I’m sick and tired of environmentalists blaming global warming on the United States as if we’re the only country in the world contributing to it.

People like to say, “Oh, Americans drive lots of SUVs and use lots of energy. They’re ripping holes in the ozone layer and they’re increasing temperatures around the world.” This is 100% BS.

Wake-up call, folks: Global warming is nothing new. There have only been, oh, I don’t know, 6 ice ages before this as a result of global warming. There was global warming long before humans built cities and skyscrapers and oil wells. It’s part of the Earth’s cycle. The temperatures get really hot, then the planet freezes over, then it gets back to normal. Repeat. Humans may be helping global warming along, but it’s not entirely our fault. Pretending like it’s completely the fault of humans is stupid.

Americans drive SUVs and use lots of energy. Does that mean that people in other countries don’t do those things? No. It’s not America’s fault that global warming is being accelerated. If you blame us, you also have to blame other countries. Saying, “America did it!” is ridiculous. America did lots of things, but so did you, rest of the world.

America may be home to big cities and oil wells. But doesn’t Europe have lots of big cities? Doesn’t Asia have lots of oil wells? People like to say that America ignores the rest of the world, but so are those who blame America for global warming. You don’t ever hear, “Asia is having a massive effect on global warming”.

I’m not saying that global warming is not present. It’s ALWAYS been present, ever since the Earth came to be. It makes the world really hot, and then it makes it really cold. Nothing causes it. Things can speed it up, but not cause it. Blaming America for global warming is like blaming Neanderthals from ages ago for the ice age. We have an effect on the world, but so does everything else. Look at the whole puzzle, and not just the big pieces.

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