Global Warming is a Symptom of Atmospheric Pollution
Let’s put Global warming into perspective. Sure the earth has warmed and cooled in the past due to variations in intensity of heat from the sun.
Now we have added atmospheric pollution! We have changed the chemical composition of the earth’s atmosphere. There is now an insulating layer of polluted atmosphere that lets the sun’s rays in but lets less than normal of the reflected rays out.
Pouring excess CO2, Methane, NOX and other gases into the air is pollution and this is putting our children and grand children’s future at risk. We ignore it at THEIR peril.
OK so it means we need to make some changes now. Many of these will actually save us money once we get our head around them and decide that change is ok. If we don’t we risk major economic effects (see Stern Report), political instability and increasing unpredictable weather patterns.
In the diagram, the arrows on the left indicate the situation before we started to seriously pollute our atmosphere and the right hand side shows the greenhouse effect.
I know I seem to keep banging on about this subject but I deeply care about the future for my grandchildren and all their friends. I guess that this is a major motivation for my business. I have two major passions - my deep love of the natural world and my understanding of the way systems help businesses to run more profitably and provide business owners with a less stressful lifestyle.
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