HOW THE LEFT USES FEAR AND DECEPTION
TO A
A Look At Some Facts by
Gary Ray Branscome
branscome.org
Evil men and seducers will grow worse and worse,
deceiving, and being deceived (2Timothy
There are many issues that are being
used by the left to advance its agenda, and the goal of the left is always more
laws and regulations, and less individual freedom. Take the right to keep and
bear arms for example. In a free country, the government does not give the
people the right to keep and bear arms, the people have that right because they
are free. It is the people who give the government permission to keep and bear
arms in their defense. In contrast, every dictatorship wants to disarm the
people, because they want to control and dominate the people, not serve them.
Currently, concern for the environment
is being used by the left to promote their agenda, and the purpose of this
essay is to take a common-sense look at what is being said about carbon
dioxide.
Some years ago there was a lot of talk
about toxic emissions, and the dangerous chemicals being released into the
atmosphere by internal combustions engines. However, you may have noticed that
all of that talk seems to have been replaced by concern over carbon dioxide as
a green-house gas. Some explain that change by claiming that the big oil
companies bought off the environmentalists, but I have no way of knowing if
that is true, or even partly true. What I want to address are some facts about
carbon dioxide that are being ignored.
The Carbon Cycle
First of all, all life on earth
depends on carbon dioxide! If you have had even high school level biology, you
should know about the carbon cycle. In short, plants, through the process of
photosynthesis combine the carbon from carbon dioxide with hydrogen from water
to form hydrocarbons in the form of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Then, as
some animals eat those plants (or other animals that have eaten them) those
hydrocarbons are incorporated into the animal tissues, making growth possible.
Then, after a plant or animal dies, the process of decay releases that carbon
dioxide back into the atmosphere, where the cycle begins again as that carbon
dioxide is absorbed by plants.
Once this is understood, you need to
realize that even though all life depends on carbon dioxide there is almost no
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. I am sure that someone could cite the number
of cubic feet of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and to the average person
that would seem like a lot. But what you need to realize is that carbon dioxide
makes up only between three and four one-hundredths of one percent of our atmosphere.
There is more argon in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide! And, that raises one
important question. What has happened to all of the carbon dioxide?
Well the answer to that question is
simple. The plants have absorbed almost all of the carbon dioxide in our
atmosphere. At present, they are starved for carbon dioxide. Experiments in
which plants are grown in a carbon dioxide rich atmosphere reveal that if there
was more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere plants would grow faster and larger,
producing higher yields and bigger crops. That means that if the amount of
carbon dioxide increases, it will not take long for the plants to absorb much
of it.
Greening the Deserts
Another overlooked fact is that plants
absorb carbon dioxide through pores in their leaves. When the amount of
available carbon dioxide is low, they have to open more pores in order to get
enough. However, opening more pores allows more water to escape, and as a
result the plants need more water to survive. In short, if they had more carbon
dioxide they would need less water, and could survive in places that are
presently too arid to support much plant life.
The Fossil Record
Because all of the so-called fossil
fuels that we find in the earth are the remains of plants that were buried by
the flood, all of the carbon that they contain originally came from the
atmosphere. That means that before the flood the amount of carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere would have been higher. And, that is why all evidence points to
the fact that the world was full of vegetation at that time. The plants grew
much bigger, and everything was very lush. In short the environment was more
favorable to life then than it is now, and God created the world with a carbon
dioxide rich atmosphere.
How the Atmosphere is Being Depleted
Another factor that needs to be
considered is that almost every building in the world contains wood. And as the
population grows more and more buildings are needed. I my area buildings are
going up everywhere. And, all of the wood used in those buildings, that would
otherwise decay and release its carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere, is
being removed from the carbon cycle (perhaps for centuries) thus further
depleting our atmosphere of carbon dioxide. In order to feed a growing population,
that carbon dioxide needs to be replaced.
Conclusion
I know of one scientist who believes
in “global warming” yet lost her job because she dared to say that the little bit
of warming taking place is nothing to worry about. That raises a question. Why
do leftists become infuriated whenever anyone disagrees with them? Personally,
I believe that they react that way because one aspect of the satanic mentality
is the desire to control, dominate and manipulate other people. There is no
room in their worldview for any idea that would stand in the way of their drive
to world despotism. And they are not about to tolerate any opinion that gets in
their way. That is why they are continually pushing for legislation aimed at
forcing their views on others, And, that is why they see more laws (each of
which takes away some freedom) as the solution to every problem.
Let us always remember that those who
will not be governed by God will be governed by tyrants.
The book, “An Evangelical Orthodox
Guide to Christian Theology,” is available from Christian News.