al gore is your hero isnt he... to bad he is just one big Hypocrite. and what are we supposed to do about global warming?? increase taxes to pay the "scientists who think they have all the answers to solve global warming" do you want me to have to fork out 60000 bucks for an electric car, do you want me to tell the industries of america to "spend half of your income on improving your emmissions or leave" do you think they would stay. solving global warming is somthing for hollywood to solve not for the average american who has to work just to stay alive. its easy for al gore to say much about global warming and how we shoudl buy all these products to fight it, he is the one with a mansion.

You posted: "Climate is inherently variable.  Only recently have instruments been available to record trends, such as the slow background warming trend.  Pollution and unwise, unsustainable consumption of resources are the problems that we can all address by adjusting our lifestyle.  Personally, I have an issue with a man that fails to simplify his own lifestyle while impressing upon others to do so."

 

Then you aren't complaining about Gore who has modified his home to use solar power and is required by law to have constant secret service protection and who is running a business out of his house.

 

Ddon't compare yourself to him. Compare yourself to me. I'm telling you to simplify your lifestyle and I practice what I preach. And I don't need to fly around the country with 50 people in tow.

You are a nice guy Joe but I hate to burst your bubble...selfishness, greed, anger, war...they have been happenning since the beginning of time. Whether you believe in the story of Cain and Able or evolution. They have been there. I personally think that we live in one of the greatest eras in human history. The quality of life for the average Joe today is far superior to any other time. It is very easy to glamorize the past and villify the present. That's been happenning since the beginning too.