A neighbor acquaintance measured a temperature of 110 degrees in his driveway yesterday while the official heat measurement for the area was 107. The day before the temp. was 104 and today the temp. is to be 105 degrees. Thankfully then the temp will drop down into the more bearable 90 degree range for a few days then back to hovering at 100 degrees for the foreseeable future. I bring all this up not because of some anomaly that is absurd but to highlight that the heat index is getting hotter and hotter. July of this year was the hottest on record on the planet and while that is significant it isn't in a vacuum either.
Our planet has gone through cycles of ice ages and then warming many times so that it may be happening to be getting hotter isn't without understanding. Yet science tells us that never before has the greenhouse gas effect played a role in trapping heat on the surface of our planet so the normal cycles of heating and cooling are not the only factor in why our planet is getting hotter. Now many in our country are unable to accept what science is telling us. They cannot find it a factor despite the outcome of burning fossil fuels and the releasing of CO2's into the atmosphere, https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/topics/natural-world/greenhouse-effect/index.htm.
The ignorance to science is remarkable and even though it is simple to understand seems to be an alien language for too many. Why they would want to protect fossil fuel burning is beyond me when the technology to create clean energy is all around us. I suppose it is a matter of perspective as some would not like our country to continue evolving into a more modern future. I conclude that it is fear and the likely outcome they will lose their status quo despite change coming whether they like it or not. However, they are causing a problem for now as our planet can only withstand the human experiment for so long and then the natural order of things will demand that we humans cease to exist.
Our planet has gone through cycles of ice ages and then warming many times so that it may be happening to be getting hotter isn't without understanding. Yet science tells us that never before has the greenhouse gas effect played a role in trapping heat on the surface of our planet so the normal cycles of heating and cooling are not the only factor in why our planet is getting hotter. Now many in our country are unable to accept what science is telling us. They cannot find it a factor despite the outcome of burning fossil fuels and the releasing of CO2's into the atmosphere, https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/topics/natural-world/greenhouse-effect/index.htm.
The ignorance to science is remarkable and even though it is simple to understand seems to be an alien language for too many. Why they would want to protect fossil fuel burning is beyond me when the technology to create clean energy is all around us. I suppose it is a matter of perspective as some would not like our country to continue evolving into a more modern future. I conclude that it is fear and the likely outcome they will lose their status quo despite change coming whether they like it or not. However, they are causing a problem for now as our planet can only withstand the human experiment for so long and then the natural order of things will demand that we humans cease to exist.
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