Wil's Rant

Even as the dissenters continue to argue man's role in the global warming problem, it continues to ravage the worlds eco-systems. The Yukon is blooming much earlier than normal. This goes along nicely with the early thaw in the Hudson's Bay, with the resulting loss of hunting ability for the polar bears. Now some might argue that the early bloom is a good thing which could turn the Yukon into farmland. Ecologists will tell a much different tale of mass extinctions and the release of enormous amounts of greenhouse gases. I guess we should spend a lot more time arguing the reasons for the change instead of facing the reality that natural or not, these changes spell doom for many species, very possibly including our own.

As to the arguments for human responsibility: What type of mentality would conclude that the removal of a significant percentage of the worlds trees would have no affect. That changing the chemistry of our atmosphere and depleting the ozone would have no affect. We're not talking about little changes here but changes on a truly massive scale that have been going on for some time and are not only continuing but growing. Nature has shown many times what happens when a herd gets too large and depletes it's resources. Usually they get sick, or starve, or fight. In the end it's the same, a mass die off which eventually restores the balance The question becomes are we going to do something about it or are we going to wait for nature to do it for us?.