The Sky is Falling

I may be wrong, but there seems to be an abundance of quotations chicken little in many of the articles and programs at our purview. An example is Scientists from Around the Globe join ABC News in a Forum on Surviving the Century by Sarah Namias from ABC News. The problem with many of these articles and programs are you never hear any dissenting opinions-- they are simply stated as fact, and you are insane if you disagree with any of their projections. 

From the things I have read there are as many or more scientists that disagree with these perceptions. For instance, the creator of The Weather Channel argues where are the facts about global warming. He says that global warming is just one big fraud. He argues, "There is no significant man made global warming." He said he has done all the research and all global warming happens to be is an increase in Carbon Dioxide in our atmosphere. Another thing he says, " The climate of the earth is changing. It has always changed. But mankind's activities have not overwhelmed or significantly modified the natural forces." I completely agree with him that global warming is just a manmade worry that a few people created.

Any clear thinking individual has to agree that our resources are dwindling as the population increases. However, as a country we have always been able to supplement and increase our resources through ingenuity and change.  It seems to me that much of our ingenuity and quest for additional resources are stifled at every turn. The examples being drilling in Anwar, oil shale, deep water drilling of our coasts, and nuclear energy. We are derided for pursuing or even thinking of these options. What we can do without being chided is to continue to be dependent on Middle/Eastern oil and decreasing our food supplies and increasing their cost by converting them to ethanol.

 The answer to me seems to be no matter what the cost our perceived injury to our substantial infrastructure, we must at all costs become independent for our energy needs. Then and only then will we not run the risk of being held hostage to any other nation. We must also demand that we govern from knowledge and not theory. The danger in a democracy is when majority is ill-informed.