Scientists are basically in agreement that humanity is responsible for the warming of the Earth. Our behaviors are dumping huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. From cattle farming to gas burning vehicles, we are the most significant contributor to increasing the greenhouse gases which raise the temperature of the earth. Humans put about 40 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually. Imagine a compressed cube of CO2 just sitting in front of you 2.2 miles wide on every side. Yeah, that is big and hard to imagine. You would think with information like this, the current President of the United States would say, "wow, we need more research to find out how to deal with this." But no no no, that isn't what is happening. Our president has appointed a climate science denier, Scott Pruitt, to head the EPA. The proposed budget cuts to the EPA will be $2.5 billion dollars. In addition, NASA's Earth science and education program budget is going to be cut $102 million dollars. The Earth sciences division monitors the climate of the Earth among other things. So instead of spearheading the climate change problem, the Trump administration is gutting any government agency or agency program that investigates climate change. The Trump Administration is choosing to ignore the problem. Common sense should tell Trump opponents and supporters alike, that this is a problematic strategy for our country and the world.
I had two family members who were very dear to me ignore symptoms of illness. They suffered, but they did n't go to the doctor to get these issues checked out. They just said, "I'll be alright." Things did not turn out alright. The symptoms became so bad that they had no choice but to go to the hospital. Turns out, they both had cancer. And do you know what they said after they got the diagnosis? They said, "I was afraid to find out what was causing the problem." One of them was told that the type of cancer he had was one of the most curable cancers there is. But they both waited too long. Had they gone to the Doctor when the symptoms first occurred, the would likely both still be alive now.
Ignoring symptoms doesn't heal anything. The result of ignoring the symptoms is premature death. The Earth is showing symptoms: losing state sized chunks of polar ice, sea level rises which are dislocating entire populations. Cutting funding to the EPA and NASA earth sciences isn't going to make things better. Cutting fuel efficiency standards for cars isn't going to make things better. We have a responsibility to our children, grand children, great and great great grand children to make sure the earth is still habitable for them. And addressing this responsibility will make jobs not take them. And the climate is not the only thing this president is treating with this ignorant behavior. HUD, Education and Medicaid are all on the funding chopping block. that means homelessness, sickness and education problems will be addressed by cuts to funding. It just doesn't make sense and it won't work. Write and call the white house. Write and call your senators. They need to know you are worried about the decisions of this administration. And they need to know, they won't be back for the term if they go along with the administration's assault on America and the world.
