Often times I have wondered about the validity of climate change. Thus, I am open to reading materials that advocate for or dispute climate change. My most recent ‘green read’ was Al Gore’s book, ‘Our Choice’ (in favor of climate change). Mr. Gore’s book illustrates where our energy comes from, where it goes, what is happening to our living systems, how we use energy and the obstacles that we need to overcome. I was thrilled about the contents of Mr. Gore’s book and thought I would share it with some friends. However, my friends were not so impressed with Mr. Gore’s assertions. They are of the view that global warming is not real, and that Mr. Gore cooked up the theory of global warming. This was not the first time that I was hearing about the fallacy of global warming.

In the past, I have heard stories that indicate that warmer winters would give farmers a longer harvest season, and might end the droughts in the Sahara Dessert (Stossel, 2007). In an ABC article, Harvard astrophysicist Sallie Baliunas said that, added CO2 in the atmosphere might actually benefit the world because more CO2 helps plants grow (Id). Several individuals think that people are making money off the idea of climate change. Like many others, they believe that advocating green and practicing green will just lead to loss of jobs and an economic disaster. They think that the green lifestyle is expensive and a way for companies to make money. On Nov 9th, Lou Dobb’s 4:22 p.m. Twitter update stated that: “Spain, with a jobless rate of almost 18%, calculates that 2.2 jobs are destroyed for every so-called "green job" created by govt. mandate” (Dobbs, 2009). Well, considering that I am no scientific expert, I do not dispute the anti-green stand. However, just in case global warming is indeed true, I am willing to try living a greener lifestyle.