I do believe in responsible environmental stewardship, but global warming is another example of our American excesses.  Too many people believe that if an ounce of something is good then five pounds of the same must be eleventy times better.  If something is bad, we must eliminate every possible trace.

Everything we eat is fortified with Vitamin C.  All of our cleaning products are anti-bacterial.  Former industrial real estate must be cleaner than cosmic background radiation would allow. 

Global climate change is another battle of excess.  If pollution is bad, every bit of it must be erased from production and eventually the planet.

That has as much to do with the NIMBY crowd as anything.  Radiation is bad so any amount of radiation is dangerous.  It doesn't matter if it's hidden or contained or buried under a mountain in a desert nobody visits.  It's bad and must be shunned.

But, some things aren't that bad.  Carbon in the atmosphere is a good thing.  It means plants have a great source of nutrition.  It means greater crop yields.  It means healthier, more robust plants.  It means more plants.

Don't buy the hype.  Use your air conditioner, drive your car, barbecue some ribs.  Do what you can to contribute to atmospheric carbon.  The crops will thank you, and they will reward your pocketbook.

The climate won't care so much.  It has bigger things to worry about.

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