Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself.

The above link was a good read.  Not a very long article but for some reason to me it makes sense. The author discusses the issue of climate change. I have read a few articles on the subjects of Climate Change and Global Warming, in my head I always ask myself the same question, I say Self: The earth is Billions of years old, humans have been here for only a blink of an eye in comparison, how is it possible that we can hurt the planet so bad that it wont heal itself? Well this fella, Stanford University physicist Robert Laughlin makes some valid points.

There is no doubt in my mind that humans are dumping more CO2 into the atmosphere than ever before. Honestly, the proof is pretty solid that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is causing global warming, and in turn causing the climate to change. But I never thought about it like this…where is the CO2 coming from. I mean at the core, CO2 is what…Carbon Dioxide…A naturally occurring chemical compound that is composed of a carbon atom double bonded to two oxygen atoms. According to Wikipedia: Atmospheric carbon dioxide is the primary source of carbon in life on Earth and its concentration in Earth’s pre-industrial atmosphere since late in the Precambrian period and was regulated by photosynthetic organisms. As part of the carbon cycle, plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use light energy to photosynthesize carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water, with oxygen produced as a waste product.

So Carbon Dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound. It is in the Air, water, ground, people…damn near everything. Humans are not creating the stuff. Our actions are releasing the CO2 from other substances, but we are not magically making more of it…it has always been here…in one form or another it has always been part of the earth. CARBON…it is life. Really it makes sense.  Most of the CO2 humans dump into the atmosphere comes from burning fossil fuels…CARBON…Eventually, we will use up most or all of those fossil fuels. The oceans will reabsorb all of the CO2 and recycle it. Mother Earth will heal Herself. So it might get a little hot or cold between now and then…Oh well!!

The point here is this.  Don’t worry about the Earth…She has got her shit under control. The only problem with this amount of CO2 being dumped into our atmosphere is the effect it will have on the living organisms. If anything we are killing ourselves. The real concern, as Professor Laughlin notes is the Human Population Pressure: habitat destruction, pesticide abuse, over-harvesting, species invasion. These are actually things that humans can control and regulate.

So don’t think that by driving a Prius you are doing your part…you are not. If you really want to help save the planet, grow your own organic garden. Don’t have children that you cant afford..I don’t know why I even mention that…the worlds over population problem is not due to White Americans……

Now hold on before someone gets their panties in a bunch because of that comment.  Most of the people that will read this blog are White and American, it is a proven fact that White Americans are not breeding like they used to…in fact there is a major reproduction decline in the number of White Americans over the past 50 years. So if by chance you are not a White American, and you are reading my blog, and you do not make enough money to support children on your own…take my advice, help save our environment by not BREEDING!!!!

I watched the Mark Wahlberg movie “The Happening” the other day. For those that have not seen this slow moving, film written and directed by none other than M. Night Shyamalan, it really is a pretty good science fiction story. The premise of the story is the Earth has had enough of humans destroying it and it basically starts killing people off naturally (not so naturally really, it forces people to commit suicide). Non the less, earth is thinning the herd you might say. Sounds reasonable to me…I think the herd could use a little thinning. It makes you wonder, at what point do we have too many humans on the planet. I say bring on the Zombie Apocalypse!!

Dick