Blogpost 9: Man’s Denial will cause his Own Extinction (Global Warming)

We have already known that global warming has been evidently occurring in the past years. Tons of researches were made to justify it. Thousands of documentaries in the TV show its adverse effects in animals, sea-life, plantation, and even on us humans. The degree to which it’s intensifying is seen in the recorded history of the whole world. But the sad truth about this is people are denying of its reality.

 Why would such people say this? In my research, I found out that the issue is seen more politically than it is catastrophically. In an article I've found entitled “Global Warming Conspiracy Theory” stated that “the science behind global warming has been invented or distorted for financial or ideological reasons.” It also identified the following motives of why global warming was formed to be the following:“·  "A desire on the part of the United Nations and its supporters to promote a system of world government or global governance. ·  A desire on the part of climate science researchers to attract financial support^.·  What Melanie Phillips described as "yet another variation of left-wing, anti-American, anti-west ideology which goes hand in hand with anti-globalisation." ·  A desire on the part of conservative political leaders including Margaret Thatcher, and Helmut Kohl to promote nuclear power while attracting the political support of Green groups
·  A desire on the part of leftwing political leaders to promote socialism.” 

In my reaction, even if these motives have a hint of reality, the global catastrophe is still unfolding each year we don’t do anything about it. In my quest to find out the truth, I manage to find some factual information regarding why people would even accuse the scientists and politicians proving climate change.

I’ve found out that on reading an article entitled “The Truth About Denial” by Sharon Begley which was released by Newsweek. The article talks about the issues regarding the whole denial of global warming and its impact to the global public. The arguments where all connected to the largest oil distributor in the world called ‘ExxonMobil’ which is stated that:“A conservative think tank long funded by ExxonMobil, she told Boxer, had offered scientists $10,000 to write articles undercutting the new report and the computer-based climate models it is based on.”
On top of these issues, lots of arguments against global warming were raised. Reading just a few of them already broke my heart. I don’t understand why powerful companies or people would even choose to deny the calamity and even influence people that it is all a hoax just for their own selfish reasons.


I for one, being a Filipino, have seen the horrible loss and suffering that climate change has done. The internationally named typhoon Haiyan just recently showed our nation and hopefully the whole world, what abusing nature could do. We have suffered so much as a nation, losing thousands of lives and money.\

If this is what climate change can do even if it is just starting on its phase, nobody could imagine what devastation it would bring upon the earth if it would continue. All those catastrophes it would unleash just because men denied of its reality for selfish gain.