Economy

The global warming debate had me thinking the other day. Global warming means different things to different people, and it depends on which filter you are looking through as to how your opinion falls. To a lot of people, the science is already done, there's no doubt about it, global warming exists, it's being caused by our vehicles, and there's no stopping it without government intervention. To others, the planet might be warming, but the cause and the implications are still considered in the realm of theory and speculation.

Personally, I'm in the crowd that thinks that global warming due to greenhouse gases and it's implications are still theory. I don't deny that it's possible, however I still think that it's entirely possible to be de-bunked in the future. I'm not writing this to talk about the science of the matter because there are a lot of conflicting theories out there. I'm mainly interested in exposing some of the political implications of the concept of global warming. Don't misunderstand me as ignoring the scientific data, as I believe that science, done properly, will inevitably find the truth in this whole matter.