Your turn at the Soapbox

I'm still willing to believe in global warming, but not until we have further proof.

I believe that we have to respect our planet and reduce pollution, but I don't appreciate the false facts I've been given.

--Antartica's ice is actually growing, despite LOCAL reductions in ice (the famous peninsula)
--Iceland's glaciers are growing
--Greenland's reduction in ice are consistent with cyclic events recorded in the layered ice.
--Rural areas across the board are showing consistent average temperatures over the past 150 years.
--There seems to be a LOCAL warming effect of metropolitan areas (explanations have included heat-emitting huge cement buildings, people, exhaust....etc).
--As CO2 and heat increase, plants are happy and grow helping to offset carbon gases.

I now believe that global warming is used for political purposes. Fear is a powerful vehicle for policies to be made (see Patriot Act).

Let's focus on things we know for a fact are hurting our environment:

--Over-fertilization of our crops (algae/protozoan tides--kills fish, not good)
--Burning coal for electricity (acid rain, radioactive waste....yes the black leftover crap is radioactive and we use it to pave our roads).
--You get the idea

I am all for getting us off of oil, but that doesn't have to cripple our economy. I'm anxiously awaiting a government that believes innovation can actually boost our economy.

I love nuclear power, that would solve so much by preserving natural resources and reducing pollution. After visiting Palm Springs, I can never support use of Wind--extremely inefficient as it takes up miles and miles of land and is worthless when there's no wind. I dislike large-scale solar power as well--right now, you'd basically have to cover the state of New Mexico to light up Las Vegas (how is that being considerate to the environment?).