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Re: [Fot] Global Warming - Climate change

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Subject: Re: [Fot] Global Warming - Climate change
From: William G Rosenbach <wgrosenbach@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:51:43 -0700
Figures just released from a 10 year government study indicate that, 
you can make a good living from a 10 year government study.
Bill

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:33:44 EDT Group44TR7@aol.com writes:
> Amici
>  
>     The United States was at the time of the Kyoto  agreement in a 
> position 
> to substantially input into the crafting of the  agreement to 
> produce terms 
> that were feasible. The reality of the situation  was the US 
> government was not 
> convinced that action was needed on global warming  - now more 
> widely referred 
> to as climate change. Consequently, the US  policymakers allowed a 
> document to 
> be drafted that contained provisions  that would never be ratified 
> in the 
> United States. Further, by not negotiating  appropriate terms, it 
> avoided a major 
> public/political confrontation with other  governments who were then 
> and 
> still are concerned about climate change. 
>  
>     As is obvious from the dialog here, there is still  disagreement 
> on 
> whether climate change is being accelerated by human  activity. 
> There is a well 
> funded group of lobbyists, public relations  specialists, and 
> scientists whose 
> job it is to critique findings on climate  change - both for and 
> against. 
> Critiquing the findings is relatively easy  in the area of climate 
> change because 
> the number of statistical variables are  very large and measuring 
> them with 
> accuracy & precision is a major  challenge. I figure this group has 
> the potential 
> to make a living on this issue  for at least the next ten years or 
> so.
>  
>     The bottom line at the moment is that the earth is  experiencing 
> a period 
> of climate change. The consequences of these changes are  evident 
> across the 
> globe. The issue is whether we want to ignore it as a natural  cycle 
> or take 
> steps to reduce the consequences of our human activity. And if we  
> decide it is 
> being accelerated as a consequence of human activity (as indicated  
> by the UN 
> report); how does the burden gets fairly distributed get allocated 
> and  truly 
> implemented across the world. 
>  
>     Being people of action, I know that you will all  want to do you 
> fair 
> share. Does anyone know how many cows would be have  to be purchased 
> and butcher 
> to offset the emissions from our  transporters and race cars this 
> year? 
>  
> Cary
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