Global Warming Detox

The Earth has been warmer and colder than it is today.

There were times when hippos grazed in England, when Niagara Falls froze solid.

There were times when grapes grew in Canada and times when people ice skated across the Hudson River.

The above photo was taken by Robert Rodriguez Jr. in January of 2009 of the Hudson River, adding to the question; Is The Earth Really Getting Warmer?

Scientifically there is no debate as to climate change, what is in debate is the effect of human beings on climate.If every single person was instantly removed from the Earth, the Earth would still become warmer.  There is nothing one can do to prevent this.

Degradation of the environment has a very large human factor, and this can be addressed.  But one has as much to do with climate change as washing the car has to do with causing rain.

The fact the Earth is warming requires mature thought, not scare tactics.

The ancients built major cities inland.  Perhaps coast lines were closer, or the experience of drowned cities was passed through the generations.

This passage of information saved the lives of the residents on islands struck by the tsunami of 2004.  Grandparents had heard from their parents how when the sea pulls back it will return with great force, so ran to the hills.

The most ‘primitive’ people survived while the most sophisticated stood and watched, and died.

Over the past thousand years human civilisation has moved to the coast as if it is immutable.  Cities are built
frighteningly close to the sea.

Today’s prized ‘beach front’ property will be next century’s drowned city, so bigger and better dams will only push the sea to flood elsewhere or destroy the dams.

Moving away from the coast and from river banks is something we can do now without much dislocation.  Simply begin building away from the coast, moving municipal buildings and commercial enterprises inland.

As most cities are constantly under construction, there is nothing to debate other than site.  Sea levels will not
rise overnight.

Flooding only takes those who are unfamiliar with history by surprise.  Ancient maps reveal rivers which no longer exist, flood plains which have been ignored. Building in a ‘dry’ river bed is worse than building on sand. Yet, without thought, many cities have been expanded into flood plains and lo and behold are flooded when there are unusually heavy rains.

Attempting to prevent rivers from overflowing their banks when there is a heavy rain is certain disaster.  Moving people from the flood plain is the only solution.

Ancient cities were not merely placed on hills to better view enemies, but to prevent flooding.

In North America, many cities were established during the mini-ice age, between 1640 – 1850.  During this period, where roaring rivers became ice skating rinks, there was no comprehension of climate change.

Those who may have known of the Vikings arrival in ‘Vinland’ either dismissed it as a myth or never extrapolated that if grapes had grown in Canada then the temperatures must have been that much higher…not for a season or a decade, but for hundreds of years.

The errors made by North America’s early European settlers should not be enshrined.  They did not know better, we do.

As temperate regions warm, one moves north.  Land which was not suitable for farming will become so, and there is no reason for fear.  More tropical crops can be grown at latitudes which were previously too cold, temperature crops will grown in what was tundra.

Just as early humanoids migrated from Africa to Europe, to North Europe, and just as they retreated when the Earth cooled, so too will we.

We are experiencing an utterly natural process. We need to confront it without fear and with the understanding that it’s sure better than global cooling.