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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (201583)	12/12/2010 12:48:07 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 361767

The Vanishing face of Gaia James Lovelock...... In his sixth book on Gaia, the eminent 91-year-old British scientist who originated the Gaia Theory to explain the interconnectedness between our planet's climate and life takes an elegiac tone and cosmic perspective in predicting our near future. Challenging the scientific consensus of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he believes it is too late to reverse global warming. We must accept that Earth is moving inexorably into a long-term "hot state." Most humans will die off, and we must prepare havens like northern Canada, where some climate refugees can survive. Lovelock rejects the results of climate computer modeling when they clash with scientific observation. For example, he points out that sea levels are rising significantly faster than models predicted. Lovelock advocates solar thermal and nuclear power as the best substitutes for burning fossil fuels, and he suggests emergency global geoengineering projects that might cool the planet. But Lovelock also avows today's ecological efforts are futile. This is a somber prophecy written with an authority that cannot be dismissed. Recommended for all academic and public libraries.—David Conn, Surrey P.L., B.C. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. amazon.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (201583)	12/12/2010 2:21:51 AM
From: koan	Respond to of 361767

Yep, rich can use money to buy favor to get richer. And the Republicans carry their water. And the poor vote Republican because they see it as a vote against those snooty liberals. And the poor never seem to figure out those snooty liberals are trying to help them; and the Republcian's just keep screwing them.