I'm always ready to listen, DA; it's my way of trying to avoid bigotry. You may have seen elsewhere, though, that I view GW as real. That dedate should now be over.

As for practical solutions:

(RicS)"So even assuming that Global Warming is a threat that will cause real problems in 20 or 50 years, and carbon emmissions are to blame, what practical solution exists? Simple. Let the global warming do the damage and the usage will automatically drop."

That is abhorrent. It would be abhorrent even if I did not have kids.

"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once" - John Wheeler