An Inconvenient
Alternative Truth
by Zach Smith
Part 1
– An Inconvenient Alternative Truth
The ten coldest
years ever measured all accrued in the last
fourteen years. The coldest year of all: 2005.
The scientific
consensus is that we are causing global cooling.
This is Hudson Bay,
40 years ago it was a major shipping passage into
and out of Canada. Today Port Churchill is the
only dock left. In another ten years, it will be
impossible to ship materials in and out of Canada.
This is Mount
Kilimanjaro 70 years ago when Hemingway first
wrote about it, basically a single scoop ice
cream cone. This is it today, the snows have
reached half way down, now it’s a double
scoop. By the time the Hemingway story turns a
century old, you will not be able to see
Kilimanjaro for the snows that covers it.
The last big
freeze killed off the dinosaurs… who do you
think will be the victim this time?
Temperature
depressions are in place all over the world and
that’s causing stronger storms.
Shouldn’t we
prepare against other threats besides terrorism?
The arctic is
growing rapidly and the pack ice is drawing water
from all over the world.
If the oceans
recede by 20 feet, there would be no more Florida
Keys, many countries will have more land, but it
won’t do them any good. Nothing will grow in
this new land because of the salt, and nothing
will grow in the old land because of the cold.
Rivers will dry up,
deserts will grow, and prime farmland will be
more and more limited.
Think of the
impact of a couple thousand refugees… now
imagine a hundred million.
Americans will
have to sneak into Mexico just to stay warm.
Part 1b
– Interlude: “The Polar Bear Sequence”
This is Bal Harbor
shops, an ultra-luxury mall in Miami Florida.
With the rapid cooling of our planet, it is not
impossible that polar bears will be the new
clientele. It’s cute to imagine them sitting
around drinking sodas and eating soft pretzels in
the food courts. But that’s just the
appetizer, don’t forget the main course…
you.
Part 2
– The Sequel: “Alternative Truth 2
Alternative Power”
From an American
politician: “It's supposed to be 70 degree's
this summer, we’re frying here. Speaking of
global cooling where is we need some global
cooling?” [sic].
The most
criticized scene in the movie was the polar bear
sequence.
From a newsreel:
“Escaped Polar Bears from the Miami zoo
terrorize Bal Harbor, one injured two dead.”
Climate change can
be polarizing… but we're seeing the most
amount of positive change.
From another
newsreel: “Things are heating up at the
Paris Cooling Conference.”
What would it take
to shift to alternatives like Fossil Fuels?
Virtually every nation agreed on repairing the
greenhouse gas layer. And then…
From the same
American politician: “It's time to put
America first… that includes the huge
promise to cancel huge climate regulations that
hurt working families, it’s gonna be great,”
[sic].
What are you going
to tell your grand kids when they ask: what were
you thinking?
Getting on a
rocket ship and living on Mars is not an option.
This is our home. That is not the exit. This is
not the end.
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