October 1, 2021
This year is trending to have more named tropical storms and hurricanes than 2020 or 2005. Signs of global warming the scientists say and we agree.
The science cannot be denied now. Not since the last 2021 United Nations Climate report laid out as best they can as to why we are having global warming and how it has changed over the last 100 years or so. Human activities are “unequivocally” causing climate change, said the UN in early August.
The world will most likely hit the 1.5C warming limit within 20 years and what that means is that not only will the world be warmer, but permanently warmer and it will be too late to turn it back. Scientists have also said that we should expect more droughts over the next 20 years too- How paradoxical and ironic is that to be suffering from torrential hurricanes and droughts at the same time? God is not playing with us this time around.
Everyone remembers what hurricane Irma did to Antigua and Dominica in 2017. Leaving them as if a nuclear bomb had struck the islands. I can still see the devastation fresh in my mind-sight as I type this. Let us also not forget Hurricane Dorian that flattened the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in 2019- which was the strongest hurricane to hit The Bahamas on record and tied for the strongest in the Atlantic basin overall.
We have not been good stewards of his planet and even worse to his animals and wildlife. I do see an effort to change, however. As electric cars are quickly becoming the rave, cutting down on CO2 emissions and saving the atmosphere some wear and tear.
I also see some movement by even some of the large oil companies to diversify their energy portfolio into green technology. Thank goodness.
I would spend an extra .05c a kilowatt hour if it means keeping the earth clean and cool.
I don’t think it is too late for more people in authority to get involved, we can still salvage what’s left of this earth even though many of them are trying to leave to set up shop on other planets. **cough, cough**- Elon Musk and Sir Richard Brant- *cough, cough**
Be that as it may we have to wrap our minds around climate change and believe the science. The UN report is still out there with dozens of write-ups breaking it down in basic language for you to understand.