Keith Hudson wrote: > According to BBC Radio news this morning (based on an article in the > current issue of "Science"), the ice in West Antarctica is becoming thicker > "thus allaying fears of global warming".
The debate whether it's "global warming" or "new ice age" is beside the point. CO2 causes atmospheric destabilization which leads to increased wheather extremes and dislocations towards BOTH warmer and colder (and more stormy, wet/dry etc.) weather. Last year was again full of such examples -- e.g. snow in South Spain and Turkey instead of the Alps. > As I suggested before, I humbly maintain that the jury is still out on this > one and we need more evidence yet before panicky (and quite insufficient) > measures are taken -- as promoted mainly by European Union bureaucrats who > want to demonstrate to the world just how far-seeing they are. Strawman argument. The EU bureaucrats generally use the environment as a PR pretext without much credibility (e.g. the EU's capital and other vast cities doesn't even have a sewage plant, whereas every smallest village in Switzerland has one), and the Kyoto approach is minimalistic anyway. But that doesn't mean that action against climate change isn't necessary. Chris
