The point of the Polar Bears is as follows. In 1972 they were placed on the Marine Mammal Protection act so that only Alaskan Natives could hunt them. In 1972 there were 9000 Polar Bears. Now , today there are 25,000 Polar Bears and we just put them on the endangered species act so they don't go extinct with the melting of the Polar Ice cap up here. Now an increase of 16,000 Polar Bears to me doesn't mean they are endangered. The melting of the Polar Ice cap is NOT happening. I know. I live up here and see it. My neighbors work on the North Slope and see the ice cap. It is not melting, but in fact is freezing up about a month earlier than it has in the past. Our summers are the coldest we have had in the past 30 years. There is not global warming in Alaska and since it is not warming here, then it can't be GLOBAL but maybe regional. A good way to show you that we don't have global warming in Alaska is to look at the volcano that is erupting here. Two weeks ago, it MELTED the entire Drift Glacier because of the volume of steam and ash that was being emitted. Now that in itself doesn't say much about global warming. What you have to realize is that Mt. Redoubt erupted in 1989-1990 over a 4 month period of time and melted the Drift Glacier back then. If we have "global warming", then how was that glacier rebuilt in a 20 year period? We are coming up on "Earth Day" to "save the earth from global warming because of Greenhouse gasses". Look up the history of "Earth Day". In 1972 we had "Earth Day" to save the planet from the next ice age caused by .... greenhouse gasses. We can't even predict the weather with any kind of accuarcey, how do we expect to save the planet when everything the government has ever tried to fix it makes worse?

Lets say that you are right and I am wrong and there is global warming. For us to fix the problem we would have to learn to control the weather so that we can reverse the damage that is being done. You say that you would be willing to pay the carbon monoxide tax. Just what would this accomplish besides making you poorer and the government richer? Do they know how to control the weather? If they do and with all the resources the government already has, why do they need that tax? If they do know how to control the weather, why don't they just do it? We can't even accuartely predict the weather. So what makes you think the government would be able to control the weather to fix this problem? Besides controlling the weather, we would also need to learn how to avert natural disasers to keep the hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and volcano eruptions from warming the earth. My point is this, if you are right and I am wrong, then there is absolutely nothing we can do to change the course we are on. So why worry about it, just enjoy what time we have here on earth. If I am right and you are wrong, then we still get to enjoy life we have on earth and so do our children, grandchildren and so on.

I will not comment any more about this on this forum because it is not the place for it to be debated.