This just goes to show you that looking at one year (or two, or 10) of warming/cooling doesn’t amount to fundamental climate change.

As I have stated before, much of the data suggests that at the very least the jury is still out on the cause.

The article linked below doesn’t prove or disprove that there is warming but I found it amusing.

http://newsmax.com/newsfront/global_warming_or_cooling/2008/02/19/73798.html

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Don’t get me wrong, I am all for conservation of natural resources and reductions in our fossil fuel use (If anything, only to reduce our dependence on foreign oil).
I would love to be able to drive a car that emits NOTHING (other than maybe pure water). However, at this time this is not economically feasible and won’t happen any time soon (without a government mandate).

The whole debate over Global Warming and the role of CO2 in this process makes me a little crazy.

When you apply real science to the question you get a very different answer than the one that most CO2 “crazies” present.
In my opinion working to educate the public about the environment is an admirable use of your time, provided you aren’t out there slinging junk science and using scare tactics to get your message across. This is why most people laugh at Greenpeace because their methods are far too extreme to have any significant effect.
Educating the public using REAL scientific fact, not sensationalism and working for change in government is the way to go (increasing the government fuel economy mandate, working for lower overall emissions standards).

See the video below for some more information about this debate (CO2 and its role in climate change).

Source: http://www.demanddebate.com

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THE VOLT by Chevrolet

This is a great idea for an electric car. Stylish. Uses a combustion engine that is not connected to the drivetrain (used for recharging the batteries). It has a range of 40 miles on just the battery alone and a range of 640+ miles with a full tank of gas (12 gallons).

The artilce from autobloggreen.com is linked below. Just click on the image.

Clicking on any of the images of the car in the article will take you to a photo gallery of the car.

Check out this link if you are into science (and if you are not it’s interesting anyway).  It’s an interesting essay by Michael Crichton about the role of science in today’s world and it’s interaction with politics, the media and special interests.

Michael Crichton

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