[tdnp]

Most of us have traveled from the intercity to the rural country side, or have spent the day under the shade of a great tree and noticed how much cooler it is. And most of us realize that if we add even a little warm water to an ice cube the ice cube will melt. So why is the concept of temperature change any different?

I do not know about the effects of co2 but I know without a doubt that we continue to expand and create concrete highways and that the urban sprawl is at its highest point ever, sooooo we remove the trees--which add a cooling effect--and build buildings and highways which will scold you when touched or walked on.(The reflective quality alone, not to mention the ability to retain heat has to do something to the surrounding air). You know that if you come next to a building that is in the direct sunlight that the surrounding air is hotter, Why is this hard to imagine on a global scale??

How far fetched is the global warming due to co2, that is debatable, but as for adding to the global temperature by deforestation and urban sprawl, I don't think that any of us have much of a debate.

As a side note--What if we live our entire lives thinking that co2 emissions is not contributing to global warming and we are WRONG?? What is wrong with trying to limit what we know is bad, Yah I know that cows and a thousand other thing emit tons of co2 daily but that should only be more of a reason to control what we can. Kind of like life itself--control what you can control and deal with the rest.

Just a though.