We’ll all be killed

[Biggus]

They tell us we are in the grip of another
Catastrophic climate crisis
That will drown the world
By melting the polar ices
Well if you are unconvinced
That the sword of doom is falling
Then you know the argument is weak
When data is replaced by name calling
Anyone not on message
Gordon Brown tells us in his piety
That we are no better
That the flat earth society
Well is it any wonder we are sceptics
When in the eighties we were told
By the doom Sayers
We would all die because of the hole
In the ozone layer
If we did not act we would kill
The polar bears and the Pandas
Well to be frank someone sold a lot of fridges
On the back of that propaganda

[blazeofglory]

We all are in point of fact doom-bound humans; and we are totally careless and unthinking luxuries-hungered. Unseeing the catastrophe lurking around the corner we still totally live sumptuously, today we have really been thoughtless humans, and of course what we do today opulently will force progenies to pay heavy prices. We do not seem to love them; and if we really do we are so much pretentious. We are totally blindly and inhumanly devastating everything beautiful in this planet. We have no leaders, including superpowers who voice against the ruination of this blue planet. We do not care for those who are small ones are now and those who will be born in future. This eye opening and thought provoking poem is found to be highly inspiring

[Biggus]

thanks

[Babyguile]

Hi Biggus. Are the last two lines a reference to that chemical that was used in fridges which was banned because it caused the breakdown of ozone in the atmosphere (can't remember the name)? Well, that was not a myth, if that's what you are trying to insinuate in this poem. There's scientific evidence to show it broke down the ozone.

I don't like the cynicism in this poem, but I understand it. There is not much in this poem that is overly poetic but then again that is not it's strength I guess.

[Biggus]

I dont dispute the effects that HFC's and CFC's on the Ozone layer, my cynisism is centered around the fact that we are always given the doomsday scenario.
As for "scientific evidence" thats only even worthy when balanced against who pays there grants.

[paradoxical]

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[Babyguile]

I dont dispute the effects that HFC's and CFC's on the Ozone layer, my cynisism is centered around the fact that we are always given the doomsday scenario.
As for "scientific evidence" thats only even worthy when balanced against who pays there grants.

I agree. The media do feed us the doomsday scenario. They show us images of cute polar bears stranded on clumps of ice and make us feel guilty. And I am cynical of the sincerity of things like this and to be so is the sign of a balanced human mind, to me at least. But I think you tread dangerously across the line where you let politics and people, not science, control your judgement of global warming, which is after all a scientific concept. And focus on things like left wing v right wing, taxes etc.

Textbooks and journals are peer-reviewed and the bias you talk about will not exist in them. Trust me. I'm not insinuating that you are scientificaly ignorant, but over 97% of scientists accept that global warming is occuring

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[paradoxical]

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[Biggus]

I'm afraid I dont trust scientists as much as you do and yes 97% may well agree that global warming is happening but they cant agree on very much else.
They cant agree whether its global warming or climate change or the end of an ice age, or conclude by what degree we are contributing or what the solution might be or whether it was science got us into this mess in the first place.
But one thing I do know is we are not going to reverse the trend by using light bulbs that only get bright as you are leaving the room when we fly in flowers to the UK from Africa.
And you cant keep politics out of the argument because the powers that be will never make any decision that will hurt commerce.

[paradoxical]

There is worldwide scientific consensus that human activity is the cause of global warming, namely the burning of fossil fuels. Groups such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have stated unequivocally that the release of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere are responsible for global warming. There is also worldwide agreement that the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is 350 parts per million (PPM). Beyond that, is possible to trigger a 'tipping point', such as the release of greenhouse gases from melting permafrost, that could quickly cause an irreversible and catastrophic warming scenario.

We have passed 350 PPM and some scientists are concerned that we may have already reached a point of no return, that even if we were to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, it may be too late. Global warming isn't some future event, it is happening now. Millions of people around the world are already experiencing severe drought and water shortages. We are starting to see the first waves of global warming refugees, as people seek water and arable land, and we will see more of these kind of situations in the near future. Even the United States will experience drought and water scarcity. In fact, it is already being felt in some states.

[psychofemale]

Nice poem!

[Biggus]

Thanks all