I like your informative blog - good work.

Stephen King

tks for this and your contrib. I know this does not answer yr particular point here, but disregard looks a neat word and way of meeting all those dis folks you mentioned.

of ongoing interest, I hear Ritson(emeritus, Stanford) has a question or two for Joe Barton’s stat guy, Wegman. You can maybe catch it at realclimate. Latest is it has gone to Waxman for assistance..

best..

Do I believe we should take better care of earth? Absolutely. However, the problem with jumping on this global warming bandwagon without all the facts is that we create a self-fullfilling prophesy and it’s already beginning. Rain forests that naturally produce the highest levels of oxygen of anything on earth are being cut down in huge amounts to grow corn for ethanol. Light bulbs containing mercury will end up in our landfills and eventually into our water supplies and no one is saying anything?

We are simply guests on a living planet that has its own cycles - we do not control it - it controls us. One good eruption from one of the many supervolcanoes on this planet will throw more carbon dioxide into the air than man has done in its entire history. People are falling for fear-tactics being promoted by those who stand to benefit the most and let there be no doubt, this is about money - a lot of it, and political control.

I think I might believe that man’s role in global warming is real if Nascar racing is outlawed. Why? The drivers are not transporting any goods yet they drive for hours and burn a lot of fuel just to end up where they started. Fans fly or drive from all over the country (many in gas-guzzling RVs) to sit and watch them do it, and the trucks that transport the cars before and after the race are not exactly “green”. Only problem is - there’s a lot of money in Nascar too.

If you want to believe that man is the root cause of global warming, continue with your current way of thinking and watch where your money goes - higher food prices, higher gas prices, higher automative costs, higher utility bills and yet no beneficial effect on the planet. In fact, I have to assume the effect will be quite the opposite. If so, you can bet the people profiting from this hoax will be glad to say “see, I told you it was warming!”. Many of the scientists involved in the U.N. report have been trying to say they did not agree on the totality of the final report - just certain sections. They are not being given a voice anymore as their usefulness is over. As for Al Gore, I learned a long time ago to never trust a politician and I’m certainly not going to start now.