| Folks living in Australia are quite worried about there | | | | of those poor killer cuddly polar bears. Now currently |
| multi-year drought, things are getting worse. Many of | | | | in the world in 2007 we where at a 16-year average |
| them are now wishing that the country and | | | | low temperature Global Average temperature, |
| government there would do more to jump on board | | | | although 2005-2006 were up. |
| with the UN Global Warming efforts to curb CO2 | | | | Then we had a huge Solar Flare recently |
| emissions around the World. | | | | unexpectedly causing some to speculate that the |
| Even in the US, we understand the problems there in | | | | Solar Maximum run-up is starting again. So, perhaps |
| Australia and understand how serious the drought is. | | | | Global Warming, climate change caused by mankind, is |
| Personally, yes, I see the problems with the droughts | | | | not actually happening the way that some think it is; |
| there, in fact, I had written a piece for the National | | | | rather the temperature fluctuations are simply normal |
| Drought Booklet for Australia actually, the article was | | | | cycles of Mother Earth. |
| about water conservation at car wash fundraisers. | | | | Either way, Australia is still in drought and they are |
| The Climate Change issues are interesting, as we | | | | slow to put in the huge Desalination infrastructure |
| have the South Pole increasing its ice and snow | | | | that is needed there, and the Western US, ought not |
| layers, (except for the area where the Ross Ice | | | | to make a similar error in judgment. Something to |
| Shelf is) while the Northern areas near the Earth's | | | | Contemplate in 2008. |
| pole the ice is melting. We have all seen the pictures | | | | |