A FEW FACTS
35% — Increase in the global carbon
dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels since the
Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1992.
34% — Percentage that 2008’s Arctic
seasonal sea ice melt outpaced normal levels.
$427 million — Amount spent by
the oil and coal industries in the first six months of 2008 in
political contributions, lobbying expenditures and advertising
to oppose climate action.
I don’t doubt for a moment that humans are causing global warming, but these facts are very hard for the average Joe (like me) to comprehend. I suspect that they are being presented to elicit an emotional response.
Now this is scary…
"$427 million-
Amount spent by the oil and coal industries in the first six months of 2008 in political contributions, lobbying expenditures and advertising to oppose climate action."