Wednesday, April 22, 2009

EARTH DAY ALERT - EPA Starts Public Comment Period on CO2


Since this is Earth Day, The General has decided to share his views on this subject.

As some of you know, The General as been watching the debate on “Global Warming” for some time now. He is also old enough to remember the “Ice Age is Coming” craze in the late 1960s/70s.

What has been confusing to The General is that carbon dioxide (humans breathe in oxygen and exhale CO2 as part of our living process and plants absorb CO2 and produce oxygen as part of their life process) has been more or less named as a “pollutant” by our government with a claimed considerable adverse effect on the climate.

On April 17, the EPA ruled that certain Greenhouse gases (specifically CO2) endanger public health. The agency started a 60 day public comment period for people (including OHVers) to give opinions on the subject and how said ruling could or will impact their families.

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Noted scientist, Roy Spencer, has written lot about the subject and his views can be
seen at: http://www.drroyspencer.com/
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US Chamber of Commerce Letter on Subject
http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2009/april/090417_epa.htm
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For a link to submit comments to the EPA go to:
http://epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment/downloads/Instructions-comments.pdf
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The General believes in good stewardship of our natural resources and of our family budgets as well. What concerns him is that it appears we have our public land and environmental policies being driven by folks with a political agenda grounded more
in myth than in science and common sense…. the impacts of which are not good for the environment, recreational access, or our economy.

Several years ago, noted author and eco-critic, Michael Crichton, wrote a book exposing many green-myths including Global Warming. Even if you don’t agree with that premise, I would encourage you to read his book. Heck, I read Al Gore’s book – Earth in the Balance… so what is good for the goosed is good for the gander.

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Book Review of State of Fear
http://www.sharetrails.org/releases/media/?story=374

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The General will be submitting comments and hopes you will as well.



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