My apologies, my friend. My frustration is not with the article, which I have read, incidentally, it is with the writer's apparent idea that it might be somehow solely core to the problem. As to my being "quasi-intellectual", well, you are welcome to your opinion, based upon one post. I'd be careful about such things, as perhaps I myself have not been. My fear is that the political polemics and Gore baiting hide the real issues. I absolutely agree that we need to take action, and now, not just in the near future. Diminishing capacity of the oceans to absorb Co2 etc. are troubling signs that things are perhaps accelerating faster than we thought. The scientific community is nearly unanimous in agreement that humans are part of the problem. Unless we relegate science to a prison somewhere, and return to medieval logic, then you and I are left with only them (scientists) as the source for valid information. I think your heart and my heart are actually in the same place. Hope I didn't step on toes too hard. If you have children, you'll know the fear I feel.