A reader of mine emailed me an article entitled Ecophobia: Environmentalists as the New Environmental Disaster by Colin Flaherty that she found in one of her newspapers the other day that I find to be absolutely hilarious and right up my alley. You may recall a recent rant of mine concerning the need for discounts and the use of reusable shopping bags well thank goodness I am not alone in this thinking. Apparently this writer thinks that environmentalists are fueling our environmental disaster. Like I have stated before, I really am not all for this whole eco-friendly trip that everyone has been on lately. I only go green if it saves me money,as selfish (or stupid as one person put it) as that might be, otherwise it is just a whole bunch of hype that I am in no need of hearing. My husband and I have two separate views on this issue. He is all for the eco-hoopla, I on the other hand not so much. There may or may not be global warming, I for one think that it is all a big marketing ploy for us tiny consumers to spend more money on “better” products or services as well as keep our minds occupied with other issues instead of the real issue. What the real issues are, I shall not get into that, but still it is a marketing ploy to get us all to spend more money in hopes of saving the planet, money that most of us do not have to give away.
I will quote one line that I think the author of the article said so beautifully. This is something we all should be thinking about before we all get suckered into this whole “eco-gonna hug a tree B.S.”.
I am an ecophobe: I imagine environmentalists creating catastrophes all the time all over the world. I see great floods, famine, disease and death and behind each is the same thing: A grinning environmentalist reveling in the mayhem as if it were magic. -Colin Flaherty
You can form your own opinions about the whole global warming hype that everyone seems to be on lately but I seriously encourage you to do all the research that you can on your own for facts on both sides of the story before you form your own opinion and start believing all the hype. For starters you can start by googling “doubts about global warming”.
Just a few things to think about. Don’t forget to read the article. Let me know what you think about the whole global warming craze? Do you believe the hype? What are you doing to go eco-friendly?
Christine @ Serenity How? Said:
I am THRILLED to see this post! I’m so sick of the fuss that has nothing to do with the facts.
John Coleman, meteorologist and founder of the Weather Channel has written and spoken extensively about the scam of manmade global warming.
http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/comments_about_global_warming/
Thank you for taking this on. Too many people have bought into this, and they really need to hear the facts.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Christine @ Serenity How? Said:
BTW, I do believe there IS such a thing as global warming, just as there is global cooling (which in the 80s was a big cause of fear and concern in the media.) I just don’t buy into the whole MANMADE global warming scare.
To think that we humans can alter and/or control the natural patterns of the earth is arrogant at best and manipulative at worst. Global warming occurred long before the advent of cars, factories and so on. It’s not the terrible thing Al Gore and the like would have you think.
…and have you noticed ol’ Al hasn’t done a thing to reduce his own substantial “carbon footprint” but expects us “ordinary folks” to reduce ours?
May 4th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
The Domestic Diva Said:
Thank you so much for speaking up as well, Christine. So many of us just take what others tell us as facts and never do any research on it before we start believing and LIVING the hype.
I totally agree with you in the fact that this is all a cycle. What goes around comes around.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Carrie Lauth Said:
I don’t consider myself an environmentalist, largely because what I see as some of the half truths and hysteria offered up as fact by environmentalists. I think a lot of it is a political move. I do a lot of eco friendly things because I am concerned about landfills and the health of the planet. But I don’t necessarily think global warming has much to do with what we humans are doing.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Carrie Lauth Said:
And as regards to going green being all about money, I certainly think that is true to a certain extent. I’m pretty vocal about the fact that going out and buying new, “greener” stuff is silly. It’s Greenwashing. I’ve been about buying used and freecycling/donating stuff for years. To me it’s about the more real concern of running out of landfill space. I also am concerned about the toxins we’re exposed to because of our throwaway mentality - such as the BPA and phtalates in plastics.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Renate Said:
It’s great to see someone come forward and state their opinion against the masses and the media.
Like Christine, I believe in global warming, but I don’t think it is purely man-made - I believe more in the theories about the Earth’s cycles.
So no, I’m not doing much to be more eco-friendly, except the things that are being forced on me by the government (for example, they are adding yet another tax on gas so that people will stop using their cars - no thought for those of us who HAVE to use our cars for work etc!).
I also find it interesting how politicians will go on and on about how we, the people, need to reduce CO2 emissions, yet they FLY all over the world to remote places to meet up and discuss the terrors that await us unless we, well, stop flying everywhere, for one. Double standards much?
May 5th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Michelle Said:
The thing is that “global warming” is one thing (we are coming out of an ice age, of course it’s getting warmer) and people polluting the earth. The end result of pollution, waste and deforestation might not be global warming but it is causing other problems.
So yes, do your research. And turn your lights and faucets off too. Do your part, don’t use the fact that some of it’s fabricated to blind you to all the rest of it.
Nice to see you posting about a serious subject and getting a discussion going.
May 5th, 2008 at 5:12 pm