Here is a recent quote I found published by Ohio State University that I found interesting:
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Global warming is a natural geological process that could begin to reverse itself within 10 to 20 years, predicts an Ohio State University researcher. The researcher suggests that atmospheric carbon dioxide -- often thought of as a key "greenhouse gas" -- is not the cause of global warming. The opposite is most likely to be true, according to Robert Essenhigh, E.G. Bailey Professor of Energy Conservation in Ohio State's Department of Mechanical Engineering. It is the rising global temperatures that are naturally increasing the levels of carbon dioxide, not the other way around, he says.
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Now, along with most people my age, I grew up hearing horror stories about Global Warming and pollution. Recycling was still very new when I was young and there weren't any of these products that you could find that had been made out of recycled material yet. There were only a few drop off points where you could bring your recycled materials, and there were no laws in place to encourage recycling.
Most people seem to argue that Global Warming can be combatted only through recycling and lowering pollution levels. But is this the case? If you look at history through a meteorologist's eyes, there has always been a cycle; bad weather, off wind patterns, hard-hitting hurricanes followed by years or even decades of mild weather, normal wind patterns, and not so hard-hitting hurricanes.
So, is it a cycle, or are we doing it? I am leaning towards the cycle, but I maintain that we aren't helping very much. Our pollution and over-usage of resources are speeding up the process, but over all I believe that Global Warming will occur whether we recycle or not.
It's now just a matter of when.
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