Every time there is a major volcanic eruption on the planet, more pollutants are thrown into the upper atmosphere in a day than all the fossil fuel emissions since the discovery that coal burns, prior to the industrial revolution.  Yes, both have an effect on the climate, but which one do you think is greater?

Climate alarmists like Swedish high school dropout Greta Thunberg can stand on an outdoor stage at a massive “Climate Change” rally and rant about how we must totally eliminate the use of fossil fuels or we’ll all be under water in a few years.  What she doesn’t mention is that the power for the lights and public address system comes from a massive diesel powered generator backstage.

In truth, the whole climate change issue is like an elaborate game of “Wack-a-Mole” at the county fair.  In the 1970’s and 80’s the big fear was that we were about to enter a new Ice Age because of global cooling, induced by a hole in the protective Ozone Layer, and  caused by the propellants in women’s hair spray.  When that was debunked they moved on to fluorocarbons in refrigerators, freezers and air-conditioners.

Next, professors at a small college in Britain came up with the theory of “Global Warming” to justify the continuance of their grant to study the supposed phenomena.  Initially the scientific community jumped on like lemmings, and there was said to be a “consensus” among scientists that it was actually happening.  However, as actual data was examined dispassionately, it became obvious that the planet wasn’t warming at a rapid rate at all.  Back to the drawing board.

The next concept was “Climate Change”!  No one could dismiss that, since it is obvious that the climate has changed drastically many times over since the planet was formed.  Seas have risen and fallen, and portions of the planet have either been under thousands of feet of ice or covered with lush tropical vegetation.  All this occurring tens of millennia prior to the use of fossil fuels by humans.

So, now pushed by radical leftists and alarmist college professors, aided and abetted by corporations eager to sell expensive but inefficient wind turbines and solar panels, we are told that we must convert to a “Green” economy.  Otherwise, we will destroy all life on the planet.  No more generation of electricity by power plants fueled by fossil fuels.  No more private vehicles unless they are battery powered, and definitely no more consumption of beef.  That is a source of protein derived from multi-stomached animals, prone to a great deal of flatulence, as they digest grass and grain, through the process of rumination.

“Learn to live with less” shout leftist elites like Al Gore, who live in multiple mansions and travel between them on mega-polluting private jets, at least on a seat mile basis.  Those rules are for thee, not me.  Meanwhile, proponents of the “Green New Deal”, like former president Barack Obama, build multi-million dollar seaside estates on Martha’s Vineyard and Oahu, Hawaii.  Wouldn’t those be under water in a few years if their theories are valid?

So, I have decided to rebel against Greta, Obama, AOC et al.  I will continue to fill up my SUV with gasoline as long as I can afford to.  I will keep my thermostat at 72 degrees winter and summer.  Finally, I will continue to eat beef, in the form of hamburgers, because I can no longer afford Filet Mignon.

Cow farts be damned!