Global Climate Change: What's the Big Deal?

Of course, everyone knows about the whole global climate change crisis, and almost everyone would call it just that; a crisis.  I have done much research on this subject for a project last year, and I must admit, the earth's climate is rising in many places, as well as the ice caps beginning to melt.  So with all this in mind, it seems like common sense to stop and think for a second about how bad and catastrophic this could be, but it seems to me that people are simply uneducated about the subject and do not plan on becoming educated, so they believe whatever "seems" right.

The truth is that the infamous global climate change crisis is nothing but a romanticized ordeal.  People hear about the polar bears and the possible "global flooding" and jump to conclusions that this will be the end of the world and human race as we know it.  Here are a few facts for those people: one, even if the ice caps did melt, there are very few land masses that would even be affected the slightest, let alone a global flood.  Two, earth's average temperature has been higher than it is now multiple times in the past, for example, during the middle ages; I do not think knights were driving around in hummers and polluting the planet back then.  Three, the idea that the world is going to overheat, or just end in general due to our greenhouse gas emissions is completely illogical and an extremely radical connotation.

Now, I am not trying to persuade anybody or tell anybody what to think, but it is important to know that this is a romanticized issue in society.  There is absolutely no need for anyone to be pulling their hair out over this.  Honestly, I adore polar bears and think it is a good idea to cut down greenhouse gas emissions because it is an issue, just not as big of an issue as it is made to be.