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To: combjelly who wrote (310842)	11/16/2006 12:21:15 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577095

CJ, I hear what you are saying, but I was being purposefully superficial just to stay within the realm of politics. As for me, I don't believe there is such a thing as a "point of no return." Earth's climate is constantly changing due to a ton of factors, most of which are beyond our control. Of course when we have 6 billion people on this planet, we will have an impact on the environment no matter what. Global warming is just one of those factors, but one which I don't believe justifies the drastic changes in lifestyle required to reverse it. And by drastic, I don't mean giving up SUVs for hybrids. I mean more, like moving within walking distance to work and to the grocery store, etc. Especially in light of China and India starting to contribute their share of CO2. Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (310842)	11/22/2006 11:10:32 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577095

To pick one, all of our major food crops are dependent on lowest, mean and peak temperature during the growing season with a given number of sun hours during the season for optimal production. If you change those temperatures, you impact your food production unless you can also change the inclination of the Earth in its orbit. You impact food production, but in some cases positively. Well if the warming is extreme and very quick, it would be almost universally negative (for quite awhile, if perhaps not permanently) but the idea that we are going to have such a sudden massive increase has hardly been established as fact, or even as something that is very likely.