Global warming and too many people on the earth

Global warming and too many people on the earth

And many of us thought we had left fads after high school. Boy was I wrong.

One current fad is blaming global warming on we people who live on the earth. Now, to me, this was just an academic kind of drill until politicians became involved and have started making public policy decisions based on the fad, at least the fad as I perceive it. And they are using enormous amounts of money that affects our lives, often our tax dollars, to have their way.

Playing God is always a tough proposition, too.

Now I have been studying global warming since the 1960’s when I first went to Georgia Tech, and I have done some computer model programming, too. So even I know how to manipulate any computer model to get the results I want to get, or even sometimes get paid for what I produce. And sometimes the reward is money, a career, or an academic degree. In this let’s just say the jury is still out. After all, some students are doing a good job in studying this phenomenon. And Galileo suffered through this dilemma in his time, too.  Even now deceased former President Eisenhower warned about the “scientific industrial complex” along with his warming about the “military industrial complex”.

And even in my lifetime (born in 1948), Time magazine has had a cover story about the coming ice age, and now the same magazine has a cover story about the coming global warming catastrophe, so even the media is getting involved in this issue, too.

Now some of the probable outcomes are adverse to we humans, mostly in the amount of food we can grow.  If that comes to pass, the impact will most likely be gradual. After all, we had a mini-ice age for example not too many centuries ago, and we all are here anyway.  Obviously something good happened, too, in order for we humans to not only survive, but to prosper later, too. And things were probably simpler for our ancestors as they did not have a “too many humans problem” like we may have today. Like droughts, it really depends on where you live.

So what to do these days. For me, I am reminded of the time when I was a teenager and would call my father a “cheapskate”. Now that I am an old father, I prefer the term “thrifty”, and now use that for my own father (now deceased), too.  So in most cases, just be as thrifty as you can be. My other observation involves the “Golden Rule” which suggests treating others like you want to be treated. Just use the Golden Rule as best you can, too. Now this brings up the issue of morality, but that is another adult subject to me.

And of course there is practicality, too. I am growing some Siberian tomato plants on my own land, also.  After all, we do have to eat. And I want to hedge my bets as best I can. And talking about calories and bulk vs food eating enjoyment is another subject, too.