‘A sad fact of life’
To the Editor:
After reading the letter from the students on climate change [11/29 issue], I believe an alternative view is in order. When I was a child, we were told we were in the middle of a mini ice age and that Africanized bees were going to kill us. That didn’t happen, but what did was that the production of CFCs made a hole in our ozone layer, and we saw rising global temperatures. Then the Montreal Protocol of 1987 put an end to CFC production, and the temperature stabilized. Now we are seeing countries such as China and India producing CFCs, and ozone depletion is a problem once again. Volcanoes also deplete ozone, and we saw global temperature rise after an Iceland volcano erupted from August 2014 through February 2015. The real driver of climate temperatures is the sun. Carbon dioxide levels have nothing to do with rising temperatures, and we cannot control solar fluctuations of the sun.
On a positive note, I am a proponent of cleaner energy and building more energy-efficient and durable buildings within reasonable financial metrics. If you want to be helpful, speak out about the insanity of building on barrier islands and along any body of water prone to flooding.
The idea we need to reduce carbon dioxide is a lie perpetuated by globalists who are looking to establish a one-world government. Government is best kept as local as possible to ensure the most freedom and liberty. We have seven billion people on this planet and the number is growing. Eventually, billions of humans will be wiped out by natural disasters caused by global warming. This is a sad fact of life. Get over it, you cannot save everyone. Live the best life you can and enjoy your time.
Jim Riviello
Swarthmore
