My gripe
with global warming, or global climate change if you wish, is that it is a
massive and unfortunate misallocation of resources with negligible, if any,
positive results. I can make an argument, in fact, that ‘remedial global
warming’ steps actually yield harmful results, but that takes me off point and
would require a separate entry itself.
Global
warming is an issue that receives discussion only in developed countries
because in the global hierarchy of needs it is a miniscule issue. Much of the
world’s population is simply bogged down with such inconveniences as survival.
Food and clean water rank amongst the top priorities for them. It is an
inconceivable luxury for much of the world’s population to even concern oneself
with the possibility of global warming. And then, on top of that, to allocate
resources away from food and clean water to commit them toward the uncertain
possibility of global warming is a disgusting waste.
To
concern oneself with the issue of carbon emissions and global warming is akin
to elective plastic surgery. It merely makes a person feel better about
oneself. The problem, to speak more clearly, is that sufficient amounts of food
and clean water are two conundrums that could actually be toppled if this same money
and attention were not being so massively misallocated to the bottomless pit
that is global warming.
Don’t get
me wrong. I’m a strong advocate for recycling, commendable MPG, not
overwatering the lawn, minimizing waste, turning off the lights when not in
use, incentivizing privately funded research for alternate energy sources, and reusable
shopping bags. But if you want to save humanity, help a human.
-klem
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