Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:23:46 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Thought you would enjoy this...

http://www.suntimes.com/news/othervi...REF30b.article
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=41

The seven-point pledge announced by Al Gore to rally support against
global warming:

I pledge

1. To demand that my country join an international treaty within the
next two years that cuts global warming pollution by 90 percent in
developed countries and by more than half worldwide in time for the
next generation to inherit a healthy earth;

2. To take personal action to help solve the climate crises by
reducing my own C02 pollution as much as I can and offsetting the rest
to become ''carbon neutral'';

3. To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating
facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store
the C02;

4. To work for a dramatic increase in the energy efficiency of my
home, workplace, school, place of worship, and means of
transportation;

5. To fight for laws and policies that expand the use of renewable
energy sources and reduce dependence on oil and coal;

6. To plant new trees and to join with others in preserving and
protecting forests; and,

7. To buy from businesses and support leaders who share my commitment
to solving the climate crises and building a sustainable, just and
prosperous world for the 21st century.

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All the pledge needs is little hearts and flowers and unicorns
decorating the edges.

The guy is a clown. And not a good clown - an evil clown.

Since all of us, especially boaters and those who love and use our
environment, should be concerned about Global Warming, the last thing
we need to do is base our beliefs upon politicians and industry
spokesmen. Climatologist should be the best to judge the true long term
trends and should give them substantially more credence and value than
Alan Gore or Exxon's mouthpiece. Since this has a major impact on ours
and our children's lives, we should probably not be so quick to endorse
any viewpoint, just because it agrees with ours. The Catholic Church
and their stand against Galileo showed all of us how ridiculous one can
be when you close yourself to new concepts and scientific data. While
there are climatologist on both sides of this issue, does not mean we
should end the research. From strictly a selfish standpoint, we need to
find viable alternative energy sources so oil will not have the near
monopoly on energy for our boats. I am tired of spending $175 to fill
my boat gas tanks. Alternative energy could reduce our "carbon
footprint" and reduce the demand for oil, lowering the cost for those
applications where we still use oil.