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  Thanks for the show, I am disappointed that I was late in joining and could not comment sooner.  I really like what you guys do and try to listen often.

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Thank you.  I heartily agree.  The planet is very dynamic.  Static climate would indicate that something is probably very wrong.  The climate is sure to change, certain to get warmer as it has many many times in the past, and certain to get colder as it has many times in the past.

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I imagine Mr. Gore will gain substantially.

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  While carbon from previous generations of crops is a large component of the top several inches of soil, please note that plants do not uptake carbon from the soil.  They get their carbon from the air.  Hence the carbon/oxygen cycle we are all familiar with.  The carbon in the soil is food for worms and bacteria, who in turn recycle that carbon into nutrients that the plants can use.  An over-abundance of carbon in the form of plant residue can often lead to poorer growing conditions.  Plant residue must be properly managed to remain a healthy componet of the soil.

  Also, Mr. Gore stated that organically grown food is healthier than traditionally grown food.  This has not been shown to be true.  Please search the internet for information on this subject.  There are scientific studies available.   Additionally, organic growing practices are notoriously low yielding.  If we switch to 100% organic food we will have to live with maybe a third(I am guessing at a number here) of the worlds human population dying from starvation.  Hunger is already a massive problem.  We mustn't compound it.  Modern agriculture must change, no doubt, but it is sustainable.  People are working hard to solve the problems associated with chemical fertilizer.  An interesting note:  The Penn and Teller show  Bull**** did a blind taste comparison on the street between organic and traditionally grown fruit.  The people always chose the traditionally grown fruit.  Was there a bias on their show?  Of course.  Just as everything Mr. Gore does has a bias to his point of view.

  Scientific studies, I might add, seem to be lacking in the extreme when Mr. Gore is making his points.  I do not remember any direct citations in An Inconvient Truth.  If there were any, they were exceedingly few.  Instead he would say, "The scientists say...", or "My good frient told me...".  The which scientists said what?  We never find out.  Sorry, Al, but I can't get behind that.  Show me the proof, then we can talk.

  I wonder what Gore's carbon foot print for being on the show today was?  He has gobs of money, a private jet, many homes and cars, and lots of very fine suits.  If he were truly worried about climate change, he would not have a carbon foot print many times larger than a normal middle class family

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