I can't count how many times someone points to the fact that it's cold outside as proof of global warming not existing (global warming is about extremes, not hot and cold). Almost all sides can admit that the world is entering some sort of period of change. The question isn't on that, it's whether or not we are making any meaningful contribution to it. I've shared my thoughts on this subject numerous times, but I'll do it again for good measure -- if it costs us little to nothing to change various practices and ensure that we are not contributing forces, and we benefit from these changes in numerous other ways, why not?

And what about the climate changes themselves? Nobody is talking about them. We're so busy pointing fingers and trying to make this issue a divisive political war instead of using it to unify an otherwise politically torn country. Examples of real world questions that need to be answered are insurance costs, costs of strengthening storms, potentially lost GDP from a changing business landscape, protecting inhabited low lying areas disrupted by melting glaciers, protecting countries dependent on fresh water that is quickly disappearing. These are all important, life altering possibilities. None of them are necessarily doomsday prospects, yet they all dramatically effect our national security and world stability. What do you think is going to happen when someone like Chavez runs out of water? What if we experience 2 or 3 more Katrina's? We can't even handle the first one.

Then again.. Brittany just shaved her head, and well, thats a lot more fun than talking about Al Gore screwing up our weather patterns.