Climate Change Perspective: 
Global Warming and Profiteering



The Global Warming Shell Game and the Pot of Gold Pay Off.

First, let me start by providing some insight into my basic environmental views that may help to set your initial emotional bias to neutral so that you may fairly consider the following perspective.

Do I believe that environmental pollution is a serious and dangerous problem in the world today? Yes I absolutely do, especially in developing nations where they do not yet have the technologies or government policies in place to abate it or control it.

Do I believe that mankind should take environmental pollution seriously and do as much as possible to reverse that condition? Of course, the need to do so is completely obvious and completely logical.

Do I believe that the planet is experiencing climate change and slowly getting warmer? Yes, of course I do. There is solid scientific proof of climatic shift with a trend toward slightly warmer temperatures over the next decade or so. In the last 100 years there has been an overall increase of one half of a degree C.

Do I believe that this slight Global warming phenomena is the direct result of man’s exploitation of the planet’s resources? No, I don’t! Why?

The theory of ‘Global Warming at the Hand of Man,’ is simply not supported by solid or logical scientific evidence. While some may try to tie the two together for greater impact to their story line, the topics of environmental pollution and Global Warming are two, distinctly different issues. Environmental pollution is a straight forward issue, and in most cases, a cause and effect can be easily proven. Additionally, there are measures that can be applied to resolve it.

Global Warming (or Global Cooling) is a natural and cyclical function of our immediate solar system, and very likely, all solar systems. Consider that our sun is a rather dynamic nuclear furnace with very distinct and measurable fluctuations in its output. According to scientists, over the last 17 years the sun has been in a more active state of flux producing higher heat output. As you might suspect, the earth is not the only affected planet.

The southern polar ice cap on Mars has been melting! Not only do scientists see this occurring but amateur backyard astronomers can see it too, on their relatively inexpensive telescopes. That being said, and with all due respect to everyone who believes man is the cause, the last time I checked, Mars does not have any measurable level of industrialization, or even a population for that we are aware of.

Through out its history, the earth has experienced a number of cooling periods resulting in ice ages where much of the planet was buried under massive sheets of mile thick ice and then warming periods that have melted those ice sheets. Because these changes in climate take place over an extremely long period of time, identifying the timing of such climate shift cycles with any level of accuracy is quite difficult.

It may come as a bit of a surprise to you, but contrary to all of the current ‘spin’ over Global Warming, there is actually a very strong body of scientific evidence that suggests that we are entering into a climactic cycle leading into another ice age.

So, if all of this is true, why would so many prominent Politicians and Multi-National Special Interest Groups warn that the disaster of Global Warming is upon us? Why would they promote a near-panic situation so vigorously? Why would they stir up so much emotional fervor and fear? The answer is a pretty basic one, and it follows a very familiar and ‘age old’ adage. Just follow the money!

If you simply put the emotion wrapped around the issue aside for a while, examine the evidence critically and think logically, it should be quite clear to you that they stand to make huge sums of money in the creation of a new economic opportunity. What exactly is this economic opportunity?

Just think about all of the new “Global Warming” remediation and prevention products and services that can be created and sold! Now take a look at where they are investing their own money, or look at the type of companies they own an interest in. Also take a hard look at the huge sums of money some are making from books, films, and speaking engagements on this topic. For good measure, look at their actions as closely as you would consider their words. Are they actually behaving in a manner or living a lifestyle that suggests true concern over the environment? (Actions often do speak louder than words.)

Consider and contrast the Global Warming opportunity to the following historical events that have created staggering wealth and power for the privileged few and those who seized on the opportunity. The introduction of agriculture, the Iron Age, the discovery of oil, the Industrial Revolution, the invention of the steam engine, or the airplane, the automobile, and next “The Global Warming boom.” Quite possibly a few of these folks missed building or increasing their already substantial fortunes during the explosion of the Internet or, at the dawn of the computer age, so they see this as their big chance.

Make no mistake, these are very smart people and they clearly see that by fanning the flames of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) they create an economic opportunity for themselves and their partners. Unfortunately, they know full well that the majority of people will buy off on every word of misinformation they utter and will never do any reading, investigation or critical thinking of their own.

Now let’s not forget involved governments and legislative bodies. What do they have as the big win in all of this? Again the answer is ‘money.’ Through tax assessments on various targeted activities from industrial and energy to consumer consumption, they will grow their treasuries and grant themselves larger staffs, more perks, more bureaucracy, and fat raises for themselves.

“Oh, taxing the large industrial companies . . .that’s a good thing” you say? Unfortunately, no it’s not so good for you. All businesses have to maintain profit margins at a specific level to stay in business (which is why business is always much more efficient and more successful then government.) Simply stated, it is just basic economics, if a business has more cost, such as additional taxes, they ‘always’ pass that cost along to the consumer to maintain their operating margins. This is an absolute and guaranteed certainty, it is always you, the consumer, the citizen, the voter who pays the toll, always.

This is what drives that thing called the ‘Cost of Living Index.’

So regardless of what side of the ‘Global Warming at the Hand of Man’ political movement or debate you might be on, I’d like to encourage you to consider one basic revelation surrounding these high profile (generally very wealthy) leaders or Multi National organizations:

It is not you, your children, your grandchildren, or even the penguins in the Antarctica that they care about. They care about that ‘Pot of Gold Pay Out.’ Maintaining 25,000 or 30,000 square foot estates takes money, a lot of money, and they certainly don’t want to live next door to the rest of us!

It’s always about the gold.

That’s the way the world has worked from the very beginning and it will continue to be that way till the end. Unlike Global Warming, it is not cyclical it is a time honored constant.