Global warming: enjoy it while you can By John Carlisle
Policymakers have been arguing for nearly a decade over what to
do about global warming. Noticeably missing from this debate has
been any mention of the fact that natural fluctuations in the
Earth's temperature, not Man, is the likely explanation for any
recent warming. Proponents of the global warming theory
repeatedly cite a 1.5°F temperature increase over the last 150
years as evidence that man-made CO2 is dangerously heating up
the planet and will cause huge flooding, severe storms, disease
and a mass exodus of environmental refugees. Based on this, the
Clinton Administration and its environmental allies want
Congress to ratify a treaty that will hike consumer prices 40
percent and cost the American economy $3.3 trillion over 20
years. But the apocalyptic predictions on which they justify
these drastic steps are totally unsubstantiated and ignore some
fundamental truths about the Earth's climatic behavior. The fact
is, the planet's temperature is con