global warming... fact or fiction?

i don't care.

no, seriously, why does it matter? the common inference is that if there is global warming, and/or if it is spurred by human activity, then we're in a situation that calls for conservation, turning green, and being conscious of what we're doing to our planet. bullshit.

i'm taking issue with the conditional. while not explicitly stating anything of the sort, the inference that the existence of global warming calls for us to care for our planet implies that we don't have to care for the planet without global warming. while it doesn't logically follow, we've never been known as a species ruled by logic.

if global warming is, in fact, a myth, we're still facing other issues that should make us reexamine our consumption. our fossil fuel stores are finite. we're uprooting, killing, poisoning, consuming, or harvesting the plants that keep the ground from blowing/washing away. if the human population continues to grow, we are going to, one day, either run out of places to put people, or run out of places to put the things that keep people alive (you know... the places that grow your food or clean your water). blah-de-blah blah blah. you get the idea. calling, or even proving, global warming a myth does not give you a free pass on this "care for our planet" thing.

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i'm really not trying to sound all sanctimonious here. i am far from the poster child for conservation or preservation. i eat meat. i drive a 197hp car (though, i guess in my defense, it is a 4-banger and gets over 30mpg on my commute. i still could do better).

i'm really just getting sick of people saying that global warming is a natural phenomenon as if that makes everything just hunky-dory. even worse, i see people who say that global warming has not been proven, and therefore, we don't have to see it as a threat. really? i've seen no proof that polar bears like to eat people, so i'll go hang out with some.

someone should have been paying attention in math. or philosophy. this sure sounds like denying the antecedent to me.