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af329@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (Scott Nudds) wrote:
>
>: >: >David Beorn
>: >: Exactly - human CO2 is basically insignificant compared to what nature
>: >: produces.
>
>Scott Nudds wrote:
>: >  Very false.  The actions of man have substantially increased the
>: >amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, and rates of emission continue to
>: >increase.
>
>Jim Barr wrote:
>: It is interesting to note that people who hold a particular view very
>: strongly, tend to accuse people in other camps of having closed minds.

People throw around accusations of this type on Usenet all the
time--I wouldn't put too much stock in them one way or the other.
What counts are the facts, and on this item, Scott is quite
correct.

>: In fact they have minds that are open in other directions.
>
>  You clearly have never seen a plot of atmospheric CO2 levels over the
>last couple of decades.
>
>  If Human CO2 were basically insignificant compared to what nature
>produces the plot of atmospheric CO2 levels would not show a substantial
>yearly increase that is directly attributable to mans carbon emissions.
>
>  Do you deny that atmospheric CO2 levels are increasing due to man?
>David Beorn does.

Is *anyone* in the scientific community contending this is not the
case?  Seems to me most of the skeptics are willing to acknowledge
that CO2 levels are increasing, and that we are responsible for
the increase.  Their skepticism has to do with what the effect of
the increase on global climate will be.

More climate info is available at http://www.unep.ch/iucc, Web site
of the Information Unit on Climate Change.

Tom Gray
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American Wind Energy Association

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