POLL: Is climate change naturally happening or man-made?
A quarter million people made it to the city Sunday, marching to raise awareness of man’s contribution to climate change – and how we can alter our lifestyles to be friendlier to the planet.
Ironically enough, despite leaving in their wake a pile of garbage that was left to sanitation crews to clean.
But the overall question is whether or not you believe climate change is man-made or a naturally occuring phenominon occuring ever so often.
Can we place the responsibility for the ferocity of storms and harsh winters that have plagued us in the recent past on man-made climate change?
If so, then how to explain the beautiful summer weather with a dearth of 90 degree days and less humidity.
Or, for that matter, milder winters.
Among the throngs protesting were a host of concerned New Jerseyans like Bergen County activist and Tenafly resident Sean Joyce, a junior at Bard College, who said:
"I think the point of this is that we're at a critical moment in the history of environmental justice."
They were just a small part of a much larger group of people that included labor unions, scientists and people from New Jersey who have dealt with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
They carried signs that read "Cook Food — Not the Planet" and "Fish Can Swim — the Statue of Liberty Can't."
And the issue has become a political football, especially since the 2016 Presidential election is a little over 2 years away.
“When you have over 90 percent of the world’s scientists who have studied this, stating that climate change is occurring and that humans play a contributing role, it’s time to defer to the experts.”
Ask him that question now and you might hear crickets.
Here’s the deal:
What more could we do to meet the challenge of altering the earth’s climate? Some say “stop drilling,” but how much of an appetite is there to stop drilling for oil when we’ve become so dependent on the internal combustion engine - not to mention electricity to light our homes.
And how would affect commerce in this country – since so many goods travel by truck.
Could we impose sanctions on countries with newly emerging economies like China and India, who don’t have the same kind of restrictions that we do?
Or do we just let nature take its course.
Which if we do - as some suggest - could possibly see the Jersey Shore reaching Cranbury.
Do you believe climate change is man-made; or a naturally occcuring cycle?
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