RE: I smell smoke
Global warming is, I believe, a lot of BS. From what I have read the people pushing this don' t know squat about weather. Suposedly, none of the 1000 plus " Scientists" that signed on to the letter pushing for the Kyoto accord, had any background in anything remotely related to weather.
We here in the Southeastern U.S. have had the coolest and wetest year in over 5 seasons. The temps have been running 5-10 degrees below normal and the rainfall is being measured in feet over the past 12 months. This is a welcome relief from the drought conditions we experienced for those 5 years just before. Both extremes have their down sides and their up sides and I doubt there will ever be anything we can do about it except complain.