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To: greenspirit who wrote (114217)	6/30/2009 6:24:16 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541877

Six Degrees Richard Girling investigates the reality behind the science of climate change From The Sunday Times March 11, 2007 timesonline.co.uk Mark Lynas rummages through his filing cabinet like a badger raking out his bedstraw, much of the stuff so crumpled that he might have been sleeping on it for years. Eventually he finds what he is looking for - four sheets of printed paper, stapled with a page of notes.... If global warming continues at the current rate, we could be facing extinction. So what exactly is going to happen as the Earth heats up? Here is a degree-by-degree guide 1c Increase Ice-free sea absorbs more heat and accelerates global warming; fresh water lost from a third of the world's surface; low-lying coastlines flooded 2c Increase Europeans dying of heatstroke; forests ravaged by fire; stressed plants beginning to emit carbon rather than absorbing it; a third of all species face extinction 3c Increase Carbon release from vegetation and soils ?speeds global warming; death of the Amazon rainforest; super-hurricanes hit coastal cities; starvation in Africa 4c Increase Runaway thaw of permafrost makes global warming unstoppable; much of Britain made uninhabitable by severe flooding; Mediterranean region abandoned 5c Increase Methane from ocean floor accelerates global warming; ice gone from both poles; humans migrate in search of food and try vainly to live like animals off the land 6c Increase Life on Earth ends with apocalyptic storms, flash floods, hydrogen sulphide gas and methane fireballs racing across the globe with the power of atomic bombs; only fungi survive

To: greenspirit who wrote (114217)	6/30/2009 7:14:50 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541877

Greenspirit; It's just as likely warming the planet will be good for human beings You have just defined hubris. Conservatives are slow to change for sure, but even they are coming around. Now at least you admit the world is warming - only that it is a good thing. Five years ago no conservative outside of the scientific world would even admit to GW. steve

To: greenspirit who wrote (114217)	6/30/2009 8:55:26 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541877

"Liberal Democrats see the world through the lens of a glass that's half-empty, while Conservative Republicans see the world through a glass that's half-filled." ROFL Why is Obama a bad thing then? And why is work on green energy driven by climate change concern? I mean if republicans can REALLY see the world through a glass that's half filled, sure they can see the good in ALL those dem proposals... But no, they can't- because it's all just partisanship, like your post. There are optimists and pessimists on both sides, and then there are extreme partisans, and they're on both sides too.