Global warming – is it a myth or reality. Sometimes I wonder if the human caused global warming is a myth created by the developed countries. When you look at the history of the earth for the last few thousand years, it has gone through dramatic climate changes from extreme heat to extreme cold without human interference.

The developed countries have polluted the earth for the last 200 years to build their infrastructure and economies. Now as the developing countries are competing against them and slowly rising as economic powers, they could have created this myth to keep the developing countries from crossing them in economic might. I am not saying that India should pollute as it rises economically, but at the same time it should not be forced to pay for the mistakes made by the west. One might argue that all the scientists are saying we are causing global warming, then you can argue that a few centuries back all the scientists of that era believed the earth was flat. Everybody believes in something until the next invention or discovery is made to disprove it, then the next cycle begins.

There is another example of how these countries would use double standards. During the 80′s and 90′s as India was fighting Pakistan sponsored terrorism in Punjab and Kashmir, the Indian police and armed forces were criticized for human rights violations. After 9/11 and the same terrorists attacked USA, people were arrested without any charges, tortured, humiliated and killed. There is no one talking about human rights anymore. In the 90′s it was human rights, now its global warming and next they might use some other ploy. But at the same time we should try to avoid polluting the earth whether it is a cause for global warming or not.

We may cause the demise of some species and the growth of others. And in the end even if we cause our own extinction, life on earth will go on. The time of the humans on earth for the last few thousand years is insignificant when compared to the age of the earth and the changes it has gone through.