The Greatest Government Scam

Those I've encountered who are claiming we all need to do our individual part to save the planet from the ravages of carbon deposits into the atmosphere by our modern indulgences have never been able to explain to me the point I counter to them about mother natures contribution. When I ask them, "So, how do we deal with what Gaia is doing to contribute to this problem?" they look at me like I have two heads with antenna. When they reply by asking what I mean by that question, I ask them how much they know about geological facts of the planet. They usually give me a blank stare because they never really paid attention to the basic science facts which they were taught in middle school. I then proceed to explain how volcanic action around the globe has done more to contribute to polluting the atmosphere than anything we could ever do the mitigate our human impact. This is when they just either walk away, or go into an emotion rant to call me every nasty label they can think of because I've pulled the proverbial rug from underneath their whole paradigm.

Here's a story which makes my point well:

Ian Rutherford Plimer is an Australian  geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the  University of Melbourne, professor of mining geology at the  University of Adelaide, and the  director of multiple mineral exploration and mining companies. He's  published 130 scientific papers, six books and edited the Encyclopedia of  Geology.
    Born: 12 February 1946 
     Residence:  Australia
     Nationality: Australian
     Fields: Earth Science, Geology, Mining  Engineering
     Institutions: University of New England,  University of Newcastle,  University of Melbourne,  University of Adelaide
     Alma mater:  University of New South Wales, Macquarie University
     Thesis: "The pipe deposits of  tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth in eastern  Australia" (1976)
    Notable Awards: Eureka  Prize (1995, 2002), Centenary Medal (2003), Clarke  Medal (2004)
 
Where Does the  Carbon Dioxide Really Come From?
PLIMER:  "Okay, here's the bombshell. The 2010 volcanic eruption in  Iceland. Since its  first spewing of volcanic ash had, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE  EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO2 emissions on our  planet - all of you.
 
Of course, you know  about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to suppress that  vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live and grow and to  synthesize into oxygen for us humans and all animal life.
 
I know....it's very  disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have  accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up till midnight to finish your  kids "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a  brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat,  vacationing at home instead of abroad, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your 50p  light bulbs with £5 light bulbs .....  well, all of those things you have done has all gone down the tubes in during the 2010 eruption in just four days.
 
The volcanic ash  emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - yes, FOUR DAYS - by  that volcano in Iceland has totally erased every single effort you have made  to reduce the evil beast, carbon.  And there are around 200 active  volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud at any one time - EVERY  DAY.
 
I don't really want  to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention that when the  volcano  Mt.  Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it spewed out more greenhouse  gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in all its  years on earth.
 Yes, folks, Mt.  Pinatubo was active for over one year - think about it!!!!
 
Of course, I  shouldn't spoil this 'touchy-feely tree-hugging' moment and mention the effect  of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year global heating  and cooling cycle, which keeps happening despite our completely insignificant  efforts to affect climate change.
 
And I do wish I had  a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud, but the fact of the matter is that  the bush fire season across the western USA and  Australia this year alone will  negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two to three  years. And it happens every year. Just remember that  your government imposed a whopping carbon tax on you, on the  basis of the bogus 'human-caused' climate-change scenario.
 
Hey, isn't it  interesting how they don't mention 'Global Warming' anymore, but just 'Climate  Change' - you know why? It's because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 degrees in the past few years and these global warming bull artists got caught with their pants down.
 
And, just keep in  mind that you might yet have an Emissions Trading Scheme - that whopping tax - imposed on you that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you  poorer.  It won't stop any volcanoes from erupting, that's for  sure.