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Sorry PennylessZ28, but by now it's clear that short-sighted, profit/power-motivated, me-first behaviors and attitudes are having a very negative impact on our world. Global warming is real. Nor is it the only serious problem we're causing.

So you think that everyone concerned with global warming has an agenda? You're probably right. I freely admit that I have an agenda. I'm concerned about the world my grandchildren will grow up in. I'm concerned about shifting, unstable weather patterns and the impact that will have on food sources. Unstable weather patterns can dramatically increase or decrease rain levels, and even temperatures. Global warming won't prevent an area used to warm weather from suffering freezing temperatures if winds that had always come up from the south suddenly start coming down from the north for example.

I'm concerned about storms increasing in severity, the migration of dangerous southern insects northward, melting ice caps, rising seas decreasing the amount of land available, and yes, the impact on wildlife. We're close to losing the polar bear for starters.

That's very different from the agenda of someone whose profits are impacted by global warming concerns. People who are concerned about global warming don't stand to make a lot of money on trying to stop or at least mitigate it. People who claim it isn't for real are those who profit from fossil fuels or other contributing factors, the 'scientists' they bought, and the fools who believe their rhetoric. In the case of the first two, money is the factor. The fools are swayed by fear, mis-information, need of a sense of security even if false, and/or justification of their own excesses. Some religious leaders have taken advantage of this. From much of what you've said, I suspect you've fallen for one of these.

Diane