Don't be swayed by the continuing hype and hysteria concerning man made global
warming...

It seems that the News & Advance as well as Governor Kaine has fallen into lock
step with Al Gore's mantra of manmade global warming. A recent editorial stated
that "many scientists say a continuing buildup of greenhouse gases caused by
human activity, including releases of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels, is
causing the Earth to warm unnaturally". What isn't stated is that a continuing
number of scientists disagree. These "skeptics" are not "nuts" but well
recognized scientists from around the world and know a little about climatology.

On December 13, 2007 a group of 100 of these scientists sent a letter to Ban Ki-
moon, Secretary-General of the U.N., concerning the UN Climate conference in
Bali. Some scientists that initially supported the UN's IPCC position and were
on the Panel, have now altered their view in the face of continuing data from
NOAA and NASA satellites and ice core samples. So, in my view , it is not a
"settled matter" that man made emissions are causing global warming.

Al Gore has gone around the world severely criticizing this country for not
ratifying the Kyoto treaty. So let's look at what's happened since the treaty
was implemented in 1997: (Source: Document # 1317 - "Carbon Dioxide Emissions
from Consumption of Fossil Fuels, by Country :1990 to 2004 from US Census Bureau
- The 2007 Statistical Abstract". 

• Emissions worldwide have increased 18.0%
• Emissions from countries that signed the treaty increased 21.1%
• Emissions from non signers increased 10.0%
• Emissions from the U.S. increased 6.6%
• Emissions from the U.S. grew slower than those of over 75% of the countries that              signed Kyoto.

Even assuming, and I'm not, that manmade emissions are causing global warming,
the US contribution is not where most of the improvement needs to take place,
and to impose draconian regulations in this country that will have a far
reaching effect on the economy is ludicrous.

Contemplate the following thought experiment. What caused the end of the last
ice age? It certainly wasn't caused by man made carbon dioxide emissions - no
heavy industry, no industrial revolution - so what caused it? Think about it the
next time you hear Al Gore and Governor Kaine repeat their mantra.

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