A Great Imbalance Part 1

It doesn't take a genius to figure, that the world is troubled by a host of problems big and small. If there are such things as aliens, I bet these extraterrestrial beings would be drafting a neat plan to annihilate the troubled human race and start rebuilding this already wretched world if, and only if their intentions are noble.

One of the most troubling events that men has neglected for a long time is the implications of human activity on the weather. Take flooding for example, already about 100 000 people in Johor have been displaced due to severe floods which has consequently disrupted the livelihood of thousands, damaging property, delaying education and also the outbreak of diseases most commonly associated with massive floods. Though most would prefer to think of it as natural, so many thousands of people who had to resort to living in temporary makeshift shelters as a result of the most severe flood in a hundred years definitely isn't just a mere natural coincidence. In the minds of many, a natural occurrence is "safe" thinking. We all would not need to think why the weather is reacting in such a devastating manner, neither the politicians would have to spill more taxpayer's money to figure out how to reduce the damage cause by this unusual natural occurrence so to speak.

Until it comes to a point where the weather system is thrown into complete chaos, then only we would start working, by then it will be too late. So what about a 1 degree increase in temperature. So what if there's sudden increase in rainfall. The weather is not governed by a set of predefined rules. Most people would prefer to think that when the weather pattern changes, it's a once in a blue moon kind of thing until when nature strikes back on our procrastination.

The weather guys has said it all, the world has become warmer and no doubt with great confidence that it is due to human activity. Once upon a time, there was much doubt in this statement (minus the confidence) but that was history. Fast forward into the present, with substantial information and research, it is with great confidence that this statement has been reinforced with all the data collected and money spent over decades of research. There was a time not long ago, an issue like this was raised but swept aside due to more pressing issues like terrorism, the war on terrorism, Osama bin Laden and 9/11. With all the billions of dollars spent on it possibly trillions, Osama is still alive and well, terrorism lives on and the world is now an even more dangerous place thanks to the US led war on terror. When it was revealed that US was the major contributor to the greenhouse effect, they thought that the weather guys were trying to exaggerated, the facts are not right or they just wanted more attention so they downplayed the issue.

6 years had passed since 9/11 Osama bin Laden still walks around like a free men and the world continues to get warmer. This time there was compelling evidence that if we don't plan to safe our planet from heating up, floods will become more frequent, polar ice caps will melt and thus more low-lying cities like Shanghai will be swallowed up eventually. Imagine moving away a population of about 16 million at the last minute....It would be worst than the war on terror!! I seriously hope that President George Bush decides to make a shift from the war on terror to the salvation of Earth from a future weather disaster.