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To: TimF who wrote (347845)	8/21/2007 5:50:27 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1574054

Global Warming Alarmism 101 The breathless headline in the HJ and other newspapers today proclaims, "Arctic sea ice at record low and still melting." You might see this and say, "Hhmmm, maybe this global warming thing is a problem." But if you bother to read down to the 6th or 7th paragraph, you find this tidbit: Scientists began monitoring the extent of Arctic sea ice in the 1970's when satellite images became available. So this whole story really means nothing, since it's based on only 30 years of data. However, the media banks on the fact that most people won't make it down to the 7th paragraph, and readers will take away the intended message, that global warming will kill us all. Of course, if you happen to read the Chicago Sun-Times, they didn't even see fit to include this tidbit in the article at all. I'm sure there are other editors that made the same decision. And people wonder why many are skeptical of the claims of global warming. Craig kvnuforthepeople.com Only 30 years of data isn't totally meaningless if there is a trend over those 30 years, but its not nearly as meaningful as its presented by the AP report, esp. since the 70s where unusually cool compared to other decades since 1900.