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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (134172)	3/29/2001 10:45:42 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Is that the Fox guy? I do not get Fox News Channel. You gotta wonder what is up with that network, though. You heard the other day that Murdoch Jr. supports the Chinese crackdown on the Falon Gong? But yes, there is as much if not more evidence against global warming as there is for. But somehow it is presented as an overwhelming argument that global warming is imminent. A few quick links, then I am off to research and will report anything objectionable from that British abomination of science called "Nature Magazine". ------ Despite Global Warming, Southeast Cooler Last 50 Years Despite record-breaking heat this summer and increased levels of greenhouse gases in our air, the climate in the southeastern United States actually has cooled slightly over the past 50 years. North Carolina State University atmospheric scientists have found that annual mean daily temperatures at 52 weather stations across the region have decreased, on average, 0.10 degree Celsius -- or about 0.18 degree Fahrenheit -- from 1949 to 1994. A drop that small may seem insignificant. But lead researcher Dr. Vinod Saxena says its implications may be huge as scientists and policymakers from around the world gather this month (November 1999) at a United Nations' Global Climate Conference in Argentina to debate the controversial Kyoto Treaty on carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse warming. "The bottom line is, despite a documented increase of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, we found no evidence of greenhouse warming in the southeastern United States," Saxena says. Other studies have documented similar cooling trends in parts of Asia and Europe, he says. "According to the global warming model the Kyoto Treaty is based on, these are regions where warming should be occurring. But it's not," he says. Such discrepancies should be a red flag to treaty ratification, he believes, because they show that though the causes and effects of greenhouse warming are well proven on a global scale, its regional effects aren't yet well understood. unisci.com WHITE HOUSE'S GLOBAL WARMING CON JOB As the media drowse on the sidelines, the Clinton Administration is urging costly, industry-stifling curbs on the use of gasoline and other fossil-fuels with the supposed goal of curbing "global warming." As justification, it is citing a United Nations report which critics charge is a scientific fraud. The result is that you are going to be stuck with higher gas taxes, hundreds of dollars a year, with no improvement in air quality. In mid-June, at a conference in Geneva, Assistant Secretary of State Tim Wirth committed the U.S. to sharp reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases by the end of the century. Previously, voluntary curbs would have been phased in over perhaps 20 years. Wirth's turn-about was based on a study by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC. If the media were doing their job as watchdog of the public interest, you'd be deluged with print and TV stories about a startling scientific fraud. Key conclusions of the IPCC report were altered to conceal the fact that there is no clear scientific evidence that man-made greenhouse gases have caused changes in global temperatures or will do so in the next several years. aim.org more from aim: aim.org

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (134172)	3/30/2001 3:53:23 AM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

i don't know, thomas... it looks to me like things are 'heating up.' some people think it's the microwaves and not the co2... this winter, anchorage never fell below 0f. apparently they used to have at least 2-3 weeks of 20-30f below 0. seattle was mild too... on nights where it should have been 15-20f, it never went below 30.... and at times the rain is starting to come from the north, where it used to come almost invariably from the sw. andy andy