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Although I've never closely studied atmospheric phenomena, I have a scientific background, and it has led me to question the results of the previous UN IPCC report. I've concluded that NO ONE has a firm understanding of the issue, and that there is absolutely zero measurable proof that, if the climate is drastically changing, man had anything to do with it. Also, contrary to the claims of Mr. Gore, the issue is most assuredly NOT settled, and that atmospheric scientists have not developed a consensus, as evidenced by the link cited in Boortz News. <br> <br> The principal reason that this topic has my interest is, that being the cheap guy that I am, I can't see spending our increasingly scarce dollars to change something that can't be changed (Do we really know even that we should?). Personally, as laymen, we don't really know what's happening. But I do know that this has become something that it shouldn't be -- a political issue. We hear many conclusions and forecasts of dire consequences drawn by politicians and the media (also laymen), but the people who really have the background to understand, DO NOT AGREE. The people of this World are being misled by self-serving politicians and an ignorant media. <br> <br> Next year, the bills from my power company are due to increase by 30%, basically due to rising fuel costs. The further increased costs to consumers for adding "carbon capture" technology to power plants has been estimated to double the cost of electricity. I don't know about you, but I sure would like to know that there is a real reason for this extra rise in my electric bills.<br> <br> Supporters of the climate change theories say that these price increases will goad the public toward more demands for "greener" supplemental sources. But power industry insiders say that within the next 20 years, the very best that supplemental generation sources will be able to provide is 20% of total capacity. The remaining capacity must come from natural gas, nuclear, and coal (our nation's #1 resource). At the current time, the World just doesn't have the infrastructure or the technology to supplant our baseload capacity fuels with anything else. To impede the construction of new power plants, that necessarily must be based on current technologies, is to lead to a future of potential blackouts.<br> <br> I hope that we can all agree on one thing; that this issue should be among those paramount in our minds, and one that should not be left to politicians and media. I understand the concerns of the "greens," and I concur, probably to a lesser degree. But with the current economic conditions, we are now beginning to view the consequences of poor economic decisions. So now the decision must be: Do we go "all out" to save the environment from a questionable problem, or do we go "all out" to save our economy that is unquestionably in trouble? I don't believe that we can do both. By LarryW
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