The First From Mr. Robinson

(Appeared in The Coast Star: June 7, 2007)
KEEP THE GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE OPEN

Editor, The Coast Star:

Global warming, or more correctly, global socialism, is an obvious attempt to take away our freedoms and have a global influence over our economy. The aim of the U.N. politically-appointed scientists is to impact our economy and lifestyle with global regulations, while exempting the Third World countries. While China builds more coal-burning power plants, there is talk of closing ours, which would increase our electricity costs 25 to 30 percent.

The first Earth Day was concerned about the coming of the Ice Age. The front cover of the April, 1975 Newsweek magazine entitled, “The Cooling World,” said there would be a food shortage in 10 years. The Vikings settled in Greenland from the 900s to the 1100s and grew grapes! Now Greenland is covered with ice. Many scientists said the world was 3 degrees warmer at that time.

We were told, because of global warming, we would have the worst hurricane season ever. We did not have even one hurricane. We are having record low temperatures in the Midwest and record snows in Alaska. This April was one of the coldest nationwide in history. The ocean water temperature is very low for this time of year. In 1997, the Senate voted 95 to 0, not to join the Kyoto Treaty. We cannot let international policy impact our life.

We have former Vice President Al Gore preaching to us while he leaves speaking engagements in a convoy of SUVs to his private jet, which takes him to one of his 20-room mansions. At the Senate hearings, he was asked if he would pledge to use energy the same as the rest of us do, and he said “no.”

I was shocked to see that a teacher was going to indoctrinate her students about the global warming theory, and not even discuss the cyclical nature of the world’s climate. There are many scientists who disagree with this theory, but unfortunately, we have become a society in which many people rely only on the 7 o’clock news, which is biased in this area, and also in dealing with other issues.

Five lawyers in robes ruled that what we exhale and what plants take in, can be regulated. That’s right up there with their Eminent Domain ruling. Do we want the government to tell us what we can eat, what we can wear, what we can drive, and even what light bulbs we can use? We must keep the debate open concerning man’s impact on the environment and its effect on our way of life.

EDWARD ROBINSON
Brooklyn Boulevard, Sea Girt

------------------------------

See Tadvocate's rebuttal