Cold in this Warming
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My local newspaper is trying to scare me: Too late to save Canada’s Arctic? The question mark doesn’t really matter, nobody will remember it after ten minutes - but the text will stick. Subtitle: Global warming damage can’t be reversed: study.
I never really could believe this man inflicted global craziness. Having extensive education in ancient Greek tragedies the first thing that always came to mind reading about “humans destroying the Earth” - was hubris (â??â?²Î¥Î²???ι???). Somehow it is so unreal to imagine that we can affect anything on a global scale.
Further in the article a scientist says “The time to act actually was a few decades ago“. Now, this struck me. Decades ago nobody talked about global warming. I am old enough to remember. Many of his colleagues believed we are heading toward a new ice age. Even today, a great many scientists think the climate change is a cyclical thing in the planet’s life and has nothing to do with human activity.
It happened that just days ago I finished reading Michael Crichton’s State of Fear.
Yes, I know it’s fiction: I have a degree in literature, so I know the difference between a fiction and non-fiction book. I checked out some of the sites listed in his Bibliography, but that’s not enough, I agree. I don’t even know if I would arrive to the same conclusions as he did. However, the mentality of the eco-fanatics and the way the politicized science works… is an everyday reality we can experience. That’s very real! Once a mental framework gets accepted as a dogma - anything coming outside of it will be considered by the “mainstream” as heretic, liar, sold.
It is interesting that any research results that would suggest the global warming is not caused by human activity is labelled as “bought by the industry multinationals” and similar garbage. Nobody ever mentions that the global warming studies are funded by international organizations (like UN) and other bodies that provide grants and research money with the explicit label “for global warming”. Would anybody dare to ask a grant for research to prove that the initial hypothesis is wrong? And if would, what are the chances to get one?
The Inuit are saying (at least according to scientists who are not Inuit) that the arctic ice is melting. They are probably right. It’s just that nobody remembers how it was before the previous ice age. And to be honest: nobody really knows though some “scientists” and tree-huggers pretend they do. Why should I believe them?
And don’t forget: while I am writing this, outside is minus 40C.
The first Ice Age had a combination of buddy bonding and a little bit of danger. Remember the Sabre pack constantly harassing Diego and pushing him to get the child? Since we werent sure what he would do we were all rooting for his bond with Manny and Sid to triumph. Less of that here.
In the sequel we are catching up with the trio in some sort of wildlife sanctuary in a valley lined with ice walls. Politics come on early with the mention of global warming leading to the impending melt and the ultimate collapse of the ice walls that hold back enormous amounts of water. So our friends and all the other animals embark on a trek to reach a boat (read giant log) at the far end of the valley in order to save them from the impending flood. Insert Biblical reference here.
As in the first movie, the antagonist here again is the weather. The secondary antagonist (keenly written in the first movie for the Sabre pride) has been reduced to a couple of characterless crocadilian-fish that seem to have a particular taste for migrating mammals. Decent concept, given the flood, but the movie gave them no teeth. I think this is the missing link to making this movie work. Too bad because overall its a pleasing way to spend an hour and a half. Mannies love interest subplot is ok. The concept of Ellie thinking that she is a possum and only realizing that she is in fact a mammoth after she stumbles across the place she was found by her possum mother and the subsequent flashback, makes you thinks that Mannys comment about Ellies …tree not going all the way to the top…, can be applied to the writers.
If nothing else Scrat is reason enough to go see this. He is no longer just an aside as in the first film as he actually gets into the plot here. Albeit, his role in the plot is an overly easy (and early) seque to the films resolution.
Kids will love it. Adults that liked the first one, will be dissapointed.
Just because you can’t imagine that human beings have a global impact doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
In fact there is lots of evidence that humans have impacted the intire planet in many ways already. For example, everywhere that humans have lived on the planet, the large mammals have been mostly killed off.
The research is clear, global warming is real and we need to act now!
That’s the problem: the research is not clear, actually. Please, do not confuse the truth with political advocacy. On your site you define yourself as an “activist” - and unfortunatley activists are not trustworthy when it comes about scientific truth.
What about the effects of Global Dimming.
Imagine if global dimming didnt occur what would our condition be.
I would insist that you sign the Global Warming Petition