PARIS - (WNB) - President Barack Obama sounded an ominous warning to leaders and attendees from nearly 200 countries at the opening session of COP21, the U.N. climate conference in Paris, outlining the numerous ways climate change threatens the world.
Here is an excerpt of the President's address:
"Polar bears floating around on tiny, melting icebergs, peace-loving people in the Middle East driven to fanatical terrorism, major cities like Venice flooded, penguins sweating uncontrollably - we all know climate change is causing these things. As serious as these things are, I'm here to address the ultimate threat our civilization faces from rapidly rising temperatures caused by greenhouse gasses - spontaneous combustion.
Spontaneous combustion is what happens when something bursts into flame due to its temperatures reaching a flash point. At the present rate, it is simply a matter of time* until our entire planet is completely enveloped in flame, essentially becoming another sun. Little children suddenly catching fire in school. Mom and Dad exploding into flames at the dinner table. Grandmother's car becomes a fiery inferno on the way to church. This is our future if we fail to act NOW."
*Approximately 2.3 billion years