suggest that it is much more important to teach children about science than climatology. I am not a climate scientist but I believe that global warming is a catastrophic threat to humanity and that we are responsible. Why? Because I understand what science is and how it works. Science is the only valid means we have of understanding the physical world. If 97 percent of the scientists in any field were to agree about anything (as they do about AGW) I would accept it. It would be the only rational view. Educate young people about science throughout their school years and we might not have this tragic delay in responding to the crisis (or have half of the people in the most scientifically and technologically advanced nation on earth believing that the earth was created less than ten thousand years ago for that matter). 19 Jim: It is your blog, but how do you know Bart is wrong? I would like to see your analysis of Bart's data. Why has nobody else except Aiguo Dai who appears to agree with Bart, predicted what will happen to agriculture? [ Response: Give me a break. No more on this topic here.--Jim] 31 MalcolmT: I agree. Science should be taught for an hour a day starting in first grade or daycare, not 10 minutes per week. The teachers aren't up to it. At least MY teachers weren't. The calculus teacher couldn't do the homework. The biology teacher didn't believe in evolution. [The New