We're Melting, Not Warming - More Than An Inconvenient Truth

Last week was probably the warmest weather I've experienced in the San Francisco Peninsula area. Now to those who aren't familiar with this area, we're a bit "weather spoiled". I'm no expert, but I'd peg our climate zones between 35° and 90° anything beyond this zone drives us a bit crazy. So at 107° over the weekend, well, it was nuts.

This experience prompted me to revisit the topic of Global Warming having seen the excellent film, An Inconvenient Truth a month or 2 ago. A few clicks later, I stumbled upon more videos, commentaries, and discussions about the topic, and voila! Crapola abounds!

I'm no expert, but just reading some of the comments that people have rejecting global warming, makes me sad, not angry nor combative, just sad. I can see how some can easily equate the film to politics, it's Al Gore after all, and that's too bad. This issue isn't about politics, it's SURVIVAL, maybe not yours or mine, but for today's children, or to be blunt about it, the human species.

Last I checked we all have one planet - and it's going through some major changes. Again I'm no expert, so I'll leave it up to those who are.

• Podcast: Dr. Michael Oppenheimer, geosciences professor, Princeton University, shares what you need to know about global warming. (link goes to Discovery Channel)
  
• Or if you don't have your player handy, here's the link to the MP3 (Discovery Channel)
  
• Real Climate: Climate Science from Climate Scientists
  

I hope that rational thinking prevails so we can move from inaction and complacency. Please spread the word, and better yet, act.

Sorry, this time I don't have to thank you, it' s not for me, it's for all of us.