I just watched a show called How the Earth Was Made. It was all about
climate change over the ages and specifically about ice ages. They had
geologists who were studying ice cores that were 2 million years old.
It was a good show. When you see how many years the earth was mainly
covered by ice it makes you wonder about global warming. Seeing all
that ice makes warming seem not so bad. My point is that we could have
all the global warming going on and then whatever it is that creates
ice ages could come into play and over ride the warming. If earth's
orbit were to shift just a little the planet could go back to being
covered in ice. If the sun put out less energy for a short time we
could have another ice age. Any number of things could trigger another
ice age. None of that is happening now and from the science collected
over the last 20 years the data shows we're getting hotter. I find it
hard to believe that man's burning of fossil fuels doesn't have any
effect. I have seen what burning gasoline does in L.A. so I can't
believe we couldn't do the same thing planet wide. It's hard to know
what to believe when the anti global warming side is putting out
propaganda to support the energy industry. All we have to rely on is
what scientists tell us. I saw the geologists explaining how the
landscape of the earth was created by glaciers. I don't know otherwise
so I take their word for it. They know more than I do. It's the same
with the global warming. The scientific experts have said the planet
is getting hotter for 20 years. I have to take their word for it. When
there is proof showing that's wrong I'll accept it. Until then I'll
believe what the vast majority of the experts say is true. And as long
as energy producers have a financial reason to make global warming
seem false I'll be skeptical about their arguments.

Hawke

Explain how burning gasoline in L.A. is making the planet Pluto hotter.



How exactly do you jump to that conclusion from what I wrote? I was
saying that the combustion of fossil fuels in a highly populated area
like L.A. was enough to have a major impact on the environment. It
basically ruined the air quality. I used to live there. I'm saying that
if man can negatively affect the quality of the air in a local area like
L.A. why is it a big jump to think man can do the same thing on a planet
wide scale? Or why can't man increase the temperature of the planet if
he burns enough fossil fuel? Not only do I think we can do that I think
we did do it. Lots of climate scientists say we did too. I'll believe
them over what a coal company says any day of the week. The question is
why would you believe a coal or an oil company when they tell you global
warming is not caused by using their products?

Hawke