See, unlike the 'march in step' Conservatives, us Liberals come in many varieties. To me, the question isn't "DOES man contribute?", it's "HOW MUCH does man contribute?"

Without the math, all I can say from personal observation of human habits is, "too much."

I think the most important part of your piece is:

"That being said… pollution in the form of burning of fossil fuels (creating CO2) has other and almost as far reaching consequences as global warming so switching to clean renewable energy sources is still a VERY good idea if we want to survive (but that’s a subject for an entirely different discussion)…"

I think THIS is the discussion we NEED, not whether or not man has caused 1% or 90%. If we CAN do something to help out, even a little bit, we SHOULD. And the answer is quite simple - convince all the Greedy Bastards making fortunes in Oil that they will make even MORE by going 'green.' Until then, all these other issues are mental masturbation...and although masturbation is fine for relieving pressure, it's a poor substitute for the real thing; deciding and implementing solutions. Gotta get the Greedy Bastards to WANT to do it.

How? Hell, I don't know. I'm just a fat old guy sitting in front of a keyboard. My forte lends itself more to questioning answers than it does answering questions...I'm funny that way...

by MedfordTim on 11/24/2009 05:05:54 PM EST