Actions to prevent global warmingwill hurt the economy!

"Taking Actions to Prevent Global Warming Will Hurt the Economy". These words have been coming out of the government. Why do we worry about hurting the economy when the consequence might be no economy at all???

If you look through even the smallest of amateur telescopes, you will see plenty of empty space and nothing out there which is welcoming. You only see vast space with points of light which are nuclear furnaces powering stars. Our planets move across our home portion of the sky, but even these near objects are unlike Earth, they cannot support life. Many have no atmosphere to protect them from solar radiation or the chill of outer space.

Our atmosphere is thin! At 18,000 feet above sea level, you have half of the air molecules below you. Because of the weight and consequent compression of air, the half of molecules above you go much farther up than than 36,000 feet, but it does illustrate how thin our atmosphere is. 18,000 feet is little more than three miles!

The atmosphere protects us from solar radiation and keeps the Earth warm. Without it, we would have no air to breathe, (and also be frozen solid and cooked by radiation). We must care for our atmosphere. It provides for life to exist.

The Atlantic Conveyor is Slowing

One consequence of global warming might be a mini-ice age for the northern climes. As Arctic ice melts, fresh water from the melted ice flows into the North Atlantic. Unlike salty sea water, it doesn't sink as readily at the northern end of the Atlantic Conveyor. This slows it down and may even stop it. If it stops, the northern parts of Europe may experience a "short" ice age because of the lack of warm water coming from the conveyor.

If you consider 1,000 years to be short, then it will be short. The conveyor has already slowed down 30% in the last 12 years. The effects of global warming are already upon us and the consequences are real.

Let us not be in denial any more!