Posted On: July 8, 2008, 9:08 pm CDT

Posted By: John

I have never claimed to be the smartest person in any room, and am quite certain I usually am not. Thanks for the compliment, though.

1. I don't believe this question can be answered in the absolute. Obviously, many things affect our cyclical weather patterns. I believe there is a proven direct correlation between increased carbon in the atmosphere and increased aggregate temperature increases in earth temperature. This happens when rays from the sun reflect off the earth and instead of a certain amount bouncing back into space, more are trapped based on the increased amount of carbon introduced by humans into the atmosphere. Carbon has increased from 280 ppm to 380 ppm in roughly 150 years. This is an unprecedented increase and will have a ripple affect on areas that we can't even imagine.

2. I agree that individual humans, animals, species, ecosystems, etc. all probably have specific temperatures that would suit them best individually. Unfortunately, it isn't as simple as someone moving to a preferred climate or turning the air conditioner to a lower setting. A common misconception about global warming is that it will only cause average temperatures to rise. There are too many different areas that will be affected to list here, but without too much trouble I bet you can find a few on the www.

3.I pollute more than I should. I have been making as many changes as possible, including the following:
a.Riding my bike to work
b.Eating out less, (fast food extremely infrequently)
c.Buying more food produced and grown locally
d.Buying mostly organic vegetables
e.Replacing incandescent with compact fluorescent light bulbs
f.Trying to consume less in general

Vlad, a couple of questions for you…

1. Do you believe that humans were significantly impacting ozone, and have you changed your mind?
2. Do you mistrust or are you suspicious of any other sciences, or just ones you disagree with/ don't believe.
3. What if you are wrong? Do you care about any future generations?
4. Please cite the three best sources that you can find that claim there is no evidence of human induced climate change.

I look forward to your response of my response, your friend, John.