Dire warnings of billions affected by climate change this week if we don’t do more to stem the growth of carbon emitting gases and their negative effect on global warming.
I am beginning to worry about the amount of media its getting. Sometimes, when you repeat such dire things too often, you risk turning off your audience. It is not to dismiss the urgency of action that I write this. Rather it is a general concern about the overplay or perception of exaggeration.
And yet, if this is indeed all true, then perhaps the wakeup calls are not even loud enough, and we all simply NEED to make changes that will affect our society for generations to come. We’re trading in the SUV shortly for a hybrid which is far more efficient in gasoline consumption. Our kids are the ones pressing us to be more “green”. I have to believe that with such momentum, the predictions of “ecological doomsdays” will be prevented or at the very least, pushed out far enough into the future to permit the mass adoption of technologies that will replace oil-based energy sources.
Sass