In a letter in the Oct. 15 issue, Andrew Palmer took you to task for your attack of Rep. John Dingell’s suggestion that government should take action to reduce consumption as part of a climate change policy (OGJ, Oct. 15, 2007, p. 12).
I would like to ask Mr. Palmer to answer two questions: How much in volume of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are put into the air in a year? And how much in volume of GHGs are emitted through natural causes: i.e., volcanoes, fires, earthquakes, hurricane, evaporation, life other than humans, etc.? The balance is the contribution of humans. I haven’t seen any global-warming extremists come up with these numbers. I have seen an estimate that it is less than 4%.
Of course, we should conserve as much as practicable-but not to the detriment of our way of life and economy.
And how about the fact that the Southern Hemisphere has been in a cooling stage? Oh, I forgot, that is climate change. What are we going to do about that?
Wayne Blankenship Jr., CPL
Kenner, La.
