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Hot debate
Published: 4/27/2012 3:41 PM
Last Modified: 4/27/2012 3:41 PM

If ever there was an issue that could be resolved by some bipartisanship and common sense, it’s the global warming issue.

Both sides are really dug in and all but refuse to listen to any possible credible opinion from the other side.

This is somewhat of an exaggeration, but not much. The anti-global warming side says the planet is going through a cyclical stage and there is nothing that can be done to change it.

Despite hard scientific evidence to the contrary, anti-warmers say the Earth is not warming at an alarming pace. They see changes in the glaciers and snow packs as small and uneventful.

Again, this is an exaggeration, but the pro-warmers exclaim that man is the sole cause of catastrophic climate change.

Of course, there are those on both sides who can agree at least a little with their opponents. However, their voices are drowned out by the radicals (as is the case in most issues) on both sides.

To quote Rodney King: “Can’t we all just get along?” I happen to believe that both sides are right. I think that the Earth goes through cycles of change, of which humans have little control. I also believe that such change moves in geologic time. Sudden in geology is at least 100,000 years, if not more.

Are humans contributing to the problem? You bet. And it’s going to get worse. The world’s population is exploding. Cars in China, once a luxury, are becoming more common. Same with India, which soon will pass China in population.

That is more cars, more refineries, more food to be transported and on and on.

Why can’t the two sides of this issue in the United States put down their hyperbole and rhetoric for a while and agree that both sides have good points.

Maybe if these two polar opposites (pun intended) can sit down and start working on a solution, maybe it could spread.

The Earth is changing. Humans have something to do with it. Anything we can do to slow it up for our kids, grandkids and great-grandkids we should do.

We’re smart enough to figure out how to take things from the Earth, we should be smart enough to figure out how to give something back.

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ClanJoyWalkSig (10 months ago)

We purchased new windows and doors several years ago. Before they were installed our bedroom would really heat up, especially after we had to remove a tree damaged by the ice storm which provided much needed shade. After installation our entire house was quieter and more temperature balanced. Electric bill plummeted. That's pretty much all I need to know about global warming. We do affect our environment and there are things we can do to take better care of this earth.

I agree, Mike, both sides of the issue have points worth considering, and should not split on party lines.... but that would require cooler heads. Guess that's where that "hope" we can come together on climate "change" thing comes into play.

docpresley (8 months ago)

But how can we have cooler heads with global warming?

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Mike Jones is a native Oklahoman (not an Okie), born and raised in Seminole, Okla. He began his career at the Tulsa World in 1971 as an oil writer for the late Riley Wilson. After three years as an oil writer, he became a copy editor on the national desk. He moved to the city desk in 1974 where he also worked as a general assignment reporter. After stints on the late city desk, he became assistant city editor and in 1979 succeeded longtime city editor John Gold, one of his mentors, as city editor. He served as city editor for almost four years before joining the editorial staff as a layout editor and editorial writer in 1985. He was named associate editor and has since written a Sunday column and daily editorials. He has a son, Sam, who is a local musician with the reggae band Sam and the Stylees. Jones is the honorary CEO of that group, a title of which he is most proud.

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