The global warming debate

Kathleen Parker:

When it comes to global warming, Americans have a right to be confused. Is it a problem or isn't it?

You don't have to look far to find passionate voices on both sides of the issue, while the amount of information and disinformation is staggering. Google "global warming," and you'll find about 13 million links. Monumental financial and political stakes further cloud the critical question: Are we, or are we not, heating up the Earth?

While the Earth has always undergone cycles of heating and cooling, some 2,000 scientists and more than 100 countries agree that the current warming trend is caused by human activity. Quick tutorial: Global warming refers to the process by which the Earth's atmosphere is warming owing to the accumulation of "greenhouse gases" (GHG), such as carbon dioxide, that are released from burning fossil fuels (gas, oil, coal) and other resources. The biggest culprits are said to be cars and coal-burning power plants.

Others say we're overreacting to a "hoax," to quote Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. To those in Inhofe's camp, global warming threatens not the Earth, but the economies of industrialized nations, while feeding a growing industry of environmentalists with a stake in creating fear, as author Michael Crichton suggested in his latest sci-fi thriller, "State of Fear."

The real debate is over what is causing the warming. There is evidence that Mars and other planets are also warming, and I do not believe that can be blamed on greenhouse gases from Earth. If the whole solar system is warming the more likely cause is activity on the Sun.

However, if we have to find some one on Earth to blame it on, I suggest a probable cause is all the baby boomer females going through menopause at the same time.. It is not just the heat flashes either. My wife insist that she is only comfortable if the air conditioners is turned down to 62 degrees Farenheit. While this feels more like a meat locker than a greenhouse, it does require the use of more energy, especially when I have to turn on a space heater in my office to keep from getting too cold.

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