Global Warming is real and it is a real threat. However, Casey, your note that no snow in Montreal confirms your belief that GW is behind this is a disservice for the environmental cause and is disappointing for scientists like myself that are trying to educate the public on such matters.
Science is not a belief. Natural patterns are not a conspiracy theory. An anecdote is one data point not an evidence. Lack of snow or a heat wave must be placed in a graph where they produce a body of evidence that may show a trend. The melting of the polar ice shelves is cataclysmic and is happening. What can you do about GW, Casey? First, educate yourself. Go to a bookstore, for example. Read popular versions of the science describing GW. Rent 'An Inconvenient Truth' by Al Gore. I produced a video myself explaining Global Warming at http://spacegeek.org/ep3_QT.shtml Google anti-GW website to learn how to respond to the oil industry. As a Canadian, you are one of the highest producers of GW byproducts and waste. Have you written a letter to your rep. regarding the Alberta Oil Sands? Are some of your friends driving SUVs, could you convince them to question that choice? Your show is popular. Would it be possible for you to produce a show about GW in an entertaining but also educational way? Your idea of a vlog site with GW witness accounts and tags can only be real if it is intelligent otherwise it will be debunked and will provide fodder for those who like to portray environmentalists in a poor light. Once you have educated yourself, then your actions will not be based on belief but reason and that is the difference between a closed-minded person manipulated by religion/patriotism/trends and an enlightened member of the environmentalist community. Doctor P <http://Spacegeek.org> http://Spacegeek.org cell: (250)884-6364 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
