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To: whitepine who wrote (78135)	1/17/2007 11:29:54 AM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206336

What does global warming have to do with politics? With all due respect, that's a pretty asinine connection. That's like saying someone who commits suicide doing something stupid did it for political reasons. Global warming is directly related with energy consumption, and isn't this an energy thread? It used to be. At least global warming is more relevant to energy than posting about a trade made, or a quote that's worthless by the time anyone reads it. Global warming is your fault. It's my fault. It's the fault of everyone reading this. Saying it's political is people's way of passing the buck and trying to deflect blame.

To: whitepine who wrote (78135)	1/17/2007 12:41:42 PM
From: Tommaso	Respond to of 206336

A huge shift is taking place in public attitudes towards various forms of energy. In particular, nuclear power is suddenly becoming acceptable to a great many people. The reason for this is that unlike coal, oil, and even natural gas, nuclear power adds almost no carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. In Australia, for example, there is no nuclear power generation to speak of, and even mining of uranium has been restricted to two or three sites. That is all changing as I type this. It has been a fashion for some time--a fashion until recently supported by lobbyists for hydrocarbon fuels--to politicize the question of global warming because it seemed to threaten their business. The idea that global warming is taking place has been identified as liberal, environmentalist, anti-Republican propaganda. I suppose, however, that if the "theory" of evolution can be considered a political issue, so can global warming. Anything can be political. A Midwestern state legislature once decreed that Pi should be exactly 22/7, not some indefinitely continuing number such as 3.141698 . . . Did you see this in the Sunday comics? doonesbury.com I have been heavily invested for years in oil and natural gas, and in recent years in the tar sands. In the last three years I have become increasingly invested in uranium. The issue of global warming seems to me perfectly relevant to my investments.