In reference to global warming, suddenly now referred to as climate change (and why was the name changed?), here’s what I know:

• Temperature records, based upon humans reading thermometers, dates all the way back to the 1850’s.
• The earth has been around significantly longer than that.
• At one time, dinosaurs roamed the earth.
• There have been several “ice ages” in the history of the earth, the latest glacial maximum being reached about 20,000 years ago.
• Since man has only been around a couple hundred thousand years, something other than the SUV must have been heating the earth, until something else cooled it again.

Humans, collectively, have a built-in arrogance that has led to countless mistaken assumptions and ultimately, policy, often leading to the near extinction of some of their own kind. See: location of the earth relative to the sun, shape of the earth, multiple Gods or a single God and what they “want us to do.” See also: The Spanish Inquisition, Holocaust, Northern Ireland, 911, Columbus Day, and the term “Indians.”

It’s not surprising that our innate arrogance leads us to believe that our presence on this planet has anything to do with how and when it wants to heat or cool itself; history and evidence be damned! Think of how many of us are in denial of the fact that humans are born omnivores. Hello? Nature? Yes, we were made to eat meat, to like it, and to have it be good for us. But I digress.

On the other hand, if the possession of such power and control were true, I say, Great! Bring back the dinosaurs while we’re at it! Obviously we have the power, and the dinosaur rights people would be happy, as long as we don’t endanger them by cooking them up and offering them to our diners! T-rex tartare? Awesome.

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   Ed Tait

   I love the concept of chefs with opinions….I particularly like them when their opinions match my own….Congratulations…! Ed [Reply]

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