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To: jttmab who wrote (187693)	5/30/2006 11:12:36 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

And what did you think about the article? Does the earth have its cyclical warming periods, and that we're due for a cooling period soon? Nature is full of cycles. Solar Max.. El Nino.. Hurricane cycles.. And why have CO2 levels increased when, botanically speaking, CO2 is one of the major "fertilizers" for spurring plant growth? More fertilizer, more plant growth (land and oceanic) should reflect it.. Unless.. per chance, some other element is missing.. namely oceanic nutrients necessary to phytoplankton growth. Hawk

To: jttmab who wrote (187693)	6/2/2006 7:06:26 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

This came out today. LOL A BESTIARY OF SKEPTICS....John Quiggin provides a handy summary of Joel Achenbach's recent piece in the Washington Post on global warming skeptics. Here it is: Richard Lindzen, prominent MIT climate scientist, is an irresponsible contrarian, who’s prepared to defend an implausible position on the off chance of being right when everyone else is wrong The Competitive Enterprise Institute, well-known Washington thinktank, is a set of industry shills who will say whatever Exxon pays them to say William Gray, respected hurricane expert, is a raving loon who thinks climate change is a conspiracy to bring in world government and compares Al Gore to Hitler (as Achenbach notes, it’s almost impossible to keep the Nazis out of the discussion in GW-sceptic circles) All these guys know the score as regards the others. John's summary motivated me to read Achenbach's piece, and I think he has it exactly right: the contrarians come across as obvious shills and buffoons. If you want to watch Achenbach talk about these guys in person, his Bloggingheads.tv conversation with Robert Wright is here. washingtonmonthly.com