In an article released today on Huffington Post it appears as if the UN thinks that, “Global Warming May Worsen Security Woes.”

An excerpt from  the article which was written by Seth Borenstein is below:

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — In an authoritative report due out Monday a United Nations climate panel for the first time is connecting hotter global temperatures to hotter global tempers. Top scientists are saying that climate change will complicate and worsen existing global security problems, such as civil wars, strife between nations and refugees.

They’re not saying it will cause violence, but will be an added factor making things even more dangerous. Fights over resources, like water and energy, hunger and extreme weather will all go into the mix to destabilize the world a bit more, says the report by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The summary of the report is being finalized this weekend by the panel in Yokohama. (End of excerpt)

For those of you who  suffered through this winter with the excess of below zero temps and deluges of snow drifts you may not be alarmed if we are getting a bit warmer in the atmosphere. You may even grin a little, remembering the days when you warmed your feet by the hearth with a cup of hot cocoa, while the blizzard was raging outside.

I, however, live in Texas and a little more heat is not exactly on my wish list. Over the last two summers I have had the unfortunate occurrence of my air conditioner going out. If it went out in May or June it would have been a bit more tolerable. The silly machine decided to wait until July to go out during both summers.

I was miserable. I woke up exhausted. I barely slept and I walked around like a zombie.

I love Texas summers but the only reason I love them is because I can escape the heat and renew my energy in my cool and refreshing home.

So the thought of an increase in temperature worldwide does not suit my fancy.

Folks we need to take climate change and the greenhouse effect seriously. Tar sand oil extraction is the dirtiest way to extract oil and contributes an excessive amount of pollution.

We, as a nation and a super power, need to forge a road that is clear and broad towards renewable and clean energy. If we don’t make a stand we are gifting our children and grandchildren untold horrors.

To allow the Keystone pipeline to cross our borders is not the way to decrease the greenhouse effect and limit climate change. It makes as much sense as trying to get a kid to stop drinking alcohol by getting them addicted to Heroin.

For more information please click on following link. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch