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‘Al Gore In TriBeCa’
Prior to Mr. Gore’s successful film and promotion of the issue of global warming, not one individual or group had stepped forward to educate and more importantly warn the public about the consequences of doing nothing to curb the ever increasing effects of this problem [New York, “Al Gore in TriBeCa,” April 13, 2007].
When Ms. Colon is walking through several feet of water in the subway or mountains of snow from a devastating blizzard caused by global climate change maybe then she won’t mind the publicity.
DAVID GELLER
Bayside, N.Y.
In response to Alicia Colon’s article, while average worldwide temperatures may very well be increasing, the evidence is far from overwhelming that human activity is significantly responsible [New York, “Al Gore in TriBeCa,” April 13, 2007].
Weather systems are highly complex, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are one of many factors. In the 1970s, the world was industrializing and average global temperatures were cooling in spite of rising carbon dioxide levels. Human activity is responsible for a small fraction of carbon dioxide emissions. Most of it comes from volcanoes, plants, and decaying animal life.
Al Gore always talks as if he’s beyond reproach and any dissenters are horrible human beings who should be subject to an Inquisition.
Those who worry about polar bears becoming extinct should look at the woolly mammoth. It was suited for the ice age and became extinct during interglacial warming.
Now we have elephants roaming around to take their place. Polar bears may evolve with less hair that enables them to survive in warming climates.
As far as I’m concerned, this is just a lot of hysteria.
STEVE KALKA
East Rockaway, N.Y.
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