Global Warming, Georgia Style
Mar 1, 2010 in Local & State by Daniel White
With all the global warming alarmism that has been spewed these past few years, I decided I would do a bit of amateur research. You see, it might just be me but I feel that in the past several years here in Georgia our summers have been more mild while our winters have been more severe…and even if that doesn’t hold to be true, I DEFINITELY have not felt this doomsday heat that Al Gore and Company are trying to convince us of.
Deep down I know the majority of this is politics…the left, although they won’t admit it, do not like business/industry (and why should they? Heck, who needs jobs and money to pay bills and eat?) and the right, well, let’s just say that environmental issues are as important to the majority of them as the Sabbath is to Bill Maher.
Statistics, numbers…these are the only things that should matter when doing an impartial analysis of climate change (and, I might add, accurate statistics, which unfortunately we cannot even trust these days due to ideologues “cooking the books” so to speak in order to forward their agenda…bummer). That being said…who knows if the numbers we see can even be taken seriously.
Anyways, as my time is precious, I did not research the past 20 or 30 or 40 years…I decided instead to look at the climate on certain dates over the last 5 years. Seeing as “we don’t have much time” to save ourselves from this looming crisis, I figured the “problem” has only drastically increased over this period of time if there is, indeed, a problem. I looked at the dates January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 from the years 2005-2009 as well as January 1 of 2010 using the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network (www.georgiaweather.net) for the city of Atlanta. I took the high and low of each date and then used the average temperature…I figured this was a straightforward and common sense method that everyone can look at and understand. Is this a scientific study of the earth’s climate? No.
These are my findings…
I’m not going to try and draw a conclusion from these numbers, nor should you. I just wanted to take a look at where I live and see how the temperature has progressed these past 5 years. Are we really in the dire situation most environmentalists say we are? I’ve heard a lot on this issue from both sides of the aisle, from intelligent and passionate argument to downright moronic nonsense…but, the winner of the “most illogical” award goes to..drum roll…”the reason it is getting colder out is because of global warming!!” Really? Wow.
You want my opinion, Georgians? Do your own research, look at both sides, use common sense…you’ll figure out if you need to trade your SUV in for a Prius. Believe it or not, “the sky is falling” types have been around since the beginning of time…we’re all still here…just sayin.
Readers should note: Author is not a climatologist (although he did take a climate class in college!), he wants to live on a clean planet and drink clean water, he does not want himself or his future children or grandchildren to live in 150 degree weather, he loves the private sector and he did not invent the internet.
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