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To: aladin who wrote (95367)	1/15/2005 11:27:18 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793903

So it seems that our environmentalists believe strip mining and acid rain is the solution. The core group running the environmental media and the NGOs believe the solution is to go back to a hunter-gatherer environment. The problem is that it is difficult to make people believe this.

To: aladin who wrote (95367)	1/15/2005 7:59:26 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 793903

..strip mining and acid rain is the solution. Check this out: Fossil fuel curbs may speed global warming-scientists .... "Cutting down on fossil fuel pollution could accelerate global warming and help turn parts of Europe into desert by 2100, according to research to be aired on British television on Thursday. "Global Dimming", a BBC Horizon documentary, will describe research suggesting fossil fuel by-products like sulphur dioxide particles reflect the sun's rays, "dimming" temperatures and almost cancelling out the greenhouse effect. The researchers say cutting down on the burning of coal and oil, one of the main goals of international environmental agreements, will drastically heat rather than cool climate. "When the cooling affect goes away -- and it must do because particles like sulphur dioxide are damaging to humans -- global warming will be much stronger," climate change scientist Dr Peter Cox told Reuters on Wednesday. Temperatures could increase in the worst case by up to 10 degrees by the end of the century, the researchers said -- much more than current estimates. Scientists differ as to whether global warming is caused by man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gases, by natural climate cycles or if it exists at all." ..... alertnet.org