Ivins: Panic may be advisable

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AUSTIN, Texas — On the premise that spring is too beautiful for a depressing topic like Iraq, I thought I'd take up a fun subject — global warming.

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What is happening is not just what climatologists told us would happen, but global warming turns out to reinforce itself by a number of feedback mechanisms. For example, when the polar icecaps start melting, there's less blinding bright ice to reflect heat back into the atmosphere — over 90 percent of sunlight simply bounces off ice and back into space. Whereas the dark water left behind by melted ice does the opposite, pulling in more warmth and accelerating the process.

The political fight over global warming is over, except for the Bush administration, which has some weird problem with science in general. I'm still not sure what's behind that: I recall Rush Limbaugh and the radio right taking great glee in pooh-poohing the Kyoto treaty and the whole idea of global warming. Maybe they associated global warming with Canadians or something equally awful.

You might think some premise like, "The whole world is getting hotter, and disastrous consequences will ensue," would be more persuasive than, "I don't like Canadians, they're wusses," but I suspect part of the fun of being Rush Limbaugh is never having to say the word "responsible."

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[evlbstrd]

1. Great column!

Here's a link that doesn't require registration:

http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv

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2. Thanks!

[evlbstrd]

3. You're welcome.