Global warming myths: Explode Them Before It Gets Too Late
Probably the first global warming myth that one is confronted with is that the instruments used and the science of measuring global warming are imprecise as well as the results obtained are very uncertain. This may be a means to delude oneself that everything is alright and may be the escape route for those who have vested interests in not listening and heeding the warnings being given by those who are concerned with global warming.
Detrimental To The Environment
The fact is that science shows the basic facts of global warming such as burning of fossil fuels as well as chopping down forests is detrimental to the environment and hazardous to the safety of our planet. That global warming is a reality that we have to face is confirmed by such prestigious institutes such as the U.S. National Academies of Science as well as ten other National Academies of Science and we simply cannot treat these warnings as global warming myths.
A second common global warming myth is that by taking affirmative action to prevent global warming we may be putting the hurt on American industry as well as on American workforces. This is certainly not true since a well thought out trading program would in fact put together the great American ingenuity and place emphasis on reducing heat as well as pollution that would in turn create a wholly new and different carbon economy. It is a fact that companies using heat-trapping emissions have been able to affect economies and have helped in making the environment safer.
The third commonly held global warming myth is the notion that water vapor is abundant and thus needs closer attention being paid to it rather than to control greenhouse gases. No doubt, water vapor traps heat better than CO2; it is still imperative that countries that warm the climate excessively still need to control CO2 if they want to save themselves and the planet. CO2 directly affects us and can be cut back through eliminating burning of coal, natural gas as well as oil and also by not felling trees indiscriminately.
Yet another commonly held global warming myth is that global warming and added CO2 levels will do well because they will reduce deaths caused by cold as well as help crops to grow. However, these ‘good effects’ will be more than nullified by the harm that is caused and the damage and destruction that results.
Global warming myths can make people act in ways that can only cause more harm to the economy of the world, which makes it imperative that we are well informed about global warming so that we act rationally as well as appropriately and thereby lessen, and also reverse the inexorable march towards self destruction that we are presently embarking on.
