Remember that thing about global warming?

You know  - the source of it being carbon dioxide emissions?

Well no surprise, they's up again. And higher than ever.

And today's the day where it no longer shocks or surprises me. That is, the ratting off of idiotic comments from people who still don't think global warming can and is negatively affecting the world, or its future.

Here's a sampling of the stupidity -

blinkypop - "AGW is absolute nonsense promulgated by the green marxists in an attempt to shift wealth from the can do to the won't do superintended by bureaucrats, kleptocrats and con-men. While humans put out 30 gigatons of carbon the biosphere(you know the earth) by way of volcanoes, fires etc puts out 550 gigatons. This from Dr James Lovelock who posited the Gaia theory. Nothing we can do or are doing. "

General Wolfe - "After this winter i am no longer a denier!! Global Cooling is is full swing. BRRRRRRR Frost warning last night and had a snowball fight last weekend in the foot hills. Stick that in your pipe hippies, time to go for a drive in my 3/4 tone pickup!!."

truth10 - "I can sum up all this "global human Co2" propaganda in 2 words... B*** S***global.. lmao, does it ever end.........""

Seriously - is this so hard to understand?

Global Warming 101

• What is global warming?

Think of a blanket, covering the Earth.

When CO2 and other heat-trapping emissions are released into the air, they act like a blanket, holding heat in our atmosphere and warming the planet.

Overloading our atmosphere with carbon has far-reaching effects for people all around the world—more extreme storms, more severe droughts, deadly heat waves, rising sea levels, and more acidic oceans, which can affect the very base of the food chain.

• What causes global warming? We do.

The primary cause of global warming is human activity, most significantly the burning of fossil fuels to drive cars, generate electricity, and operate our homes and businesses.

Tropical deforestation, also by human hands, is another major contributor. When these forests are burned, they release huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and because the forests no longer exist, they are no longer available to absorb CO2.

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/global_warming_101/



Of course it not's just cars. It's airplanes, boats, tanks, lawnmowers, you name it. Often times I ask myself this question - why do people not understand? What I've learned in my time, is often it's not that they don't understand.

It's that they don't accept.

To do so would be to admit one was wrong, and more importantly, to assume the respnsibility for one's actions and be accountable.