Re: Global Warming?

[Mike Smith <mike@COMET.UCAR.EDU>]

John Denver wrote:

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> HOWEVER --- bear in mind that the person making this claim is being
> completely illogical, and answering him with a logical argument will
> accomplish nothing.
>
> We are trained to look at facts.  The letter-writer asked about "beliefs".

A very good article centering upon the belief systems and political
envoronment surrounding global warming appeared in "The Atlantic" this past
July.  The article, by Roger Pielke, Jr., of the Environmental and Societal
Impacts Group at NCAR is online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/07

Cheers,

Mike Smith
Boulder, Colorado