Most will agree the last few days in and around Madison have not been the greatest for bicycling, walking or doing other things out-of-doors, due to the high heat and humidity. But think how it will be for today's kids, who will have no choice but to live most of the their lives in the second half of this century, when Wisconsin's summers will no doubt become something to dread and fear, not await.
Scientists say that unless those of us here now begin to greatly reduce our collective annual contributions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, Wisconsin's maximum daily temperatures are predicted to rise from 5 to 12°F in winter and 5 to 20°F in summer by the end of the century, and heat waves are predicted to extend much longer (weeks instead of days) <http://www.ucsusa.org/greatlakes/glchallengereport.html> . Living conditions in Wisconsin are not likely to be as good in Wisconsin during the latter half of this century. Tell any complaining kid that if they think the last few days were hot, wait until they experience summer 40 years from now. On second thought....
Send your Congressional representative and President Bush an email message, telling them to go to see the movie: "An Inconvenient Truth". Tell them to watch the movie and then start taking some meaningful actions to confront rising greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. today, not 10 years from now. If we wait for twenty years, we may have waited far too long, because for all intents and purposes, global warming is irreversible.
I recommend that you use the following link to tell your Congressional representatives and President Bush to watch An Inconvenient Truth and that they then start undertaking major actions to confront rising greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S., and elsewhere, before it becomes "too late".
http://action.lcv.org/campaign/movie_congress_0801?rk=vdabktK1eRhVW
Mike Neuman
Here is the message I sent out:
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August 3, 2006
Dear President Bush and members of Congress:
Millions of Americans have recently learned the startling facts about
global warming by seeing the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". If
you haven't already, please take a trip to your local theater and
watch it. I encourage you to also bring your colleagues in government.
Considering how grave global warming is, it's shocking that many
leaders in government have not taken steps to address what is one of
the greatest crises in the history of our planet.
Back in May 2000, after I had first became aware of how serious a
problem global warming is predicted to be, I sent a letter informing
all my representatives in government that I was deeply concerned
about this issue and advised that they act on it. I shared with them
my plan on what I thought was needed. That plan is needed more than
ever now so I am providing the links below, for your information.
http://www.danenet.org/bcp2006/neuman_gw_letter.pdf
http://www.danenet.org/bcp2006/neuman_gw.pdf
We do have the tools and technology to tackle this enormous problem,
and I strongly encourage you to take advantage. Help us take control
of our energy future, so that we can reinvigorate our economy and
protect our environment.
If you fail to take major and significant actions now to dramatically
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S., that failure will not
go unnoticed and unrecognized in history. The people of tomorrow
will be reminded of it each and every day they live on Earth's
increasingly inhospitable surface.
Michael T. Neuman
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