CHANGING SEASONS = CHANGING CLIMATE?

Changing seasons were more of a mystery when human intelligence gathered and agreed that the sun and stars all moved around the earth.

Back then we were the center of the universe.

Man, those were the good old days.

Or were they?

Nevertheless, some still believe the universe revolves around them. According to a 2012 survey conducted by the National Science Foundation of 2,200 people in the United States, when asked “does the Earth go around the sun, or does the sun go around Earth?” a quarter answered incorrectly. 

2012 or 1012?

Old Science To The Rescue

We’ve come a long way from the old days haven’t we?

When is the last time your doctor prescribed a sack of leeches for your major complaint?

Or drained a pint of blood just for the health of it?

I can’t remember the last ‘witch burning’ on television.

Yes, we’ve come a long way with understanding changing seasons since 2012.

Now only a fifth of the people asked about the solar system stick with the Greeks?

That’s not good, but it’s progress.

But really, who in the wide world of ‘Don’t tell me what to do’ has missed the results of modern science?

Modern Science

This picture probably doesn’t help with all of the satellites looking like stars orbiting the earth.

Gravity works like that.

This would be a tougher pull:

Let’s blame baby boomers for their nutty beliefs like living in a world with clean air and clean water.

Laughable, isn’t it? What is it with those old hippies?

But there is another cohort of kooks rising: Millennials.

“Just 66 percent of millennials firmly believe that the Earth is round,” read the summary from the pollster YouGov. Kids today, right? But it’s not only curmudgeons eager to complain about the younger generation who ought to find the survey of interest. For despite the recent prominence of flat-earthery among musicians and athletes, YouGov’s survey seems to have been the first systematic attempt to assess the American population’s views on the shape of the Earth.

Firmly Believing In Changing Seasons

Pete Buttigieg was forced to correct a Republican congressman when he attempted to make a climate change joke during a House Transportation and Infrastructure committee hearing on Wednesday 20 September.

During the discussion, Mr. Buttigieg told Doug LaMalfa: “Climate change is real, and we’ve got to do something about it.”

“Yeah, this one’s called autumn,” the California Republican said. 

He then repeated his claim, saying “This climate change right now is called autumn”. 

“That’s the seasons changing, which, respectably, is not the same thing as the climate changing,” Mr. Buttigieg replied.

In review, the earth is not flat, is not the center of the universe, and climate change skeptics ought to be ashamed of themselves for publicly ignoring what looks like a one-season future.

But we need to understand what motivates intentional misunderstanding.

Politicians play to their constituents, their voters, the people they represent in a representative government.

If you want the job you need the votes. If you want the votes you need to be one with ‘The People.’

Not their teacher, not their momma, but someone working for their trust.

Trustworthy Blogger For Changing Seasons?

From the wiki biography of Doug LaMalfa:

LaMalfa has said, “The climate of the globe has been fluctuating since God created it”, and that the Book of Genesis disproves the scientific consensus on climate change, which he has called “bad science”

I also refer to the Book of Genesis when I write about baseball:

“In the big inning . . .”

But that’s bad sports writing and I’ve got more respect for sports writing than Rep LaMalfa has for opinions on climate change.

Besides, the guy is a California rice farmer, fourth generation, who commutes from home to D.C. every week. F### that climate change bullshit, right boss?

What makes me a trustworthy blogger? Is it because I’m not a sensationalist dipping my pen into the daily ‘Hot Take.’

Or not writing posts loaded with essential Key Words?

Call me old fashioned, but I do it from a different place, a place of need.

Not my need, but yours.

“Oh sure blogger Dave, like you know anyone’s needs.”

The Need To Know

Meet Barry Rodgers, the inspiration behind Foundation For The Future.

You’ve probably met people like Barry Rodgers, but I doubt it.

He could be called a Renaissance Man, but why cut him short.

Although a larger than life figure, he’s a down-to-earth man seeking solutions instead of pointing out faults and assigning blame. 

With an impeccable sense of timing Mr. Rodgers launched his online presence the same time Prince William announced finalists for Earthshot 2023.

Foundation For The Future arrives in a busy week that includes President Biden’s launch of American Climate Corps.

If you hang out with five smart people, you might be the sixth.

The same with five successful people in their lives. Hang with them and you might be the sixth.

In the same vein, time spent with the Rodgers’ feels too short.

I’ve had the same feeling with other people over the years. They’re called ‘Friends.’

Now we’re online friends as well.

I like friends who know things I want to know more about.

His work will appear on boomerpdx so we can know more together.

This is the learning part of life and no one is too old for that.

Just ask Rep LaMalfa.