A Façade: Global Warming

Science and its Sociocultural Advancement

Science is a gift to humanity, a mother who provides for her children, a discipline that goes above and beyond to help us comprehend the cosmos and the various biological systems that are intertwined to support our survival. However, despite being the most intelligent animal according to evolution, we are also prisoners of flaws. In this sense, people should consider whether they have used science maliciously or for purposes other than the sociocultural advancement of humankind.

The Impact of Industrialism on Global Warming

Through a sustainable strategy to the environment, global warming should be almost nonexistent as described in the United Nations’ Agenda 2030. Currently we exist in the geological epoch called Anthropocene as we are told by scientists. An era marked by humanity changing the very balance of nature through his activities mainly industrialism. This however is not in line with the claims yet to be proposed in this essay. In as much as environmental conspiracies are considered to be against human advancement, they could possibly be an element of truth and it’s in this respect the claims to be presented are in line with their propositions.

The Dilemma of Developing Nations

It is evident that through the industrial revolution, great economies of the world rose and give better lives to their citizens. The great nations of the world are all industrialized. Albeit the fact that global warming has been presented as a savior to our existence, it seems to curtail and suppress widespread industrialism in the developing nations. They are restricted from the acceptable emission of C02 levels. This is clear on the regulations in the Kyoto protocol. These nations have simply been put on the hot seat to decide whether they will sacrifice their economic development for sustainable and ecological theories (“Global Warming”). If really globalists and scientists purport to be on the front seat to achieve human equality, then why would they not steer such countries into industrialism that will make them self-reliant? Martin Durkin stated that the global warming is a multi-billion-dollar industry that was created by anti-industrial environmentalists (Wikipedia).

The Crave for Power and Global Warming

From the great fall of the Greek and Roman empires, we see them as being vicious and tenacious in their pursuit of domination and power. As scholars and theologians agree that history repeats itself, it’s only in order that we fall in line in this idea. Every global power from the Hitler led German and the Soviet Union, we can deduce that there’s a need and crave for power by the developed nations. This has been brought forward by the global warming agenda. Not only does it leave imprints of economic dwarfism on developing nations but also has created panic among many on earth. During a senate committee, Senator James Inhofe ended his speech by asking ”With all the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people?” He further went ahead to suggest that some supporters such as Jacque Chirac are intent on global governance (Wikipedia).

Challenging the Role of Human Activities in Global Warming

However, as per the article Welcome to the Anthropocene by David Biello, we humanity have been tasked as the ones responsible for global warming. The article states that ”From deep beneath the ground, we busily hollow out yawning cavities in pursuit of fossil fuels, to the skies far above, where CO2 molecules released by our incessant burning will trap heat for longer than our species has walked the planet”. Malcolm Robert’s, a politician and a scientist, argues with this. He, being a mining engineer, says that CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology, bodies in Australia, are no longer involved in science as they have no fundamental facts supporting climate science (Slezak). Biello further argues that CO2 traps heat but doesn’t substantiate this fact that is Dr. Pierre Latuor disagrees. Being a chemical engineer, he performed mathematical calculations which provide conclusive data that carbon (IV) oxide does indeed cool the atmosphere (Latuor).

The Role of Humans in Shifting the Global Climate

”Have We Entered the “Anthropocene”?“ by an anonymous author attributes the shift in global climates to us humans. It points a finger to the continuous emission of Sulphur (IV) oxide, carbon (IV) oxide, and the artificial fixation of nitrogen in the atmosphere. The article further explains that the sudden spike of extinction rates of various animal and plant species has been because of human activities. In as much as the arguments presented hold an element of truth, it isn’t backed by mechanisms that pronounce it as scientific findings and as such could easily be disregarded.

The Agents of Global Warming

”Beware the Rainmakers“, an article by Ginger Strand, goes a long way to actually prove that we are truly the agents of global warming. As illustrated by the title ‘rainmaker’,

Espy (a He burnt 40 acres of forests every week along the Rockies. From the article,

”Melting the polar ice caps, raising Earth’s temperature, flooding dry areas, softening the

permafrost: All were floated as desirable outcomes, beneficial things we humans could enact

in our final triumph over an indifferent Earth”. It is rather ironic that the same governments

which advocated for all these measures are the same ones that are driving the global warming

agenda. This in supports the legitimacy of my claim and questions on the tracking back of

original ideas.

The Need for Sustainability and the Naming of the Geological Epoch

On Speth’s article, ”Will Branding Help?“, he further solidifies the previous arguments that human action has had a profound effect on natural processes. It stresses that we should find systems through geoengineering that will sustain humanity in the foreseeable future. In addition to this, it presents the idea of changing the name of this geological epoch. This will, however, not provide a base upon which awareness of the changing climate will increase globally but rather cause more confusion on the subject matter.

From Kathleen Moore’s ”Anthropocene is the wrong word“, she tries to establish the naming of this geological epoch just as suggested by Speth. The article also urges humanity to take full responsibility for the actions that have deteriorated nature. It argues out that Anthropocene is, in fact, not the correct word to name this epoch as it etches the destructive nature of this epoch in history. In general, it leans towards naming various epochs which seems to bear a weak argument in relation to global warming.

The Need for Evidence-based Arguments

I believe that the argumentation presented by the various articles on the impact of human activities on climate should be supported by evidence that includes statistical data and mathematical calculations. Science is factual and based upon findings. Therefore, I believe that global warming shouldn’t just be used as a scare tactic by governments to curb industrialism and for financial gains in the trading of Carbon (IV) oxide quotas present in the Kyoto protocol.

References

Biello, David. ”Welcome to the Anthropocene.“ Earth Island Journal 28.1 (2013): 18. Print.

Dr. Latuor Pierre. ”The Four Known Scientific Ways Carbon Dioxide Cools Earth’s Climate”.

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”Global Warming Conspiracy Theory”. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

”Global Warming and developing nations”. Mongabay.com. Web. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

IGBP. ”Have We Entered the ”Anthropocene?” 15 March 2017. IGBP. Web. 17 March 2017.

Moore, Kathleen. “Anthropocene is the Wrong Word.” Earth Island Journal 28.1 (2013): 19.

Moore, Kathleen. “Anthropocene is the Wrong Word.” Earth Island Journal 28.1 (2013): 19.

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Slezak, Michael. “One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts vows to halt ’ridiculous lies’ on climate

change”. The Guardian. 4 August 2016. Web. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

Speth, James. ”Will Branding Help?“ Earth Island Journals 28.1 (2013): 40. Print.

Strand, Ginger. ”Beware the Rainmakers.“ Earth Island Journal 28.1 (2013): 39. Print.