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KLC Lewis wrote:

"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:13:23 -0400, krj said:

And why has Al Gore et al failed to mention the thousands of rain forest
that falls to logging and slash and burn every day.

Trying to justify bad behavior by pointing at other bad behavior?

Planting trees is one of the best things we can do to "help the
environment." Creating an aribitrary and utterly impossible law requiring
the US to reduce CO2 emmissions by 90% by 2050 is simply absurd. Makes much
more sense to stop killing "the lungs of the Earth" than it does to force
people to stop exhaling.

From what I've read, the best method to actually have a significant
effect on the rate of global warming is to take both personal action
and have gov't take action. The personal action doesn't have to be
that terrible. For example, swapping out CFBs for regular lightbulbs
would make a huge difference. I believe GE is phasing them out in the
next few years. On the gov't side, it works best if market forces are
used/encouraged. For example, being able to trade carbon credits would
create a market incentive to reduce greenhouse gasses. We really need
a realistic cap and a trading system.

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