Thanks Chris.  Those are worth reading.  I once came across a Car and
Driver article (someone in the lab taped it to the wall) lambasting global
warming research.  I found the premise of the article disgusting:  that
there isn't enough proof that the observed climate changes are human
influenced.  It's like pooh-poohing getting your brakes checked because
not all the mechanics agree that your car is a time bomb and the ones who
think it is are using questionable evidence.

In other words, even if the actual probability is quite low that the
climate changes are human-caused, we still desperately need to act.

that's my $0.02.

oh, one more thing, since it relates to the AAA debate.  Can't read all
that much into this but I just googled around and found an anti kyoto
treaty website quoting a AAA publication from 1998 about how "only" 13-17%
of scientists believe things like global warming is caused by humans or
that there are catastrophic consequences to not reducing greenhouse gases.

Actually, aside from that shameful quote from AAA, the website made some
seemingly good points about why we shouldn't adopt Kyoto.  Could someone
with a clue impart their cluefulness this way?

Danny

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--- \/	 FROM Chris Kiekintveld AT 04.12.07 18:00 (Dec 7)   \/ ---

> Some fun stuff on slashdot today about global warming:
>
> First, an article about a study of the last 10 years of
> articles published in peer-reviewed science journals about
> global warming shows an unusual degree of consensus on
> the basic question of global warming:
>
> http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686
>
> And, a group of geologists presents a pretty clear overview
> of the case that "The dangers posed by climate change are no longer
> merely possible and long-term. They are probable, imminent, and global
> in scope.":
>
> http://ebulletin.le.ac.uk/features/2000-2009/2004/12/nparticle-vkt-hgf...

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