A large group of respected scientists of all relevant disciplines, with no particular ax to grind except finding out the facts, and after years of studying the problem, come to the conclusion that pouring hydrocarbons into the atmosphere the way humans have been doing within the past century and a half is causing global warming to the extent that it is altering the climate radically, and that if it continues it could possibly cause a runaway greenhouse effect that would end all life on the planet, and that it already may be too late—and then a couple of scientists employed by those very industries that do most of the atmospheric hydrocarbon dumping say, "That's just being alarmist. We don't really know that," who would an intelligent reasoning person tend to believe?

At the very least, a rational society would err on the side of caution and take steps to stop the atmospheric pollution, if for no other reason than that, as Doug insists, "the jury is still out" If such a disaster is even remotely possible. . . .

Nah! Screw it! So a couple hundred years from now the earth is so hot that life as we know it no longer exists, so what? We won't be around and I gotta keep the stock holders happy!

By the way, how's the weather in Phoenix been lately?

Don Firth