Tuesday 3rd November 2009 The Copenhagen treaty

There is a little bit on controversy over this treaty. Mr Obama has been accused of giving up the sovereignty of the good old US of A if he signs on the dotted line. Then there is this whole climate change debate thingy going on. Some say that if we don't pull our heads in we will all be doomed and others say it's a lot of fluff and dust over nothing.
Well, I am not sure what I think of it all. There is this Mr Morton, is that his name, who says it's a lot of bull and that climate change science is dead and buried in the water. Then there is the age old argument over deforestation of our late great planet earth. And we're all being greedy and abusing the earth, God's creation and all that and woe is me spank my backside, boo hoo.
Here is what I think I think. Yes, we probably are burning fossil fuels faster than they can be regenerated. Yes, we are certainly contributing to climate change. And, yes, we are using the forests up much more than we ought. And humanity will sometime in the future be called to account by the Living Lord of the universe, He who created it.
However, my Bible tells me that this earth has a finite life. It will exist for a time and then will be either replaced or cease to exist. Ezekiel would suggest that we might even blow the who thing up. But.....
I have no doubt that what ever God puts in front of us, He will also provide us with the means/ability to cope with what ever He plans. That don't mean I will be complacent in what I do or how I use the resources granted to me. But My reliance is not on commodity, but rather on the provider.
There is one thing we can do to help the planet. Plant more trees. That will direct reduce carbon in the atmosphere. We grow trees, then harvest those trees. Instead of burning trees, use them for single level building. In those houses we can use lambs wool for insulation. That will reduce our heating/cooling bills. If we have a rain water tank in every house we can collect the water and reduce the demand on a limited resource. We can use that water to grow our own veggies. That will give us some exercise. This makes us fitter.
Lets do some more walking. That will directly reduce the obesity level in society.
Need I go on? I think that if we only implemented one of the things I have mentioned then this treaty become fairly redundant.
Oh, and if your are an Ozzie reading this , don't get too alarmed. Our country is pretty well ruled by treaties. Mr Hawk and Co signed away most of our rights years ago. What they didn't do the banks and state governments did back in the 1980/90's.