I understand that many people are excited and concerned about the "Global Warming" Phenomenon.

When I hear this, I wonder how many are familiar with the book "The Weather Conspiracy; The coming of the New Ice Age".

This is a book written and published by a group of weather and climate 'experts' in the 1970's. At that point in our history the 'experts' were convinced the earth was cooling too fast, and we would soon have another ice age. To the thinking person, this of course, meant that we had global warming and global cooling in the past. Long before mankind was creating CO2 gases.

Less than 25 years later Al Gore was claiming global warming was upon us, we must take quick action to prevent the end of our way of life.

Many years ago, someone told me, "When rich people do something unusual, look and see how it affects their money." Now we know that Al Gore has managed to increase his net worth from roughly 3 million to near 100 million dollars in less than 10 years. In my opinion, Al Gore should go down in history as another PT Barnum.

There is no question that large cities, with their asphalt, concrete, and air conditioning will increase the temperate. There is also no doubt that temperature monitoring stations, set up 30-40 years ago in rural areas, are now near or even in, large cities, thus increasing the temperatures readings in many areas. However, I do not agree that a picture of a polar bear taken on an ice flow in August gives a clear indication of global warming.

NASA tells us that the surface of Mars has also increased since they have been monitoring that temperature. This would indicate that only the Sun could be warming the surface of Mars and most certainly having a similar effect on earth.

I firmly believe we must do everything possible to protect and maintain a clean environment, however, when we are playing with nature, we should move very slowly and do not do anything that we cannot reverse.

This "Cap and Trade"  bill is just another way for the rich (Read Al Gore) to get richer. 

James G. McMorris