scpgo2, I KNEW this would get your attention!
This article,
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1176986-2,00.htm
and another recent one in Newsweek,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20122975/site/newsweek/page/0/ are shedding light on the fact that "Reliable Sources" can be bought to publish reports that debunk Global Warming studies.
I found it rather interesting that Europeans are far more likely to believe the warning signs than are Americans. Why is that? Is it because Europeans are "next door" to Africa and Asia? For Americans, next door is Canada and Mexico, and most Americans have never even been to those countries. The physical isolation of North America leads to a sort of psychological isolation. That's not good.
It's too late for a lot of our Animal Friends, let's hope it isn't too late for us.
