People can believe anything-- they don't even need facts-- it is just the same as faith.

The facts are that CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is higher now than it has ever been at 380 ppm and it is increasing exponentially (it has always gone up during the interglacial warm periods to about to a peak of about 300 ppm).

It is a fact that CO2 absorbs infrared radiation (a major form of heat loss from the planet). This is what creates the greenhouse effect.

The earth has been warmer than it is, and CO2 is not the only factor controlling the temperature of the earth. The glacial and interglacial cycles are caused primarialy by the tilt of the earth and distance from the sun.

The problem is the rate of change and the results of that increase. Sea level will rise, but that may not matter to someone who lives on a mountain. Some areas will turn to desert, but other areas will get wetter. It is very likely that many plants and animals will not be able to keep up with the change. Maybe that does not matter to some people, but I like to think that even if I won't be here, I did not leave a world that my grandchildren can't enjoy as I did.

Im in nashville, and we have a greenpowerswitch program, you pay extra per unit of green power, but it still comes from the same company.

the group that exposed this is "nonpartisan" but hardly unafilitated with the party that Gore is not.

Id love to know the actual truth myself. I would feel let down if he is full of cr@p, but we use compact flourescents in our house, and I bought a solar oven Im going to start using soon (need sun!). SO, instead of complaining and undermining people, could folks PLEASE support, or at least be neurtal towards eachother?

It makes me sad to be a human sometimes to see all the baloney we put eachother through.

-Kelli, who has suffered some deep emotional injury this week.

Even though I started the post, I agree with Garnetmoth, enough is enough. We'll close this post here.

Millet