Probably an even larger share believe that human activity is, in large part, the cause of the 'increased rate' of global warming. I understand science generally holds to the theory that the earth is locked in a cycle of either cooling or warming. IOW, it's always doing one or the other.
Jack --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? > > > That's merely the result of too small a sample here on the list. I > would guess our (US) population is split about 60/40, with 60 percent > believing that human activity is in large part the cause of global > warming. LIke Bill, I find that politics enter into the argument so > powerfully on both sides, that it becomes difficult to determine what > is fact and what is not. > > I heard a news item on the CBC the other day. > A bit of background, the CBC is notorious for taking whatever > opportunities > it can to fire a broadside or two at our southern neighbours. > So, this news report was about the Kyoto accord, and how the big bad > USA was > refusing to sign it. > They went on to report that the "Made in USA" solution was actually > more > stringent than the Kyoto agreement and that the Americans were ahead > of just > about every one else regarding decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. > Now if you'all could just reign in Duke Power and Light...... > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
