I know this will get a bunch of people all fired up but to be completely honest I have never really bought into the theory of global warming. Does this mean I don’t think we should be trying to be less dependent on oil? Not at all. Does it mean I don’t believe we should be working overtime to develop a more economical means of transportation and one that pollutes less? Of course not.

Granted I am only in my fifties, but even though I grew up on a ranch along the southwestern coast of Oregon where it seems to rain most of the year when compared to other states, having a good understanding of weather patterns was simply a part of life. It was not uncommon for me as a boy to hear old-timers talk of droughts as well as stories that took the opposite approach like, “I remember the year when it rained for 6 weeks straight.” and so on. Over the last 40 years I can remember major weather changes and yes even ones that affected the ice packs, the rise of the tides on our beaches, adverse effects on crops, timber and even wildlife. While some years were worse than others and with all the talk of global warming I am always alarmed how so many could forget about events that have happened as recently as the last 100 years that were far worse than anything than those who defend the theory of global warming would have you believe. For example, during the 30’s Americans and Canadians suffered what was known as “The Dust Bowl.” One of my favorite writers was John Steinbeck who wrote “The Grapes Of Wrath”. While Steinbeck’s work was just a story based on some facts, in fact the Great Dust Bowl was a reality based on many facts, a reality that drove many from their homes and destroyed lifes and furthermore affected the lives of countless others as a result.
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