Topic changed to separate the joy of a new baby from the gloom of our
impending global demise.

What really scared me was a web survey on an engineering site a few
weeks ago.  The results were that 30+% of respondents (presumably
engineers) thought global warming was exaggerated and not a problem that
needed action yet.  These are not politicians or the great uneducated
masses, these are the people who are going to have to dig us out of this
hole we are in!

Sherpa Doug

> "I suppose with the bone headed antics of my president and
> the humongus
> cars my neighbors are driving, I have no grounds to point out
> the impact
> of large families on the planet..."
>
> > Maybe - but realising there *is* a problem is at least on
> the road to
> having the problem solved. There are a lot of people I speak
> to who get
> very annoyed at the mere mentioning of how large their petrol
> car engine is
> (not that diesel is any better). Check out the recent copy of
> New Scientist
> to see who are the worst offenders in the "environmental
> footprint" stakes
> (not that it is difficult to predict)
>
> It's not just the scientists who are worried (although they
> are worried for
> a different reason) - a recent report by insurance companies
> suggests that
> the global economy will be bankrupt within 50 years due to
> environmental
> problems and auxiallary effects. It also suggested that if
> people reduce
> their energy usage by 90%, then there might be some reversal
> of fortunes.

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