>> 100% of all peer review scientific papers in respectable journals
>> conclude that humans contribute to global warming. The others were paid
>> for by Exxon and people like George Bush.
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> What makes you think that George Bush doesn't believe in Global Warming? >
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Sorry, I sent it before I was finished.Jeff
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>>>>> Your subject line is completely misleading. It implies that the
>>>>> emissions are too high & don't meet the state emissions standard, >>>>> which
>>>>> of course is ludicrous.
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>>>>> Cathy
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>>>> It's a knee jerk reaction that many of these environmental damage >>>> deniers
>>>> live on. The entire "their is no solid proof that the current global
>>>> warming trend is being caused by us so let's keep polluting and mocking
>>>> those who are concerned" attitude is ridiculous at best.
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>>> But...there is no solid proof the warming trend is being caused by us! >>>
>>> See my other posts on the matter.
>>>
>>> You are (I think) sort of new here; a few months ago (maybe a year?) I
>>> posted a post about a paper I did for a Geology course I was taking in
>>> College wherein I put forth the propostition that warming occurred prior
>>> to an ice age, and based it on the fact that August is the hottest month
>>> of the year, 6 weeks after the sun has reached it's highest point. In >>> 1975
>>> there wasn't a lot of reference to draw upon, so it was a LOT of >>> inference.
>>> The biggest part of what I presented was that the Earth does not orbit >>> the
>>> Sun uniformly, and at times orbit closer (warmer periods) and at others >>> is
>>> further out (ice ages).
>>>
>>> I believe we are on the verge of beginning the swing outward again, and
>>> the Earth is warming because we are nearing the cycle in the orbit >>> pattern
>>> that brings us the closest to the sun.
>>>
>>> Interestingly enough, studies of Antarctic ice have so far shown my
>>> 'theory' to be correct! (Believe me, it's something I keep an eye on!) >>>
>>> I posted a reference to some of the material I have run across in >>> another
>>> post.
>>>
>>> But the bottom line is, I don't believe we have as much an effect on
>>> climate change as we would be led to believe. There are a LOT greater
>>> factors to take into consideration! Do greenhouse gasses play a part? I
>>> would believe so, but remember there were those in the 50's that >>> believed
>>> the emissions caused by burning (anything) for energy would bring on >>> cooling!
>>>
>>> (as you can see, this is a particularly interesting area of study for
>>> me. Had I gone into Geology instead of Electronics, I would have persued >>> this!)
>>>
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