Fw: Gas Prices

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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From: "Christopher Witmer" <cdwitmer@spamcop.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: December 06, 2000 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Gas Prices


> Delwin D Fandrich wrote:
> > There is no longer any serious debate as to whether or not these
emissions
> > are damaging the planet.
>
> The authors of the following seem serious enough:
>
> Hot Talk, Cold Science : Global Warming's Unfinished Debate
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/094599978X/qid=976142616/sr=1-3/107-0
725418-0328526
>
> The Satanic Gases
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1882577922/ref=sim_books/107-0725418-
0328526
>
> There are many reputable scientists who have gone on record that global
> warming is overrated as an environmental threat. Frustratingly, there is
> no unanimity on this within the scientific community and the debate
> would seem to be far from finished.
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You are correct, there is still some on-going debate over the issue.
Although it is becoming increasingly one-sided.

The Global Climate Coalition (a lobbying organization funded primarily by
members of the oil industry and the transportation industry) has been the
source -- through funding and distribution -- of most of the so-called
science disputing the obvious.  The GCC has an obvious financial reason to
support the ongoing use of fossil fuels.  But the GCC is losing support
rapidly.  This year GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler and Texaco, among others,
have all withdrawn their support, citing the increasingly overwhelming
evidence supporting the facts of global warming.

The U.S. National Academy of Science agrees.

The U.S. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has revised its 1995
report to acknowledge it was wrong.  Global warming is actually taking place
at a far faster rate than they could have imagined in 1995.

The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared
that the climate situation is now 'critical,' and has urged the world
governments to immediately take steps to reduce their use of carbon fuels.

The list goes on...

Del