Dr.Gargoyle said:if I understood it correctly aren't we suppose to see much more voliatile weather. Like El ninjio a couple of years ago. It raised the water temperature a couple of degrees. I went diving outside kenya the year after. More or less all the coral was dead. Just a grey mess under water. Apperently, all it took was small increase of water temperture. Same with southern Florida, how many hurricanes passed? 6? We have had snow fall in greece, which is a bit odd. In southern Sweden, where I live we see snow very selldom nowdays.
IMHO, I think we have f**ed around with mother nature a bit too much and now she is striking back at us. You guys from US should seriously reconsider signing the Kyoto protocol. Just my 2c.
If the climate change situation is as serious as many fear (and we don't know if it is), then Kyoto doesn't go far enough. So the difference between the U.S. joining and not joining a watered-down treaty is not nearly as drastic as many people like to think. The carbon dioxide production of the United States is proportional to its share of the world economy, so it's not like we're egregious violators.
In my opinion the big push should be toward energy efficiency, not necessarily how much carbon dioxide a given power source creates. As long as the population keeps growing, we have to tighten the screws just to stay at the same emissions level. At some point, environmental protection becomes a population issue.
The greens also have to get their head together about nuclear power. It's the only large-scale, constant power source that produces no greenhouse gases. Wind and solar power might help in Europe, where the population is either stable or declining. But it won't make much of a dent in countries that are growing.
