....okay idk what to say.
It is true that CO2 emissions have been increasing over time, just like the rising temperatures, rising oceans, and increase in natural disasters. But while all of that is happening, here?s what else is happening:
- An increase of public shootings in the United States.
- More terror attacks (both domestic and foreign) in both the US and the world.
- Increasing polarization in the United States (which might lead to another civil war).
- An increase of disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis (which have nothing to do with global warming).
If you can explain what?s causing the temperatures to rise, why summer is getting hotter, and why winter is thinning out, you might also explain what?s causing the four adverse effects I listed.
This is where I bring up the religious argument. From what I learned from the Bible, as one person turns away from God, adverse effects are more likely going to happen. And it can apply to entire nations, not just people. I don?t blame other religions for not believing in the same God because even back when the Earth wasn?t as hot as it used to be, not everybody believed in the same God. I don?t even blame it on the atheists. What I blame it on is the increase of sinful behavior and the rejection of religion over their history of conflict. As all these adverse effects are becoming more common, here?s what else is true:
- Religion is fading away from Europe, which used to be very prominent in Europe. In modern times, the continent has been plagued with deadly heat waves. France came up with a solution to fight climate change, as the rest of Europe (as well as the world except America) followed that suit. But it?s not stopping the heat waves.
- In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Al Gore blamed it on global warming, but in the last few years before the hurricane, New Orleans used to be the murder capital of the world. There were also other crimes.
- In 2017, we had several adverse effects. The public shootings in Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, and Sutherland, the heat waves in Phoenix, hurricanes hitting Houston, Florida, and Puerto Rico, wildfires burning California, and no winter in the East Coast.
Guess what happened leading into 2017. Hatred and violence.
- Climate scientists have been recording changes since 1980. It has been consistently warming up. Before they started recording it, Roe v Wade happened. It has not been overturned.
- The 2010?s decade has been the worst for climate change-related disasters. At the same time, it?s also when fake news and conspiracy theories has been more rampant than ever. The more you lie, the further you move away from God, and I think all the lying in the press (like that Ferguson incident, that false Rape on Campus story, and the Covington protest story) and people believing these stories have distanced America way from God far enough to become more vulnerable to these disasters.
- In the last two years, California has been plagued by deadly wildfires. And in 2014 and 2015, it was under a horrible drought. This is the same state that declared itself as a sanctuary state, made welfare a social hammock rather than a social safety net, and banned state-funded travel to states that have been harsh towards LGBT people. They?re trying their best to protect the environment, but it?s not helping them.
There are other reasons to cut back CO2 emissions and reduce pollution, but even so, doing that will not save the Earth from warming up. You don?t have to believe it. This is what I believe.
