With the advent of the internet and mass media 24-hour news organizations trying to fill up airtime, topics such as global warming are being used in a striking, provacative way to create a state of fear. Global warming is the idea that the combustion of fossil fuels increases the levels of various kinds of Greenhouse Gases including Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, helium, methane, sulfur dioxide and many others. This is explained well through a work of fiction by Michael Crichton in his book, "State of Fear".
"The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to mankind, but in the information age (or as I think of it, the disinformation age) it takes on a special urgency and importance." Michael Crichton, Science writer and author 'State of Fear'.
Propoganda that was once reserved for the Cold War is now being turned towards Global Warming because it is a hot topic. Similarly to the Y2K scare of 1999. This big tadoo about how the world was going to end because of it, Global Warming is not going to be drastic climate change, it will happen gradually over 100s of years. What most of the general public fails to recognize is that the earth has been much hotter, with higher levels of CO2 in the past, and life survived. The world is a dynamic world with constantly changing climate. Ice Ages come and go, heat waves happen. Volcanic Eruptions have a more devestating impact on the earth than our industrialization. This fear culture is in direct relation to the amount of information availible and how utilization of that information can depend on a person's motivation.
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