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<DIV>>The only "significant" negative impacts one can envision out of global
warming are shutting down the Gulf Stream (which may require >melting the
Greenland ice cap -- or *more*) and what is probably worse -- a massive melting
of the methane clathrates throughout >the world. However neither of
those situations is being predicted by currently envisioned global warming.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Care to elaborate on WHY neither of these has been
brought the the attention of the lay person? If you go out in public and ask
people if they are scared of global warming, a lot will probbaly say yes, but
when asked why they won't have an answer. They only know that they have been
conditioned to fear a gradual change in average temperature by a degree or two
over a period of decades. Usually the fear mongers make up all sorts of whacky
reasons to scare people, but the have constantly overlooked the methane
clathrates that may be responsible for such things as the Permian-Triassic
extinction event. Instead, people worry about retreating glaciers, melting ice
caps and wacky weather. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>