I get up in the morning to see Al Roker (NBC) in the Arctic

By Guest Column -- Victoria Vaughn —— Bio and Archives April 2, 2019

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I get up in the morning to see Al Roker (NBC) in the Arctic, drilled down into the ice to get samples because they are finding that the earth is warming deeper into the earth. Then I read, not an hour later, that NASA is reporting growth in one of Greenland's key glaciers. Climate change proponents want us to buy into the notion climate change is man made and that the science is settled. Given all that I read and hear, I cannot buy that the issue is settled. Experience tells me this: coffee is bad, now it is OK. Eggs are bad, no good, now bad again. There are too many examples of science changing as more is learned. Just look how our understanding of our galaxy and beyond has changed as we learn more. I think we can all agree that we should take care of Mother Earth. The tactic that the Al Gore followers have embraced- being alarmists, being unreceptive to real concerns, and setting up an "us or them" situation has only caused some of us to wonder, what is the real goal? We find it disingenuous that people who live in McMansions are preaching to the rest of us about our carbon footprint. I have no problem giving up plastic straws but I do want a straw (paper is fine). I don't want to drink off the rim of a glass that has been handled by multiple people before it gets to me. All I'm saying is--it isn't settled, stop being unbending, listen to the other people. We might actually reach a meeting of the minds.