Metaphor for Climate Change?

Question

What is a good metaphor to describe climate change?

Answer 1

Several metaphors come to mind.

1) "Biggest Scam of the 21'st century"

2) "Rip Off"

3) "Science Abuse"

4) "Lunacy"

There are more that I could think of, but those were the first that came to my mind.

Answer 2

Its a beast!

Answer 3

Slow-motion train wreck.  

Answer 4

Oil company profiteering scam!

Answer 5

The best metaphor would be the four seasons:  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...only it occurs over the course of lifetimes instead of a year.  We were born during a "Summer".  We probably won't live long enough to see the "Fall", as it's so many years away.  Having such a short perception of global time-scales, it's easy to see why many worry.  If man's lifespan were but a few hours, we'd fear the setting/rising of the sun, the gradual warming of the morning or the gradual cooling of the evening.

Answer 6

Climate change, Chicken Little's baaack.

Answer 7

Pre-Vatican II Catholicism.

Carbon footprint = original sin and carbon credits = papal indulgences.