I have mixed feeling about global warming. First of all, does it really exist and secondly is it really such a bad thing?

Does it really exist? I hear that the North Pole is thawing yet I hear that the South Pole has a record deep ice cap. And I hear that the Everglades are drying up. If the North Pole is thawing, it must be that the water is all going to the South Pole because it sure isn’t going into the Everglades.

Furthermore, there seems to be disagreement in the scientific community as to the existence of global warming as well as the cause of it. Some scientists claim that it is caused by fossil fuel while other claim it is caused by meteorite damage high in the atmosphere.

But more to the point, the founder of the Weather Channel claims that global warming is a hoax. And since he is a renowned meteorologist, his views are worth consideration.

When I was growing up, it was not uncommon to have a week of 100+ degree temperatures in the summer. And it seemed like this occurred every summer. Yet, I can’t remember the last time the temperature hit 100 degrees. And granted, it has been warm lately but not 100 degrees.

And, I can remember how cold it got last winter with the temperatures in the -20s. Where is that global warming when you need it?

But, if global warming exists, is it a bad thing? The scientist who first wrote about global warming thought that it was a good thing. He envisioned the whole world becoming a tropical paradise.

Furthermore, he believed that the earth had experienced some sort of global cooling a thousand years ago. He cites the fact that the Vikings used to graze cattle on Greenland around 1000 AD. We certainly can’t do that today.

Well, if nothing else, global warming is providing the scientific community with funds for research even if it is bogus.