Science: I love science; and I admire the scientists whose integrity, work ethics and native talents have made this a better world. Any criticism of scientists found on this site should be considered in the context of the profound respect I have for my colleagues.
Global Warming: That said, I do have a grudge. Scientists love to impress each other: for most the goal is notoriety before wealth. This is a mixed blessing. For example, global warming may not be an easily understood environmental phenomenon, but without doubt it creates political heat. Because so much influence and prestige are at stake, political and even scientific battle lines have been drawn, and separate camps formed. The most conspicuous casualty of this tumult has been the rigorous culture of unfettered intellectual interchange, a foundation of scientific progress. For some it almost seems a tool for intellectual bullying, if not scientific bigotry?
The Solution: In this stifling atmosphere, I believe the basic points have been overlooked by almost everyone. To find the truth, look for the SIMPLY APPARENT. First; plant life is composed mostly of carbon dioxide and water. Second; at one point earth’s foliage was magnificently abundant; so abundant that it piled up too fast to be recycled, resulting in immense buried carbon deposits. Third, with reduced carbon dioxide available for photosynthesis, to say nothing of the water frozen at the poles, this planet became mostly barren. So what to do--dredge up the carbon; burn it back into the biosphere; hope the earth heats enough to melt polar ice; and reap a windfall of plant life. Imagine a rain forest in Saudi Arabia as it once was. Hunger would vanish even with a world population vastly exceeding the present. Energy sufficient for all our needs could be directly obtained by gleaning fallen foliage that otherwise would pile up again into carbon deposits.
Paradise: So, shield your eyes from the political fire, see the apparent, and realize that freeing carbon from its underground prison is the key to turning earth into the paradise many of us believe it is destined to become.
