How about getting the answer to the following questions before we start drawing any conclusions:
1. Would a global rise of only one degree fahrenheit cause glaciers to start melting exponentially?
2. Would the exponential rate of melt be caused by the decreasing size of the glaciers? In other words, would the rate at which they melt accelerate as they lost mass?
3. Since ozone is produced by natural processes, such as lightning and plant life, could ways be found to produce it?
4. Are you willing to live in a home of no more than 2000 square feet of floor space in order to conserve our forests?
5. Has the hole in the ozone layer in the southern hemisphere begun to decrease? I heard a report on Paul Harvey's broadcast that satellite imagery has shown that it shrank by about 1,000,000 square miles. Is this true?
6. Since the hole in the ozone is commonly blamed on chloro-fluorocarbons, which are produced by natural processes (volcanic eruptions), as well as by industrial activity, how big a percentage of the CFC's in the atmosphere can be attributed to humans?
7. Mount St. Helens' eruption was the largest volcanic event in the 20th century. Since it happened in the recent past, could it have had an effect on the exponential raising of the temperature we have seen in the last 10 years? How many CFC's did that event produce, if any?
8. Given that many of the greenhouse gases are produced by internal-combustion engines, and that so much of our economy depends on the automobile, what practical alternatives are there to replace them? Despite 30 years or more of research, electric cars remain impractical, and the electricity to recharge them must be produced in generating plants that raise other environmental concerns. Wind generators are not practical for large-scale production of power. And apparently the rotating blades kill large-numbers of birds. What answers can you offer?
Regards, Shuckins
