For those who perceive Peak Oil to be a threat to civilization, Global Warming/Global Dimming is a threat orders of magnitude greater than the threat that Peak Oil is to civilization.
Really, to educate yourself on GW/GD, it only takes an evening of googling and reading. About the same amount of time it takes to figure out Peak Oil. The science is all right there, easily accessible to anyone who wants to learn it.
And if you won't want to do the reading -- if you want to totally ignore the reality of GW/GD -- you'll love the "Carbon Dioxide is Life" commercials. Yea, let me put you in a room with a little too much carbon dioxide and we'll see how much life you've got.
And if you're just too lazy to read, then here's a nice little NOVA video that OilyMon linked to in another thread. It will give you a little heads up on the science.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... ion%3Along
For the denyers of GW/GD, just remember several things: First, even the Bush Administration has had to come around to admit the reality of GW/GD. They're not doing anything about it, true, but at least they grudingly admit the reality of GW/GD.
Second, everybody agrees the Earth is heating up -- no one's arguing otherwise, not even ExxonMobil. The only argument is over whether the global warming is "ok."
So when you feel the urge to run back to daddy -- when you feel the urge to run back to daddy "no GW websites" (maintained with the money of ExxonMobil), that's fine, do so. Reinforce your belief system with that fuzzy notion that "carbon dioxide is life."
But when those ExxonMobil websites fail to mention the
objectively proven existence of Global Dimming, come back and explain to the rest of us how that universally recognized Global Warming can occur simultaneously alongside Global Dimming. Come back and explain to us how "Global Dimming is life". Come back and explain to us how more carbon dioxide is good for us all.
Because many of us are all on pins and needles waiting for ExxonMobil's most recent explanation of GW/GD. Their new commercials are just so wonderfully produced so I have no doubt their new pseudo-science on GW/GD will be just as slick.
There is a comon denominator between PO and GW/GD. Follow the oil, folks, just follow the oil.