Climate change is inevitable; just look at the history of the planet. However, the cause of those changes were most likely never rested in the hands of a single species before now. Especially not one that is supposed the be the most intelligent on the planet - as far as we know...
Anyway, blame it on the politicians,
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It's hard not to feel sympathy for Kansas' plight. The irony, of course, is that this state - and many of the other states which will be getting up the closest and most personal with global warming - has dragged its heels the most over climate legislation.
Just last week Kansas Congressman Jerry Moran slammed a proposal to cap greenhouse gas emissions. "There is no more devastating piece of legislation for rural America, for the Midwest, for agriculture, for farmers and for small business than this piece of legislation at a time like this economy -- bar none," he ranted.
However, there are still people that claim that climate change is just a bunch of hot air, including the founder of the Weather Channel who filed a law suit against Gore's claims in "An Inconvenient Truth" back in 2008 claiming fraud:
In support there are, or were, those who said that reports of Antartica melting were hogwash in January '08:
However, a few months later (March '08), a 160 sq. mile chunk of Antarctica ice shelf broke off into the ocean:
Is global climate change real? Do you really want to wait around, maintain the status quo, and find out; or would you rather try to clean things up and make life better? What's the worst that could happen?
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