Premise
We believe:
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Global Warming is a natural phenomenon,
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That Global Warming is a zero sum game, with a non negative impact if you
consider the whole globe,
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Global Warming is a political issue being used by opponents to retain their
power and influence.
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Minnesota and her citizens stands to gain locally
Basis of Belief
Global Warming is a natural phenomenon
Nature has a way of adapting and adjusting to changes. If the deer
population drops, there is less food for the wolves. If the wolf
population drops, the deer population grows and increases the food for
the wolves - thus restoring the wolf population.
In general, nature retains balance by continually adjusting the scales
to compensate for changing parameters. All the scientific evidence
implies that the earth is adjusting well to higher levels of CO2.
The environmental changes appear to reducing the CO2 levels.
The environment is working correctly. The fact that mankind
is having difficulties adapting shows a shortcoming in mankind - not the
global environment.
By the way, it is quite arrogant of human beings to assume the world
is here to support them. Many populations have become extinct to
maintain the global balance. If humans are the cause of global warming,
maybe the global judgment of extinction is justified.
Global Warming is a zero sum game, with a non negative impact at a global
perspective
The global environment is a balancing act of many (not just 2 like many
environmentalist want you to believe) elements. Many folk who are
trying to excite the population like to simplify the problem. They
would like you to believe we can impact the balance. We can impact
the parameters, but the balance is out of our hands.
Human ignorance allows us to jump to simple solution for complex problems.
War. Famine. Poverty. Global Warming.
The best science we can produce has shown us how little we understand
our planet and its means of survival. It has survived for a long
time - with or without us. It is our self-serving attitudes that
believe the world is dying because we are inconvenienced.
Global Warming is a political issue being used by opponents to retain their
power and influence
This has turned into a typical struggle between the "haves" and the "have-nots".
There is a natural shifting of power occurring. Those that have benefited
from the status quo are now seeing their political and economic influence
slipping between their fingers. Worse yet, the power is going into
the hands of the people that traditionally been oppressed.
Take for example climate change on agriculture. Northern, colder
climates are sick and tired of being limited to eating turnips, potatoes,
and other hardy (but less than appetizing) foods. As such, the southern
climates have been able to export food at significant profits to themselves
and increasing dependence of the northerners. In sociological terms,
they are creating a dysfunctional relationship, where the dominant player
is rewarded and the dependent player is just surviving.
Now that the assumptions of climate are changing and causing the predatory
"warmer" climates to adapt - they cry "foul". They are being forced
to spend their money on survival aspects rather than on their precious
luxury items. The only true question is if the newer powers will
be allowed to expand their influence, or the governance will abdicate their
trusted duties and and act like malignant situations as apartide in South
Africa or Britain's empirical subjugation of its colonies.
In the end, liberty and justice for all will prevail. The question
is the price for the liberty and justice in terms of economic ruin and
even spillage of blood .
Minnesota and her citizens stands to gain locally
If the climate does get warmer (which is questionable), we in Minnesota
stand to gain. It is freaking cold up here in the tundra. Our
neighbors to the north (Canada, etc. for you geographically challenged)
even have it worse, but we will limit our focus to the citizens of Minnesota,
USA.
Some of the advantages are:
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Warmer Winters
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Shorter Winters (in terms of temperature - we will be looking into adjusting
the tilt of the globe to provide more light too)
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Longer agricultural growing season
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Hotter summers (there is some debate whether this is truly a benefit, but
if Brazil will export more bikinis up here, we believe the hot beaches
of Rio could soon be the hot beaches of Minnesota. In this case,
hot could be good.)
Some of the disadvantages are:
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Shorter ice fishing seasons
In the end, it seems like the positive aspects far outweigh the negative
aspects. We believe that Minnesota should embrace global warming
and fight the oppressive powers that are trying to prevent of the new age.
Action
Fund raising
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Selling tee-shirts that focus on the benefits of global warming, and make
the pro global warming feeling more visible
More to to be announced at a later date.
For more Information
We denounce the beliefs and actions of the International
Brethren for Promotion of Global Warming (IBPGW). The premise that
the global balance can be raised for everyone's benefit are the ranting
of a people that still believe in perpetual motion machines and that anything
good can come from Washington DC. Their arguments are unsupported
by any test of logic or science. A pox on them and their children.
More information to be announced in the future.