Thinking as I do sometimes, I had an epiphany about global warming: It’s going to happen whatever we do.

We humans have a nasty tendency to want to live where we aren’t supposed to. People were once migratory, but now we want to just stay in one place all year round. This has been going on for centuries now.

So what happens in the winter? We turn on the heat to make the climate the way we like. What happens in summer? We turn on the air to make the climate the way we like. Without thinking of fuel costs, we are already making a cold place warm and a warm place cool…molding the planet to our will and likely mucking it up in the process.

As I thought this through, I was fascinated by the realization that the Snow Birds are the only ones doing it right. They live up north in the summer and down south in the winter.. Maladets, guys!

This line of thought falls apart in the developing world, though. Air conditioners are a luxury item here (but the heat hasn’t really been that bad so far) and heating is used, but not to the same extent as in the USA or other developed countries.

At any rate, think of that as you modify the planet to suit your whims and the long term repercussions of it.