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- - - This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures. And our climate models did not forecast it, even though man-made carbon dioxide, the gas thought to be responsible for warming our planet, has continued to rise. So what on Earth is going on? - - - The politicization of this subject has run its predictable course. We're about to commit economic seppuku with "cap and trade" based on a blind faith that cutting carbon emissions will solve the so-called problem. Indeed the EPA now considers what we exhale a "pollutant." It's beyond nuts. But eventually the science of the matter will be debated as is befitting a complex subject. I just hope we don't destroy the engine of progress by expecting politicians to "do something" about a problem scientists themselves don't agree at all about. This article is good because it highlights just how much disagreement there is in the scientific community, all Al Gore's blather about the science being settled notwithstanding. He's got a carbon offset business to run, and political praises to be racked up and cashed in for favors; of course he's going to say that. - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
