Global Warming - Nothing To Sneeze At

If you suffer from pollen related allergies - then global warming is not your friend.

A recent study finds the annual ragweed season is being made worse by global warming. Warmer temperatures and more carbon monoxide are causing allergenic weeds to be more abundant and produce more pollen, according to the study.

I can see the Sci-Fi Movie title now: "Killer Weeds - The Next Sneeze Maybe Your Last!"

But, of course, running noses and/or stuffy noses, sinus headaches and the other woes that are caused by allergies are no laughing matter. And thinking that the allergy season is going to be longer and more traumatic for decades ahead, makes me want to fight global warming even more! Here is a news story that details the latest allergy and global warming news.

Guess Who The UN Blames for Global Warming?

Dolphins? NO!
Killer Bees? NO!
Red Algae? NO!
The Flash? NO!
Fire Ants? NO!
The Ashtar Galactic Command? NO!

The UN Blames ...PEOPLE!

The United Nations climate panel issued its strongest warning yet that human activities are heating the planet. Here is a news report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change which says use of fossil fuels and fertilisers are very likely to be the main cause of global warming...



The ability of the United Nations to see the obvious is stunning! It almost makes me want to give them the power to tax every human on the planet (and dolphins, too), NOT!

Bald Eagles Flying High While Other Species Falter

The Bald Eagle is no longer a endangered species. Due to active cooperation between local, state and federal government, as well as individual citizens, over the last 36 years, over 10,000 nesting pairs now exist in the continental United States.

Unfortunately, while we can celebrate this symbolic victory for the Bald Eagle, hundreds of other species are disappearing at an alarming rate. Read the following news story for more details

We Can Afford To Prevent Global Warming

There is no doubt about the economic impact that global warming is having on the world economy. Witness the loss of life and damage done by floods in the Mid West United States or the loss of tens of thousands of lives in Myanmar. The severity of storms and the weather in general continues to increase. Can we afford to do anything about this?

Yes, according the the latest report from the United Nations. With just a small investment in the world's GDP, much can be done to mitigate the effects of climate change in the next few years.

A wise country will actually profit from this investment. New technologies will be created to upgrade infrastructure and to recreate the way energy is used. What an opportunity to reinvent how societies do business.

The United States could be in the forefront of improving the quality of life the world over. But unfortunately, the current President Bush has no vision, no talent for marshaling political and social efforts towards new solutions. Basically, he just doesn't care about people.

Thankfully the coming elections could change this. Watch out if the US gets its energy act together! Americans are smart enough to recreate their society into a sustainable economy that supports life on the planet and mitigates the effects of global warming. But will they act?

For more on the United Nations report on the cost of preventing disastrous climate change, check out this video...

Global Warming - The Death Toll is Up! The Death Toll is Down!

A recent study in Britain suggests that thousands of people could die during a very hot summer due to global warming in the next few years. On the other hand, thousands could be saved each year due to warm weather during the winter.

In the United States, it is believed that 40,000 lives a years might be spared due to warmer winter weather.

With such choices between heat stroke and frostbite, the statistics tend to show that warmer annual temperatures, on balance, favors fewer lives lost due to weather related conditions.

Further cries of joy may be heard from the business world, as it is suggested that heating fuel costs will go down, perhaps $12 billion a year, with increased temperatures.

So is global warming actually a good thing or is the information in the following news article slanted, biased and dare I say lies... Read it, think and observe for yourself before you decide whether we should continue to cut back on greenhouse gases or not.

Can We Prevent Mass Extinction #6 from Happening?

Say goodbye to the world you know... Say goodbye to over 40% of the world's plant and animal life. All we will have to remember them by are books and documentaries... That is what the world maybe facing if global warming continues unchecked.

Scientist believe we maybe facing the Earth's sixth period of mass extinction. The last one occurred about 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs and 70% of the life of that period disappeared.

We are not locked into this bleak future, if we change our ways today. We need to earnestly switch to renewable sources of energy and get off the oil merry-go-round. And we must do everything we can to cut back on the pollutions that re-enforces global warming.

Do you want to live in a world where the oceans are acidic and the corals are gone, fish stocks are depleted, wildfires occur year round, food shortages are constant and it is just plain hot...

Government and corporations as well as individual can mitigate these possibilities, but we must act now!

For more details on the possibility of mass extinction number 6, read the following news article...

The Use and Harm of Biofuels.

Biofuels are created from biological matter or bio-mass. Ethanol, for example, is made from corn. And biodeisal is made from used (recycled) vegetable oils. Biofuels burn cleaner than oil does in our cars and furnaces. And since they are basically derived from plants, can be a sustainable fuel, where crops, waste materials and weeds are converted into liquid energy.

But we do need to plan carefully how we develop biofuels. The danger is that for a quick buck, greedy people will cut down forests, use crops that hungry people need and otherwise misuse the habitat.

Over the next few years, countries around the world should be:

• Using marginal lands for biofuel crops (leaving the rich farm lands for food crops).
  
• Developing specific plants for specific fuels. Perhaps hemp is better than corn or sugar for ethanol production. Or there maybe some other plants, not yet considered, that are better.
  
• Pass regulations that make it easy to gather and reuse all vegetable oils from restaurants that can be used to make biodeisal.
  
• Ensure that profits are shared by many and are reasonable.
  
• Zoning areas to make sure that all human needs are met.
  
• Keep researching and keep thinking.

The European Union is doing some thinking about biofuels. Here is a news article with details...