To whom shall we assign blame?
For the most part of six-thousand years, men were relegated to burning wood, which came from trees, for heat during winter and for cooking fuel. When men began to settle down and farm the land, they cleared the land of trees to raise their crops. When more land was needed for fuel and more land was required for civilization to dare I say, flourish, they cleared more and more land, which became an ever intrusive and pervasive cycle. I believe that we can agree on that.
For the better part of six-thousand years, the world's population has polluted the atmosphere with wood smoke and particulates. It has been continuous and pervasive. In fact, it had become common.
For the better part of six-thousand years, men started fires to chase and herd buffalo and all sorts of other beasts around the world because they didn't have the capability or intelligence to kill for food any other way.
Certainly, this has had an affect on the planet. It contributed to the creeping of deserts in Africa, China, Australia, and the United States. There are vast areas of deforested areas in South America, Europe, and Russia. Some Pacific Islands are bare because of it.
Nearly all of these intentional actions were man-caused. Kings and rulers and organized governments have authorized these actions for nearly six-thousand years, more than enough time as civilization has exploded to have completely fouled the atmosphere and kill every living thing, block out the sun, raise the seas, make the poles inhospitable. We surely should all be dead from this abuse.
If you throw in all the destructive wars and conflicts over six-thousand years, not to mention pestilence and disease, how has Mankind ever stood a chance?
If you add natural disasters into the mix, it is an even more dire situation. Yes?
Nowadays, people build eco-friendly cars, houses, boats, farms, war-making weapons meant to kill but not destroy the environment. (neutron bombs) But it takes resources to manufacture those things. It takes digging great holes in the ground and drilling deeper holes in the ground to accomplish these goals.
Corporations and governments play shell games with labor forces when called to account for these improvements in ecology. They move their work forces about like playing a game of checkers whack changes the fortunes of one region to the benefit of other regions.
It has always been a zero sum game. One example is ethanol for fuel. Another is electric car batteries. Those are simple examples. There are aplenty more.
In other words, progress only tries to keep up with the demand of the living. It is, in and of itself, a cycle.
Why are we all, all 71/4 billion of us not dead from the stacked deck of progress?
Progressives do not seek an end to global warming. They seek finances to overcome the loss of profit because of it.
Why are we so naive?
Well more than half of the world lives/exists in abject poverty. They are not thinking about global warming. They are thinking about their next meal, their next fuel for keeping warm, enough money for illness or old age if they are fortunate to live that long.
There is truly not enough money collectively in the world to ensure that 31/2 billion people are taken care of. Furthermore, there is no intention of the wealthy and wealthy governments to do so.
Why do we continue to fool ourselves?
Why do we pretend to care?
Who is it that has inspired such folly?
I know, but I ain't sayin'.
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