For our last post we get to decide what the topic is. We have chosen the environment as a whole and global warming. Seeing as how we are all different people and therefore have different opinions we have decided to each write our views on the subject.
OPINION 1 (Carpenter): You hear it all the time, people going around saying that one person cannot make a difference (and I have been guilty of this myself) but really we take those little differences for granted. We go around in our big "pimped" (yes I said pimped) cars that get about three miles to the gallon and we are mostly all guilty of it. The problem with the environment now is our mentality. So many people are opposed to helping the Earth because its "not our problem" but thats the whole point, it is our problem. We created this monster and we have to put our big girl ( or boy) panties on and deal with the consequences. Throughout history we have had a live in the day type of a though process, well now we have to think more about the future than we ever have had too. Now many people (Rachael and Sam) will say that the Earth is going through a process, but really if we weren't killing the earth with pollution and the like do you really think that it would be happening so quickly and so early? I do believe that the Earth goes through cycles, we know this from history, however I also believe that if we would have been better stewards of the Earth and it's resources then we would not be facing many enviromental issues that we are facing today. Now me personally do I do all the things that I could to make the Earth better? No, I recycle and try to use less electricity by buying energy efficient light bulbs but I also take baths instead of showers and sometimes leave my sink running when I am brushing my teeth and also drive a big Honda Ridgline truck and sometimes a Ford Dulley (worst MPG ever!!!!). Many of you would say " why don't you practice what you preach?" well I'll tell you why, it's all a learning process that we have to all do. The littlest step will make the biggest difference we just have to see that no small action is overlooked in the big scheme of things. I am not by any means telling you to become a tree hugger and protest car use but what I am saying is to try to do little things. For example if everyone in the U.S put a energy efficient light bulb (just one people) in their home that would be like taking 1.3 million cars off of the roads. These bulbs are also cost efficient. We now have recycling in Pascagoula and it is so easy (stealing Gico's logo here) a cave man could do it. How I see it is we just have to get off our lazy rear ends and do something no matter how small. We may not like it but if it means double sided printing and not taking a bath every night then you are doing your part. Just don't give up is what I am really saying. Don't feel like your one little thing won't change anything because it will.
OPINION 2 (Rachael-and Sam agrees with me): Environmentalism? Bla bla bla. Global warming? Natural causes. The earth is in a cycle of heating and cooling itself, we actually know that. Just because politicians like Al Gore, whom I might add is a POLITICIAN, not a scientist, tells us it's our fault and our "carbon footprints" will condemn all future generations to sweltering heat, we believe them. Am I the only person who has heard of ice ages? Obviously the earth warms back up after those. That is the stage we have been enjoying the past few millennium. And guess what? It's gonna get cooler again. Then everyone will really be freaking out. Try and tell me that you care more about the animals who may be losing habitat now, than other human beings with souls who will be in danger when the earth freezes again. If you try to tell me you do, I'll call you a liar. I believe in conserving resources and not wasting, that is a duty we owe the earth and each other, but global warming is B.S. I apologize if I hurt your delicate feelings with honesty and truth. And I like my tank of a car, thank you very much. It saved my life. :)
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