all be seeing cyborgs in town?
The sad fact is that people only care about making profits and doesn’t really care about mother earth!
Well, though it might be a little too late to try to save the earth but I think we still need to do our part , eg. (to reduce, reuse and recycle) before it gets worse.
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Hi Simmon! Thanks for coming over and comment.
Though there are some people that the big efforts on reducing CO2 emissions and damage to nature should first come from the first world nations and governments, it is as important that we also individually do our part in saving our planet.
nature is just showing what it can do, never ever try to fight against nature because we always be on losing side.
if you think the world will truly end on 2012, so don’t worry about nature.. but if you don’t, do care about nature.
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Thanks Izza for the sharing your thoughts.
There is always this underlying relationship that nature is following: balance and harmony.
And when one specie, like humans dominate all others, balance and harmony is lost causing problems to our living and existence.
Hoax for the polluters who will go bankrupt.
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And hoax for all those whose burgeoning networths are standing on burning fossil fuels.
I thinks that is a serious issue. We have to take it in serious way. Many countries and big cities of the world are in big danger. Its everyones duty to do some thing about this.
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The only reason why industrial countries do not believe in global warming is because it’s bad for business. Sue the big 7 or G8 or something. They all contributed to the levels of Co2.
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Well, whether if it is all a hoax or not, i think it is still important for us to take preemptive steps to reduce CO2 emissions.