On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:59:57 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

One side or the other is being used, by somebody, in this global
warming debate. Why do I doubt that "liberals" have enough money to
buy off the majority of climate scientists on the planet, but find it
slightly more credible that BIG OIL with a mega-billion PR budget can
exert substantial influence

Global warming is indisputable. There is a great deal of well
reasoned debate about the cause(s) however. Global warming and global
cooling have been going on for tens of thousands, and quite likely,
millions of years. Even if caused solely by fossil fuels most experts
agree that the damage is done and quite likely irreversible in our
lifetimes. Meanwhile fossil fuel supplies will begin to run out even
as the water is rising. Better than all the current hand wringing
and recriminations would be a long range plan for coping with both of
these inevitabilities.