| This article contains some interesting global | | | | least not in the near future. Paula Dobriansky, |
| warming information. | | | | under secretary of state for global affairs, and |
| Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. why? | | | | the leader of the U.S. delegation, made the |
| Well, Al Gore answers in a very intelligent way in | | | | following statement during the 10th round of |
| his movie called 'An Inconvenient Truth.' To start | | | | international climate change negotiations held in |
| with, if the vast majority of the world's scientists | | | | Buenos Aires: |
| are right, we have just ten years to avert a | | | | "Science tells us that we cannot say with any |
| major catastrophe that could send our entire | | | | certainty what constitutes a dangerous level of |
| planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving | | | | warming, and therefore what level must be |
| extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and | | | | avoided." Those are very shocking statements, |
| killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever | | | | especially considering who made them. But as |
| experienced. | | | | Upton Sinclair, author of "The Jungle", puts it- "You |
| Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the | | | | can't make somebody understand something if |
| surface of the planet naturally by trapping solar | | | | their salary depends upon them not understanding |
| heat in the atmosphere. This is a good thing | | | | it." |
| because it keeps our planet habitable. However, | | | | That's why petrol companies will spend millions of |
| by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas, and oil, | | | | dollars to keep the masses in the dark about |
| and clearing forests we have dramatically | | | | global warming. At the same time, the evidence is |
| increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the | | | | overwhelming and undeniable. We're already seeing |
| Earth's atmosphere and temperatures are rising. | | | | changes. Glaciers are melting, plants and animals |
| The vast majority of scientists agree that global | | | | are being forced from their habitats, and the |
| warming is real, it's already happening, and that it | | | | number of severe storms and droughts is |
| is the result of our activities and not a natural | | | | increasing. The number of Category 4 and 5 |
| occurrence. | | | | hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years. |
| President Bush has rejected Kyoto, the United | | | | The most effective way to prevent global |
| States Senate rejected Kyoto 95 to 0, the United | | | | warming is to use alternative, clean sources of |
| States Senate rejected the McCain-Lieberman bill | | | | energy, more efficient use of the existing |
| 55 to 43, and there is little hope that Congress will | | | | resources and by regulating the population growth. |
| pass mandatory greenhouse gas reductions, at | | | | |