Carbon dioxide does NOT cause global warming... it only contributes to it. Here's an article that explains it: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/co2-in-ice-cores/ ----- ----- Humankind is adding measurable amounts of CO2 to the NATURALLY occurring emissions... we're amplifying, not causing global warming. ----- ----- This is an important detail in the fight against global warming.

Everybody knows that the rise in global temperature happens several hundred years BEFORE the rise in CO2. Therefore it's only logical to ask: "Why do we blame CO2 for global warming?" Well thanks to a helpful comment from a Greenpeace blog-master, I recently learned the answer... CO2 doesn't actually cause global warming; it only AMPLIFIES it after warming is already well under way. And another good fact is that anthropogenic CO2 (humanity-caused CO2) is only a part of the total CO2 emission. All the other bad CO2 comes from natural sources which are then spurred to generate more and more CO2 because of the raising temperature! You can read the scientific explaination here: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/co2-in-ice-cores/ ----- ----- This is great news! It's not all our fault! Not only that, there are many other contributors to global warming like the sun, variations in earth's tilt, natural emissions, and et cetera. So I'm thinking that this should relieve our guilt, and allow us to turn our attention to a more solvable problem, namely ADAPTATION TO THE PENDING CHANGES that will be resulting from the climate crisis. ----- ----- If we are really serious about the this crisis we'd GET READY for the new environment wouldn't we? We sure can't stop the other CO2 emissions or change the angle of earth's axis... ----- ----- What are some of your thoughts concerning the best way to prepare?

(TRY THIS MIND GAME) The earth is getting cooler. Science proves it. There’s a wealth of irrefutable data confirming that cooling is indeed in progress. The damages of global cooling have been listed and studied: The ice packs and glaciers are increasing in size, the polar bear population is booming, tropical insect populations and global crop production are declining, there’s less rain and the oceans are receding, etc. etc… What is it that makes global cooling good or bad? If shrinking ice caps are bad, then growing ice caps must be good, right? If fewer polar bears are bad, more bears are good, right? Who’s to say whether these things are good or bad? ----- ----- Pretty silly isn’t it? The reality of climate change is that it is inevitable. It happens with or without humankind. Our impact might be measurable, but our efforts to mitigate that impact are superfluous in context of the cosmic timescale. Take your pick: warming, or cooling… stagnation is not allowed in the cosmic equation. ----- ----- The TRULY scientific response to global warming is: “Nice fact.” The question isn’t whether or not global warming exists… The question is who should determine if the net effects of global warming are good or bad? Who do you believe, and why do you believe them? (This is beginning to sound an awful lot like religion…) ----- ----- Here are some other facts that require answers: 1) Water is wet. (Is this good or bad?); 2) The sun is very hot. (Is this good or bad?); 3) Insects inhabit the rainforest. (Is this good or bad?). Et cetera… ----- ----- I contend that the list of positive and negative attributes for the above facts, including global warming, is remarkably balanced. In other words, there is an impressive list of global warming benefits that is denied by “environmentalists.” Why do you think this is so?

Wow. You’d think with the planet falling apart and all, more people would be more interested in commenting. There are rarely more than a handful of comments on the staff blogs, and the measly Member Blogs never draw more than one or two responses. The Greenpeace Blogoshpere appears to be pretty darned weak! What do you say? Could it be that the green-bubble has burst? I know I’ll be shunned as a heretic for this, but here’s a well-written article that presents that possibility… Are we open minded enough to consider it? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/04/green_with_guilt_96828.html (If the link is censored, Google: George Will green with guilt)

Since we're so intent on changing global warming, why don't we also include other catastrophes like Tsunamis? They cause tremendous death and destruction all over the world! And while we’re at it we should tackle earthquakes, volcanoes, and those pesky sun cycles! Scientists agree that these catastrophic phenomenons kill more flora and fauna than global warming ever will. They also agree that the solution to these nasty events is exactly as obtainable as stopping global warming… Let’s unite!