[doug from upland]

Great post. I am agnostic on the issue. It may be that man does have some effect on the plant. To what extent, even the most brilliant scientists do not really know.

It is a good thing to increase fuel mileage and use less fuel. It is a good thing to individually try to do things to lessen our impact on the planet. That having been said, Algore is out of his freaking mind. And I refuse to take the advice of a hypocritical SOB who gives a stirring global warming speech at the Sierra Club Summit and then gets driven to the airport by his chauffeur in a Cadillac Escalade, the most powerful SUV on the planet.

[RhoTheta]

Well worth reading the rest of the article, just for the references and point-by-point refutation.

[Paladin2]

I plotted up the "Mann" data last week and put a linear regression through it. There is so much year to year fluctuation that spotting a trend is nearly impossible. It's also very dangerous to extrapolate more than a few percent beyond one's data.

That being said, the US would be alot better off if we didn't have to import oil.

[smoothsailing]

I like global warming.Can't stand cold weather. :-)

[Sometimes A River]

Wow, I am in *SHOCK* that the MSM would totally and completely misrepresent a scientific finding!

Are you saying that they may actually have an agenda??

[dk/coro]

Doug, your point is well taken.

However, I must add that any signal of Global Warming I receive, I must check most carefully.

As an example, Three years ago here in Bullhead City it was 117 degrees at high noon.

I just checked; and the temperature NOW is just 110.

Accordingly, by my highly credible scientific computations, at least in Arizona, we are in a significant cooling pattern -- further refuting Crazy Al's thesis. *S*

As an aside, I am still really miffed that the bum (Gore) resided in the quarters at the Observatory used by my old boss. Thank God, the Chaneys restored the dignity to the magnificent home that it warrants.

I despise Gore with such a passion my jaw works -- and saliva forms -- just thinking of the hypocritical cretin.