The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for February 06, 2010
February 05, 2010
February 07, 2010
Transcript:
Huey: I can't help but think about Al Gore, our "President in Exile" during this Independence Day weekend. Caesar: I wonder what he's up to. Huey: Eh...who cares. Caesar: Man, he went out like a punk...
Lessee; humans inhale O2, exhale CO2. Trees and other green plants, on the other hand, inhale CO2, exhale O2 (they transpire) and a bit of water vapor (depending on species and soil moisture). Mother Nature’s Air Conditioner; sit under a tree in summer, and enjoy it.
That may be a clue that we are parts of the same organism.
Now, if you chop down and burn the trees to graze cattle for burgers (as happens in the Amazon rain forest lately), there’s an imbalance. Oh, and don’t forget the methane from the cattle flatulence, even worse than CO2 for blocking IR.
Whether you call it ‘global warming’ or ‘climate change’ or something else, it’s all about adding more net energy to the heat engine we call ‘climate’, and the result is that our weather gets weirder. Noticed lately? Hurricanes (moderated some this year by El Nino), huge snowstorms, droughts…
Yes, it’s really a problem, and if we don’t get a handle on it very soon, it’s likely to be lots worse.