A Rant About Climate Change

"When people feel insulted or disgusted, they normally take action about I was inquisitive as
to what it was like to be nude on , such as whacking each other over the head, or votingIf
climate change were caused by a barbarous dictator or an evil empire, the war on warming
would be this country's top priorityOr if it were caused by gay sex, an incredible number of
protesters would be massing in the roads." ~Daniel Gilbert
As well as naturism, I am interested in a lot of other things. Like the increase of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere that are fast (not slowly) destroying the planet Earth.
Now, I adore summer and warm weather, and I am just Naturist Portal's Bare Year in Review
as the next nudist to leave the clothing in my own dressing table and run to the nearest nude
beach or club on the first adequate springtime day. (Fair Weather!! Spring! Blossoms!
Sunblock! I get very excited.) But I'm more worried than excited this season. With all the
record-breaking hot temperatures throughout the U.S. (80 degrees, Chicago, in March?!),
you may have been wondering like I haveIs it only part of the natural weather cycles? Or is
itdun dun dunGLOBAL WARMING ?
Only concerning the March heat waves, that question will take several months of research
and assessing to reply. But global warming, more precisely referred to as climate change, IS
NOT ONLY a natural weather cycle. It is happening, it is human-caused and we have to do
something about it. Yet according to a Gallup poll, only 34% of Americans agree that it's a
serious problem needing immediate actions. Maybe you have witnessed or read about
scientists or anyone debating the occurrence of climate change? And debating whether it is
brought on by individuals or not? Newsflash: It Is not a discussion. The world's leading
scientists have already gotten together, did their studies and research, and verified that. In
fact, in accordance with the book Believe by lawyer / legal analyst Lisa Bloom, the UN
brought them together 4 times since 1990 to support that it is a human-caused phenomenon
taking effect right now.
The National Geographic Society, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
the EPA, NASA, NOAA, all concur the effects of climate change can already be found in
rising ocean levels and melting glaciers. The IPCC is calling catastrophic effects (some of
which have already started) including flooding, extreme tropical cyclones, droughts, hot and
cold temperature extremes, and an overall temperature increase of 2.5 to 10 degrees F, all
likely to happen in the 21st century. An incredible number of people will be forced to relocate
or flooded out of their homes and hamlets, and yet folks in the Pacific island nations for
example, will have nowhere to go.
Credit: Polar Bear: EDF, Penguins: Nat. Geographic, Photograph by Peter Essick
Meanwhile, apathy appears to rule the American population and also the U.S. government.
The United Nations has long been criticizing the U.S. because it's not embraced a
comprehensive national plan for reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions, according to
the NY Times article, Global Warming & Climate Change.The last large climate change bill
did not make it past the Senate.
Now I know that we now have lots of other problems to worry about in the world like poverty,
slavery, FGM. But who cares about the slaves and the poor people if they're going to die in a
massive cyclone in the near future? If we can no longer live on this planet, I (like Bloom)

claim that all the other issues become secondary. Including naturism, if we have no planet to
go naked on.
Though climate change is a huge worldwide danger, elected officials are sitting on their
hands. Happily, we can battle it on an individual level. What exactly can we do? Among the
finest actions would be to switch to public transportation or a fuel-saving car like a hybrid,
which saves money (as much as $18,000 in the long run) as well as the planet. I have also
never seen an improved reason for going vegetarian or simply eating less meat. Scientists
are still trying to determine exactly how much of an impact agriculture has on climate change,
but one IPCC writer estimates that industrial farming accounts for 17-32% of human-caused
greenhouse gas emissions. Another recent study says we need to cut meat consumption in
half by 2050 to avoid climate catastrophe. That is not hard to believe when you consider all
the effects of slaughter, deforestation for grazing, and toxic animal methane gas/waste. In the
National Geographic documentary, "6 Degrees Could Change The World," one scientist
computed the carbon footprint of a cheeseburger and found that the whole creation of one
hamburger generates 200 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent! Beef and pork in particular
have a high carbon footprint, so eating more chicken or fish could also help cut private
carbon emissions. View resources below for more ways to scale back emissions and slow
down climate change.
So, what do you think about global warming / climate change? Does one believe it is a
problem? Have you been taking activity and if so, how?
Resources:
What is Global Warming? (Note: Global warming refers to the Earth warming up, but "climate
change" is now the preferred name since some parts of the Earth will get hotter while other
parts get chillier.)
More Ways In Which You Can Reduce Greenhouse Gases
EPA lists methods for at home, on the way, at work & at school
The Nature Conservancy has a simple list
The Union of Concernced Scientists also lists what you are able to do
The retreat of Pedersen Glacier in Alaska. Left: summer 1917. Right: summer 2005. Credit:
1917 photograph captured by Louis H. Pedersen; 2005 jpg taken by Bruce F. Molnia.
Source: The Glacier Photograph Collection, National Snow and Ice Data Center / World Data
Center for Glaciology.
See comparison pictures of the effects of climate change from space like the one above on
NASA's website.
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