No, I'm not going to start and end with the fact we've had the coldest winter or most snow in decades in various parts of the world.
I'm going to go where no human secularist would ever go.
That's right: God
I believe He will have more say in what happens to Earth than all of us combined.
Should we be actively polluting? No. Should we be good stewards of the earth. Yes. Should we use things in moderation and avoid excesses? Of course.
For just as many claims that humans are responsible for global warming, there are studies where the facts point towards the sun. There is just as much evidence we might be in a cooling period as there is saying we're in an ongoing warming period.
In other words, real scientists are in disagreement. The argument isn't over.
As it is, it's moot. If the relatively small amount of carbon dioxide we produce is truly enough to push everything out of whack, then we would have to reduce all of it in order to bring it back into whack--and no one is proposing we get rid of all our carbon dioxide emissions.
I've seen the video where the guy comes to the inescapable conclusion that we should go ahead and spend money on saving the planet, human-induced global warming or not, because of the fact that the other options are just too horrible to contemplate.
So, I wonder if India and China got the memo and what their plans are, considering they both have a few times more the people than we do. Who's going to make them reverse course on burgeoning economies while we essentially lay waste to ours? All in the name of being responsible?
Again, I don't think we should lay waste to entire forests for the sake of profit, and I don't think we should use up all our resources. I think there should be alternative forms of energy developed. Energy consumption isn't going to solve our entire dependency on foreign oil, nor would it solve a global warming threat, because we still rely on plastic derivatives and rubber products too much--all of which are petroleum based products. What's going to be the plastic substitute? Hardened air?
God has plans for the planet, and our polluting and our wars will pale in comparison. We should be good stewards for our own sakes, not because the planet will die if we don't. God won't let that happen. As I said, He has his own plans. Our job is to know the plan and follow it. Not get hyped up and freaked out about something we're not causing and couldn't control, anyway.
Unless someone out there has a way of combating weather systems and climate changes. Maybe they can put it to good use, then, the next time a blizzard paralyzes the northeast or the midwest, or a hurricane pummels Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Otherwise, I think we should be considering how we stop funding global jihad with any of our oil money going to the Middle East--even Saudi Arabia--and we come up with cheaper ways to produce more energy so we can out compete in the global economy.