Until Mainers can see visible evidence of global warming....a palpable sea rise beyond that of the last 140 years; an end to this unusual cold wave that has gripped the nation and Maine until the end of next week; a real commitment by liberal environmentalists to do more than shift the blame for their own excessive energy consumption to others and exsponge their guilt by 'carbon trading'; and an end to the biblical prophecies of famine and drought they will continue to enjoy the benefits of a changing climate and continue to live a lifestyle that conserves energy and is sustainable.

We are not quite ready to accept Lord Gore as our saviour, no matter how many times he rises into the sky to save us from his own excess!

"That could disrupt the bottom of the ocean food chain, the one that provides us with fresh seafood."
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With all respect to Mr. Richardson, does he really think PPH readers have to be told that seafood comes from the ocean ?

If the ocean becomes acidic, plankton cannot build bodies of calcium carbonate. No plankton = No ocean life period.

Please, Mr. Richardson. This is not about whether PPH readers can get "fresh seafood" at the store.

**********NEWSFLASH**********

The theory that global warming is caused by CO2 has been proven wrong. Apparently the "scientists" mixed up their data that showed that higher global temperatures followed higher CO2 concentrations when the exact opposite is true.

Remarkably, the climate "scientists" failed to put the readings, measured historically in arctic ice samples, on a time line. When real scientists without an axe to grind or a grant to win performed the proper test, it clearly showed that CO2 concentrations followed temperature. Additionally, it has been shown that the earth itself, particularly the vast oceans, emits CO2 when warming and collects CO2 when cooling.

I urge everyone to watch the very thorough and scientifically correct documentary, "The Great Global Warming Swindle". Learn why the global warming alarmists have socio-political reasons for initiating such fear-mongering among American citizens and panic-driven draconian measures by our government to cut our prosperity and standard of living down to size.

Sorry, we ain't buying it. Global warming is caused by sunspot activity and is also historically documented. What we should be asking is how these charlatans have been given so much power in the first place, and how we can diminish their influence now that an entire industry has been created around their false claims.

Global warming news flashes are truly annoying me because the story is being swished around from one political stance to another yet no one is really fessing up to the true meaning of global warming.
Obviously the earth is intended to survive off its own cultivated produces and reepings. It was created to recycle back into what it sowed. Mother nature never knew she was going to be gagged with the industrial skyscrappers, nuclear palnts that ommit toxic gases, how abotu those large trucks that spew out black exhaust, enormous amounts of trash and plastic from our consumptuous society, and not to mention every possible chemical we use to do our hair, clean our cars and homes, etc. I think that the issue is how the humans on earth are destroying earth by dumping to much products that cannot be dissinergrated back into the earth. We've created polluted rain that cannot nourish the plant life like it use to, and well the fish are tasting our pollution too. Our waste is recycling back into to what we consume. Obviously that's going to effect the whole ecological system because it was never intended to filter out all the plastic and rubbish we have made in it. I just think we're not taking care of what needs to be taking care of..mass consumption of non biodegradable products. They do not just dissapear!

Thank you Mr. Richardson (saw you at the State House last Wednesday) for a good overview.

The only people who "doubt" global climate change also "doubt" biological evolution and the empirical scientific method itself. This is an unfortunate consequence of poor science teaching and poor science curricula in many schools. Note to Dick: there was also a TV show that said the Apollo moon landing never happened.

Proven by whom Dick??

How ironic that Doug will talk about those who doubt evolution, let's call them Christians, while espousing his own religious faith that predicts the end of the world, let's call them Global Warming Alarmists.

I hope to see people like Doug with their sandwichboard signs saying "REPENT FOR THE END IS NEAR", walking up and down the sidewalk, but first things first; lets get a law passed to stop the denial of global warming. In the fight for our planet, sometimes people have to give up certain inalienable rights, which seems fair since millions in develping countries will be giving up their lives as we struggle to save the planet.

I call it justifiable homocide, eh Doug?

These global warming alarmists are really tiring...it's time that folks used their brains instead of their "feelings" when it comes to concluding that mankind can play any reversal role in temperature change. As Dick points out in his recommendation of "The Great Global Warming Swindle" (a BBC documentary), scientific FACTS and EVIDENCE, completely contradict the foundation of the AL Gore & Co. THEORY that increases in the levels of CO2 account for temperature changes, IT JUST ISN'T SUPPORTED BY THE SCIENCE, FOLKS.
Arguing that particulate emmissions (pollution) from our dependency on fossil fuels is bad is one thing and one that reasonable people can probably agree upon...but to accept and promote a theory that is based entirely on fallacious reasoning and a lack of supporting science for the sake of advancing a political/socio-economic agenda is patently WRONG. Unfortunately Dick, the GW alarmists are so heavily invested in their thinking that they will reject any suggestion or potential for this BBC documentary and the evidence that it presents to illustrate a countervailing position. If they watched it, they'd be surprised to learn of GreenPeace's co-founder's position on the GW fable.

...you alarmists might also learn something (oooppss, you don't want to do that!) from reading Michael Crichton's speeches on the politics of the global warming religion. Just Google for his web site.

One would think that if Al Gore and his followers were intellectually honest with themselves they would completely give up their private jets, mansions, limousines, summer homes and cars. That would set a good example for us simple people who don't know any better and need the government to tell us how to live. Maybe it's all about just an excuse to raise our taxes, to create more regulations and layers of bureaucracy and to ultimately erode the sovereignty of the United States.

I am wondering if John Richardson would be willing to totally give up his vehicle? People might take the global warming crowd a bit more seriously if he and others would do this.