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  Redefine

  Ok let me reclarify my statements since I guess my intent wasnt clear I guess.

  Hurricanes:
    For 2004-2007 scientists were clamoring that the hurricane season was going to be more intense and have more hurricanes...2006 - 2007 neither is true AND now scientists are claiming that global warming is going to intensify the el nino effect and generate more wind shear in the atlantic which equals (according to these same scientists as earlier) fewer hurricanes of less intensity.  My point:  we have no clue what global warming will do other than raise tempuatures .7 degrees C per 100 years.

  [The suggestion implied in Kyoto is that we now know what NOT to do -- in short, DON'T burn 85 million barrels of oil every day, and DON'T burn a lot of coal, because of the (as of yet untold) HARM it could do to global ecosystems.]

  This is my point exactly - we dont know what to do, and as I said reduce reuse recycle - also, kind of amazing how Kyoto forces America to not only reduce emissions but also allows other countries to do nothing at all.  Shouldnt we force all countries to reduce?  Russia gets to stay below their 1991 levels (Soviet Union) which are way ABOVE!!! todays levels.  Also they get to sell their carbon "credits" to other nations...it all sounds like a scam.  How about a Joe Protocol...everyone reduce the rate at which we increase co2 emissions per year by 50%, everyone, everywhere, not that some countries have to reduce while others can increase while others dont have to do anything.

  [No, finding alternatives to fossil fuels is a good thing for those who have found them.  That 40% of humanity that lives off of less than $2/day?  You'd actually have to share the benefits of alternative energy with them, and that would be socialism.]

  How many of these 2.4 billion people use fuel at all?  So in reality sharing green fuel technologies would be with people who could afford it.

  1 final thing...if dramatic climate change happened before humans then what caused that?  The sun? A massive sudden release of co2 or methane?  And is there a link somewhere that shows how much co2 humans produce as a percentage of the total amount of co2 in the air along with total co2 production on earth.  I have never seen this number, I want to but it being "hidden" raises some questions about it, either we dont know it or we dont contribute that much.On 'Kyoto is a big effort for almost nothing'--Kyoto is only in its first phase posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses

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  What are the fixes???

  Ok, I have a few things to say about global warming, no wait, climate change, no cooling, no warming, um...the earth...

  1.  Interesting how 1 year global whatever is going to cause more hurricanes and mankind is going to be wiped off the face of the earth because of it, then when there are fewer hurricanes immediatly global thingy is going to cause fewer hurricanes.  Whats up with that?

  2.  My guess is that you answered question 1 with "We aren't entirely sure what global climate change is going to do."  Ok based on that how do we know WHAT!!! to do?  I agree, we should reduce, reuse, recycle but beyond that do we know what cause and effect is for our actions.  Remember, if we mess something up horribly Mother Nature won't give us a participation award, kiss on the cheek and a "You'll get it next time" speech.

  3. Also, in another article I saw that it is believed that rapid climate change caused mass extinctions before (appeared to be around the time of dinosaur extinctions)...I thought the scientific consensus was that an asteroid or meteor hit the earth thus plunging the entire world into nuclear winter.  That is just what was always force fed to me by scientists, I dunno, I guess you could say that the nuclear winter was dramatic climate change...
  On 'Kyoto is a big effort for almost nothing'--Kyoto is only in its first phase posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses