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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (11934)	4/19/2001 10:04:20 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Even if we are contributing to the warming trend with our Co2 emissions, it's a good thing. We are preventing another Ice Age. Study says warming could fend off ice age By Roger Highfield, Science Editor THE greenhouse effect caused by human activity could help protect the planet from a forthcoming ice age, says a study that has angered environmentalists. The Earth's natural and stable state is the dry and cold of an ice age, say Professor Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe, of Cardiff University, in the latest Astrophysics and Space Science Journal. They believe that the water and dust thrown into the atmosphere by a comet impact - a body more than 1,000 metres across - every 100,000 years or so create a powerful greenhouse effect. They predict that the current warming will persist for up to 10,000 years, after which the world will enter another ice age. But a large greenhouse effect from burning fossil fuels and car exhausts could help offset that threat. Professor Wickramasinghe said: "Without the greenhouse effect, the Earth would drift into an ice age. It's a minor evil compared with what we are talking about in an ice age. Perhaps, at some time in the not so distant future, if an ice age becomes imminent, we should step up rather than decrease our greenhouse gas emissions." His comments were condemned as "irresponsible and naive" by Greenpeace. A Friends of the Earth spokesman added: "It's pretty clear that these findings go against scientific consensus. Most people realise that climate change is being caused by people and that it could be disastrous for the human race. "A few people might be distracted by these comments but I think most people are aware that we need to reduce emissions. It's a case of one scientist saying one thing and 7,000 saying another - I know who I'd side with." The professors often court controversy: for example, they believe BSE was imported from outer space. telegraph.co.uk

To: Zoltan! who wrote (11934)	4/19/2001 10:47:03 AM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 82486

Ah, a good objective site; This web site is a project of the Cooler Heads Coalition, a sub-group of the National Consumer Coalition. The Cooler Heads Coalition formed May 6, 1997 to dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific, and risk analysis. Coalition members will also follow the progress of the international Global Climate Change Treaty negotiations. globalwarming.org Nothing like starting out without prejudice... and that's certainly nothing like! How about somewhere less selective in what it's likely to report...?