What is it that skeptics of global warming are so quickly labeled to be against the environment?
I agree we should do all we can to insure in clean water and air.
I agree we should seek alternative fuels and power sources.
I agree in protecting and conserving natural resources.
My family recycles our trash. We try to avoid plastics and prefer buying selected products in glass containers. We grow many of the vegetables we eat. We turn our waste from the kitchen into compost for the garden.
What I refuse to do is jump on a propaganda wagon that, although extremely popular to jump on and ride wave the green flags, is based on some very questionable science.
One concern is how this issue has effected children. Most of my students in middle school put global warming at the top of their list of fears and concern.
BrainPop is a tool that is used in my school district.
This is what they found:
NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- While recent polls show that
American adults are most concerned about the war in Iraq, terrorism, and
healthcare, a survey of more than 1,000 middle school students across the
country found that kids fear global warming more than any of these issues.
The survey was conducted by BrainPOP, a New York based educational
provider.
Some of the most intriguing findings from the BrainPOP global warming
survey include:
-- Nearly 60 percent of children said they feared global warming and
environmental disasters-such as hurricanes, tornados and flooding-more
than terrorism, car crashes, and even cancer (22.3 percent feared
terrorism most; 14.6 percent cancer; 5.9 percent car crashes).
-- Nearly one-third of children reported thinking about global warming a
lot and worrying about how the effects of global warming will change
the planet and directly impact their lives. Another 41.2 percent think
about it sometimes and say that they are somewhat worried.
-- Roughly 60 percent of children surveyed believe that more needs to be
done in their community to help the planet and stop global warming.
-- When asked what effect of global warming worries them the most, the
majority of kids surveyed are most afraid of the toll it will take on
the lives of people.