I've got to say this was an interesting post to find on Steve's blog. I understand the idea that taking care of the planet ties in with personal development because of the principle of oneness.. the all is one, the one is all... so I don't see any problem with Steve having written a post about it.
I have a lot of questions about the global warming issue. I can't really call it a debate because, well, if you question the official story then generally you are either ignored or called a heretic or stupid.
I haven't researched all of the sources of information from Steve's post. It seems sensible that a change to a vegetarian or vegan diet might reduce co2 emissions. I myself am a vegetarian (moving toward being vegan), but I chose it for health reasons - not because i had become convinced that it was best for the environment.
I think that the planet needs to be cared for - that reducing pollution is a generally good thing, that we are killing our marine life left and right, deforestation is a bad thing, mountaintop removal is bad, etc... but i am very suspicious of the hype surrounding global warming or climate change, (whichever is the politically correct term to use).
History demonstrates many many times that small groups of people with a particular agenda can convince the populous to believe a specific thing and radically alter the way that they interact with one another. Religion and nationalism, etc... people are easy to control - easy to convince that a bad idea is a good idea.
I once accepted the global warming story (because scientists said it was true). However, I recognized that it was building a lot of hype, and that dissenters were widely discriminated, demonized, or ignored. Anytime that discourse on a subject is closed or censored, red flags go up for me.
I watched a video similar to
The Great Global Warming Swindle a while back, and it did bring up a lot of serious questions. The fact that co2 levels follow temperature levels was the most starling, as it is the basis (as far as I understand it) for the entire theory of anthropogenic climate change.
I'm very interested in what Steve has to say about co2 following temperature change according to ice core samples.
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Originally Posted by ClareDragonfly  I knew when I read this post that there would be plenty of angry doubters showing up to clutter the thread. I see a few already. Primo antagonists, Steve  |
I'm not angry, but I am skeptical. I don't know how i feel about the suggestion that skepticism is clutter.