If Barbara Boxer(Democrat) is trying to get a aggressive response for Global Warming she is just wasting her time, it is just another way for Democrats to attract voters. I would like to know how in the world are humanbeings going to stop Global Warming, if there even is such thing as Global Warming because just by stopping human emmissions is going to do nothing. People are getting the Ozone Layer and Global Warming confused, these human emmissions are destroying the ozone layer, allowing more UV Rays into our atmosphere, but that doesn't cause global warming. Once again EL Nino, EL Nino, EL Nino.

I'm also looking forward to the policy changes. Could you suggest places to go if I wanted to help people become aware of the issue? (I'm in Fort Worth, TX)

-Mell

Laura,

In my first visit to your blog, I am disappointed to see the lack of a real discussion in your posts about global warming. There seems to be a tone of "not to worry. We don't know there is a crisis yet." of "technology will bring solutions. We just don't know what they are yet."

If there was a loaded gun in your house with children, would you take very clear steps to make sure that an accident was avoided, even if you were not sure that the child would abuse the firearm? Of course.

Just so with global warming. At this point the only scientists that I have seen minimize the importance of the global warming issue are on a payroll (i.e. energy or petroleum company) that does not want to acknowledge the issue.

Instead of giving lip service, we need to get information that clearly does not come form a group that has a stake in denial as a way of life. Clearly, Exxon is the best example I can think of, with the direction they have influenced the entire energy industry simply by being the big dog in the yard.

Glacier National Park will have no glaciers in 25 years of so. A sudden change, after tens of thousands of years of ice. How is change so fast possible?!

Very large chunks of Antartica are breaking off. The quality of the ice has changed, and there is speculation that parts of the whole ice shelf could loosen and slide off the underlying land. This change is entirely occuring in our lifetime. Unbelievably rapid!

Would some places (like Siberia) benefit? Sure. Could much of Florida go underwater? Yep. Could the breadbaskets of the current world in the central US, Southeast Asia, and other places become deserts? Yea? Could global warming economically destabilize out civilization? Potentially, perhaps.

These risks are enormous, and we do not even yet see the full results. It is not enough to wait until we do understand fully. We need to act preventively, thoughtfully, and carefully. And we need to shift the style of our civilization to one that does not endanger the world that supports us. We need to do this together, with thoughtful and open conversation. I don't know how we can get there, in the current climate in which the Administration twists information and pressures government agencies to change their conclusions to fit what the administration wants people to think. (I expect you know to what I refer.)

The outright denial of a real problem causes extreme reactions, such as you worry the media might engage in. I believe this denial is an illness born of fear.

We must face the fear and the uncertainty, and adapt our demands on the Earth (demands of energy, metals, wood, space, pollution, food) to what the planet can support.

That picture is certainly not today's reality. Our current path is dangerous to ourselves on many levels, not just in the area of global warming. Courageous and clear conversation is needed today.

Please forgive the rambling nature of this entry. I am a businessman without a lot of time to write.

So, where will you go with this blog?

can you imagine when another 100 million people are born how much of incearse of CO2 there will be. What is amazing that o content of our air remains at 17% no matter what we do to the air.maybe boxer can something with that!