Anyone else having global warming doubts? [View All]

[Alhena]

For me, global warming is not and should not be a political issue. We should go where the science leads us, and progressives should no more be wedded to the notion of man-made global warming than conservatives should be opposed to it. Whether or not man-made global warming exists is a simple scientific question of fact, rather than a political issue. Or at least it should be.

I still believe that man-made global warming exists, but the record cold we have seen this winter, in North American, Europe and Asia does cause me to re-evaluate just how quickly this warming is progressing and how urgent it is that we address the issue now, in such a poor economic climate.

I don't put much credence on a single cold snap, especially if it's cold in one part of the world but unusually warm in others. In the past year, however, it seems like we have seen stories of record cold in vast areas of the world, and not just in an isolated time frame. And just on a personal level, it's hard to get enthusiastic about spending vast sums on global warming when it seems like I've been freezing my butt off for the last couple of months.