Big Oil in Iowa
Iowa, a state with great potential to use wind, manure, and ethanol in response to energy needs, still breeds another type: the globalwarming skeptic. Despite massive communities of activist students at universities who are raising globalwarming awareness, and many scholars and scientists har at work here in 2007 to find globalwarming answers, skeptics still exist, as shown in the Des Moines Register.
In an Op-Ed letter, a Des Moines man touts the cause of Big Oil, proclaiming:
Believing that people are the primary contributors to CO2 in the atmosphere is silly. Compared to the CO2 and other gases produced naturally by volcanoes, both on land and under water, and from the surfaces of the oceans, man’s contribution is miniscule.
Throughout his letter, he proclaims oil as an answer:
It’s obvious an ample and dependable supply of oil is the answer. It’s cheaper, more efficient and plentiful.
Seeking cheap answers to energy needs is both short-sighted, and shows ignorance to the cause of globalwarming awareness2007. Even if we make use of cheap answers, their supplies are finite. The ingenuity of scientists researching globalwarming and alternative energy is infinite! While this guy from Des Moines may want to drill in Alaska and harm the wild habitat of fuzzy polar bears and frolicking caribou, many oppose such action. The Inuit people claim that globalwarming is a violation of their human rights. Even in Iowa, globalwarming may hurt important cash crops and the livelihoods of Iowans.
Thought processes like those displayed by this individual — who may or may not be a minority voice — is but one reason why Americans have such low stature in the world globalwarming awareness community. We must think beyond our pocketbooks, our SUVs, and our Wal-Marts and think of the good of humanity and our animal friends. The well-being of all is at the heart of globalwarming awareness2007.
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