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J. Ewing e-mails on global warming:

You don't allow comments, but I must comment on global warming. Here's what I want: I want all of these folks who are going to "do something" about global warming (at the expense of my freedoms) to tell me EXACTLY how many degrees they are going to reduce the planet's temperature, before they mandate anything. They could refer to the UN's IPCC report, which says that full implementation of Kyoto would reduce global temperatures by 0.04 degrees in a hundred years, but of course that is if we follow it world-wide, not just statewide. Or they could just look up the scientific fact that greenhouse gasses are only 3% of the atmosphere, that CO2 is only 5% of that, and that manmade CO2 is only 4% of that, and that Minnesota's contribution is less than 1% of that. So, an 80% reduction would solve 80% of 1% of 4% of 5%, or 0.0016 PERCENT of the problem! I have to ask if anybody's really going to notice. I mean, can the weatherman really predict tomorrow's temperature out to 6 decimal places? How about the local temperature 50 years from now? It's silly.

We should all know by now that when it comes to global warming, it's not the result, but the thought that counts. If you can do something (or better yet force someone else to do something) that makes you FEEL better about the issue, then you can proudly pat yourself on the back because you've done your part.