Random Rant: Global Warming and Extreme Weather Events

I was just watching the Ten news today, and discovered that Adelaide had a major electrical storm last night: maybe 18,000 lightning strikes. Why is Adelaide suddenly receiving the type of extreme weather event that used to only happen in the tropics? I'll tell you: global warming.

The real problem with global warming is not the heat increase, though that is bad (does anybody remember the French heatwave? Thousands dying from a mere excess of heat). The problem is that the heat increase will create more and more "extreme weather events". Anyone who has studied fluid dynamics will understand the effect that just a few degrees can have on a fluid system. Insurance companies are beginning to feel the impact of these storms, and insurance premiums will increase dramatically over next few decades. That's not the only thing, though: the human cost will be immense. Today, thousands die from drought, storms, monsoons, mudslides and floods. In the near future, those numbers will reach into the millions. Today's industries are living at the cost of thousands of lives.

As a teenager who will have to live through this century, I am very disturbed by global warming: and you should be too. No person should let this state of affairs continue.

For more info try:
-CSIRO
-Science Magazine