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I agree with bucktail when he said: "Global warming is irrelevant in the fact that all programs that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions benefit humanity by reducing air and water pollution. Something that with 6.5 billion humans cannot be argued against." The people who try to find the opposite side of the global warming debate really have their priorities mixed up. Even if you don't believe that humans are part of the cause of this problem, what issue do you have with cleaning up the environment in which we live? Cleaner air, cleaner water foster the wilderness that most of hold so dear. Pollution destroys fish and waterfowl habitat. I could go on for days, but whats the point. I think it really comes down to the 'Who Moved my Cheese Syndrome'. People always resist change. The older generation are comfortable with their gas guzzling SUVs and their high powered homes. People who resist change are simply defending their way of life. It will take a generation or two before humans change the way we live, but unfortunately it'll probably be too late. All we can do is try. BTW - Here is a good example of what can be done. There was a big debate about CFC's back in the 70's and 80's with regard to its effects on the Ozone layer. After much debate most countries banned the use of CFC's. In 1975, the US state of Oregon enacted the world's first ban of CFCs (legislation introduced by Walter F. Brown). The United States and several European countries banned the use of CFCs in aerosol spray cans in 1978, but continued to use them in refrigeration, foam blowing, and as solvents for cleaning electronic equipment. By 1985, scientists observed a dramatic seasonal depletion of the ozone layer over Antarctica. International attention to CFCs resulted in a meeting of world diplomats in Montreal in 1987. They forged a treaty, the Montreal Protocol, which called for drastic reductions in the production of CFCs. On March 2, 1989, 12 European Community nations agreed to ban the production of all CFCs by the end of the century. In 1990, diplomats met in London and voted to significantly strengthen the Montreal Protocol by calling for a complete elimination of CFCs by the year 2000. By the year 2010 CFCs should be completely eliminated from developing countries as well.