Last week, I had to watch another video on global warming. I am sick and tired of these videos not because I do not believe what they are saying, but because of what they are asking us to do.

I have no idea whether global warming is true — I am not a scientist who has researched the subject and made predictions on how warming could affect our planet, but I am very good at seeing true motives behind a person’s ideals. I see these motives and they infuriate me.

What I constantly hear is that if global warming is not stopped it could change our world for the worse. I always hear that we need to slow the emission of carbon dioxide and do so as soon as possible.

If I have heard right, what these scientists are requesting we do is stop the use of fossil fuels for our cars and homes and cease the production of concrete. The last one may sound ridiculous because there always seems to be a need for concrete, but apparently the production of concrete is one of the primary factors for the emissions they are talking about.

So let’s look at the more practical side of the requests they are making. They want us to stop using fossil fuels because they are running out. Well, if you want to stop using something, you must have something to replace it.

They want to replace fossil fuels with hybrid cars, which are more “efficient” with gas, and eventually move to electric cars altogether.

What they do not tell you is that, although hybrid cars do get better gas mileage, owners of hybrid cars drive them more than they would a gas-powered car. That is kind of funny to me. In actuality, the increased use of these cars is worse for the environment.

Secondly, they want us to move away from coal as our primary source of electrical energy. They want us to use wind energy instead. What they do not tell you about this is wind energy is not nearly as efficient as energy from coal and cannot be stored. Also, wind energy requires a lot of wind — something that is not in place at all times — in order to be efficient.

Finally, they want us to stop producing so much concrete. As the population continues to grow, however, more and more construction will be necessary. In our society, concrete is what helps us meet that demand.

I look at these three things and laugh. The underlying fact behind all of these requests is that each of them will cost a lot more money.

The reason we use gasoline is because it is cheap and easily accessible. Now they will try and say we are running out of it and our dependence on foreign oil is horrible for our country. Well, we would not be dependent on foreign oil if we could drill off the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines or drill closer to the shore in the gulf.

The reason we use coal is because it is cheap and efficient. If we move away from it and toward wind energy, we will be asked to spend a lot more money in the short run and have less efficient energy.

They want us to build less apartment buildings, office buildings and roads. But I look at this request and I only see one reason to build less of any of these; they want us to have less people so we do not need the roads or apartment buildings.

This dilemma reminds me of China. Do we really want to have a cap and trade bill on children? We complain to China about theirs and I would not be surprised if it were being considered for the United States.

One other thing I have to laugh at behind all of this is something very simple. People have been drinking the global warming kool-aid for years now. These people will not listen to other people’s arguments about why it is wrong or that it might not be as fast as some believe it to be.

But did anyone else notice it is not even called global warming anymore? That is right, they have moved to using the phrase “Climate Change” because people started to realize the earth was not warming, or at least not as fast as they first believed.

Climate Change is beginning to be blamed for everything and environmentalists are using it to press forth their agenda. But what they are really trying to do is take power away from the corporations and make people spend more on energy.

And who must pay the bill when this happens?