Global Dimming/Warming 

In 1965, when I was an ufologist, hanging out in the ponderosa pines, watching the night skies. I had an occasion to meet a very strange man. That meeting was pivotal and dynamic concerning the choices I would make, and the priorities I would set for the rest of my life.

That man’s name will mean nothing to anyone, except his own descendants, and maybe one old friend who may still be kicking around (if he didn’t actually get ‘raptured’ like he said he would back in the ‘80s.); Hockenberry. We called him
”Mr. H.”

This man had an abundance of very strange information about various things like extra-terrestrials, other dimensional beings, and a definitive, graphic depiction of a possible future that now appears imminent.

In 1965 I first became aware of ‘global warming.’ I had a chart (made by Mr. H.) of the various stages of the icecap meltdown, and the final resulting 13 islands that are now the continental U.S. At the time such an idea was for the whacko’s and occult fanatics. I never found much of a willing audience for such a topic, and like anyone else I am not overly excited about ridicule, so for many years that information occupied the category of ‘interesting trivia’ in my mind library.

When the idea (of global warming) began to enter into the global discussion, I occasionally trotted out Mr. H’s info to compare with what was being ‘discovered’ about the ozone layer, fluoro carbons, and the general negative effect of pollution on our atmosphere. By the ‘80s Mr. H’s conclusions began to look uncannily accurate.

Last night I saw two documentaries on PBS. The first one was called “Global Dimming” which at first seems a little ‘tongue in cheek’ but turns out to be proven, notably by the event of 911 which by virtue of air traffic suspension gave some scientists an opportunity to measure the difference between the sunlight before 911, and the brief period when no planes were flying. According to them, the actual amount of sunlight has been reduced as much as 20% globally. Add to that the facts and evidence of global warming and it seems we have ourselves in a situation not unlike a ‘catch 22.’  It seems that while the ‘global dimming’ was going on because of particulates primarily generated by contrails, the ‘global warming’ was compensated somewhat. This means, that if we actually manage to stop ‘global dimming’ then ‘global warming’ will cause the oceans to rise close to 30 meters in the next 100 years.

The global warming has progressed so far, that it cannot be stopped, unless we stop now, and drastically reduce emissions from fossil fuels. Along with this is the certain knowledge that as long as air traffic continues at it’s present rate, global dimming will increase, decreasing the ability of many plant species to actually be able to propagate and survive. If we stop flying, the earths temperature will raise as much as 25% F in the next 50 years. If we stop both, the temperature will raise, the icecaps will melt, every coastal city will be under water, and many species of plant and animal will die out, except for what humans can save in zoos and animal sanctuaries, assuming of course that civilization itself can handle the strain- but more would survive in this scenario than the one that is being played out.

Right after that documentary was another one called “The Sixth Extinction” which referred to the damage already done, and the details of how pollution, deforestation, and the global effects of those is not only putting animals and plant life in jeopardy, but has already been responsible for drought and famine in Africa.

Even though I have been aware of these things for most of my life, and have been initiating dialogue and discussion, I was not prepared for the facts.

My friends the future is not uncertain, it is most definitely dire. We are no longer talking about ‘generations to come’ who will have to come up with the answers. If WE don’t come up with, and employ immediate action to stop and reverse these inevitable events, there will be future generations perhaps, but civilization (if it exists at all) will be Hell on earth with only the very rich having anything remotely resembling what we now call ‘quality of life.’

The cold facts that we must confront do not leave much room for variance. Right now someone who is actively supporting the globalization of capitalism is actively supporting the end of life, as we know it. That constitutes the greatest crime against humanity and all the earth, and as long as we continue to willingly give our lives and energy to support that spirit of greed and acquisition, our future is bleak. I guarantee that if I knew for certain what I know now, I would have thought more than twice about bringing children into this mess. What’s done is done, but that’s no excuse to just continue driving our cars, flying our jets, pumping huge amounts of carbon waste into our atmosphere. It’s not ‘slow suicide’ it’s sudden onset of tremendous suffering, and multitudes of desperate human beings left with no recourse.

I live in America. I’ve been driving cars since the sixties.  If anyone is conditioned to this situation, it is I. However in 1985 I had an experience, which made me choose to never again fly in an airplane. From 1986 until 2001 I lived off the grid with my family, using solar power, recycled materials, and kept my auto-gas usages to a

Minimum.

There’s not much I can do as an individual, except say no. Say no the corporate dominion, and yes to personal freedom and responsibility. Say no to polluting technologies, and yes to alternatives. There are some real criminals running the show, and most of them have the moral compunction of a monkey, but that might not be fair to the monkeys. Most importantly we have to SAY NO to them. They are the ones destroying all good futures for the sake of the dollar (and power) in hand.

There is no more time. Time is a luxury like everything else here that is part of the original Providence of God and Creation that was co-opted (stolen) by a small minority of corrupted humanity- the ultra-rich (and the rich that defend such things as propriety and ‘ordained stewardship.’). As aware human beings we have a responsibility; to ourselves, the creatures who share our world, and even those few fools who are so bound and determined to wreck it all, to take the tools of destruction away from those errant and foolish people.

For too long we have labored under the pyramid of power. For too long have we been swept along in the tides and wakes of destructive acquisition of wealth and property. Too long under the yoke of various bondages of their making. Too long have we been forced to swallow the lies of usurpation, watch helpless as the thieves take our inheritance and mock us by selling it back to us in pieces. So I think I will take the advice they tried to warp around their agenda in this War On Spirit they call the WOD, “Just Say NO To Thugs.”

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