Is global warming teaching our children they are parasites?

Question

Is global warming teaching our children they are parasites?

Answer 1

Yes that is what they've been teaching my kids, but my kids aren't buying it.

For some reason, Paul Ehrlich's ideas still have a following, even though he lost the bet, and the debate, with Julian Simon.

As for people being parasites, I think Dr. Blob should speak for himself.

Answer 2

Not at all, and I have lots of kids.

It is not teaching anyone anything. It is not able to even speak.

I teach my children best I can to be open and to look at the evidence and to make up their own mind about all things. Those who are old enough and independent of me, have come to the same conclusion as I have. Humans have a lot to answer for. Humans have not acted in the long term interests of either the planet or themselves. We have been irresponsible in our collective actions, taking without thinking of the long term cummulative effects.

They do not think of themselves as parasites, not at all, but they do not approve of blatent waste, nor of irresponsible behaviour. They act responsibly both for themselves and their children.

My other children are still too young to understand these things but they are beginning to ask relevant questions in amongst the less wise ones like: Is today a school day? or Why do you go to work daddy?

Answer 3

I have heard biologists say that all animals are parasites on the plants, because plants make their own food from water, air and sunlight, while animals just have to eat the plants; or eat other animals that ate the plants.

But technically global warming teaches nothing. Teachers teach. And activists teach, or propagandize. And some extreme environmental activists absolutely to say people are parasites on the planet. Some of the most extreme ones say humanity has a duty to go extinct to stop the damage. How crazy can you get?

Answer 4

Yes-- but here is a challenge --

Ask a group of 10 teenagers and 10 adults to describe the SIZE of the solar system vs the SIZE of the Milky Way galaxy-- bet you get 75% to look at you and say-------- "HUH??"

Answer 5

Yes.  Socialized education is now teaching children the planet is a living creature, and we are preying upon it with reckless abandon.

Some examples:

A teacher discusses her study plan from a high school AP environmental science class in Sacremento, Ca

http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:9K_...

"Instructional Materials for K-12 classrooms" (stresses materials begin at ZERO POPULATION GROWTH)

http://www.creativechange.net/resources/...

"A Middle School Environmental Studies Standards Based Unit using People and the Planet: Lessons for a Sustainable Future"

http://www.vtnea.org/vpa-7.htm

Answer 6

Technically it would be teachers and activists. But that is not true. Parasites take and give nothing back. You can't say we are parasites because although we give little good back, we do give some. Global warming is a problem even though many refuse to believe it. Watch An Inconvenient Truth, no matter what your political party. Think of Al Gore as a man with a message, not a Democrat or Bush's 2000 rival. If we're going to save the earth we can't be divided by petty political rivalries. It has so much information that, unlike many of our friends here on Yahoo Answers, has very very strong scientific backing. Just because a reporter says it's so doesn't mean it is. I would trust a scientist before I trusted my own newspaper.

Check out this neat video one of my friends made on global warming's causes and effects. It is really powerful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpD3-Uu9j...

Answer 7

No, it's not just climate change, it's everything.  The way we live now we are parasites.

Answer 8

definitely not how can it be so?

Answer 9

Yes, I do think this false theory of Anthropogenic (Man-made) global warming (or Climate chnage) is teaching kids that humans are a parasite to this planet.

They used to teach kids about the planet's ecosystem and how we are a part of that whole. Now I fear they are only teaching them that CO2 causes warming and most likely don't even teach them that plants absorb it and gives us back O2.

Answer 10

they are trying to brainwash your kids.

Answer 11

No, I think it is teaching them to be more analytical and think about the future and their role(s) in protecting the environment.  Regardless of the outcome, an awareness of the impact 6 billion+ humans have on the environment is a valuable lesson in life.  What we do has to be kept in context-in hindsight now we have reconsidered the rapacious use of timber in the 19th Century here in the U.S. and the effect clear cutting had on the environment; we have reconsidered the impact careless use of iron ore and mining had on our finite natural resources in the 20th century; in the 21st Century we are examining our use of fossil fuels and considering how we can adapt to the changes coming in our energy use habits.

I don't want to see children feeling frightened or bad about what society is leaving them, but I do want to see them prepared for the future.

Answer 12

It is teaching them to be servants of the state with no independent thought or dissenting views.

The state knows best......

Answer 13

Parasites? No it's teaching the children that they're parents and those who didn't listen before it all got to be so worse that they are parasites. Trust me! I'm one of those children. Global Warming is just a climate change. It will go back to normal, your great, great, great, great grandchildren will be alive to see it too! If they don't die from a disiese of like... salminilla poisoning from tomatoes. lol. jk. They don't think that THEY are parasites unless their parents tell them taht they are! That's called "brain washing" *gasp*

Answer 14

No just teaching a LIE...