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[Regulation of CO2 emissions.]{.underline}

Former Vice President Al Gore claims the debate on Anthropogenic Global
Warming is over and that no serious scientists disagree with the theory.
That statement is absolutely false. There are many well qualified
scientists who disagree with the AGW theory. At the end of this letter
are links to four documents refuting AGW, signed by qualified
scientists. The number of signatories for each document range from 60 to
over 30,000. Among the statements in those documents are the following:

1\) CO2 is not a pollutant and is in fact necessary for all life.

2\) That the causes and extent of recently-observed climatic change are
the subject of intense debates in the climate science community and that
oft-repeated assertions of a supposed 'consensus' among climate experts
are false.

3\) Attempts by governments to legislate costly regulations on industry
and individual citizens to encourage CO2 emission reduction will slow
development while having no appreciable impact on the future trajectory
of global climate change. Such policies will markedly diminish future
prosperity and so reduce the ability of societies to adapt to inevitable
climate change, thereby increasing, not decreasing human suffering.

4\) That warmer weather is generally less harmful to life on Earth than
colder.

The EPA should also be aware of the following:

Al Gore has been the most vocal and the most visible proponent of the
AGW theory. His film "An Inconvenient Truth" has been instrumental in
presenting the AGW issue to the people of the world. But the film was
recently challenged for accuracy in a UK court. The court found the film
to contain nine inaccuracies.

Those inaccuracies are in some cases gross exaggerations and in others
cases are statements unsubstantiated by fact. Overall they produce a
very misleading impression of disaster associated with global warming.

Regulations aimed at curbing CO2 emissions could be very costly and
could adversely affect the way we live. Before the EPA starts issuing
such regulations it would behoove the agency to be very certain of the
facts, the costs and the benefits likely to be derived.

I strongly recommend the following actions be taken prior to any
rulemaking:

1\) The EPA should demand a statement from the pro-AGW side stating
their claims and including a list of qualified scientists who agree with
the claims.

2\) A public debate should be held with representation from both sides
of the issue, so that the American people can understand the issues, the
proposed rulemaking and the likely costs and benefits.

Sincerely

David Segesta (A concerned citizen)

55834 Sandy Ln

Shelby Twp., MI 48316

Following are links to four documents signed by qualified scientists who
refute the Anthropogenic Global Warming theory.

[60 scientists signed a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen
Harper]{.underline}, urging him not to sign any Kyoto like treaties. The
letter states :"The study of global climate change is, as you have said,
an \"emerging science,\" one that is perhaps the most complex ever
tackled. It may be many years yet before we properly understand the
Earth\'s climate system. Nevertheless, significant advances have been
made since the protocol was created, many of which are taking us away
from a concern about increasing greenhouse gases. If, back in the
mid-1990s, we knew what we know today about climate, Kyoto would almost
certainly not exist, because we would have concluded it was not
necessary." Ref

[100 scientists signed a letter to the secretary general of the
UN]{.underline} stating:"UN climate conference (is) taking the world in
entirely the wrong direction" Ref

[Over 700 scientists signed the Manhattan Declaration ]{.underline}

We, the scientists and researchers in climate and related fields,
economists, policymakers, and business leaders, assembled at Times
Square, New York City, participating in the 2008 International
Conference on Climate Change,

Resolving that scientific questions should be evaluated solely by the
scientific method;

Affirming that global climate has always changed and always will,
independent of the actions of humans, and that carbon dioxide (CO2) is
not a pollutant but rather a necessity for all life;

Recognising that the causes and extent of recently-observed climatic
change are the subject of intense debates in the climate science
community and that oft-repeated assertions of a supposed 'consensus'
among climate experts are false;

Affirming that attempts by governments to legislate costly regulations
on industry and individual citizens to encourage CO2 emission reduction
will slow development while having no appreciable impact on the future
trajectory of global climate change. Such policies will markedly
diminish future prosperity and so reduce the ability of societies to
adapt to inevitable climate change, thereby increasing, not decreasing
human suffering;

Noting that warmer weather is generally less harmful to life on Earth
than colder:

Hereby declare:

That current plans to restrict anthropogenic CO2 emissions are a
dangerous misallocation of intellectual capital and resources that
should be dedicated to solving humanity's real and serious problems.

That there is no convincing evidence that CO2 emissions from modern
industrial activity has in the past, is now, or will in the future cause
catastrophic climate change.

That attempts by governments to inflict taxes and costly regulations on
industry and individual citizens with the aim of reducing emissions of
CO2 will pointlessly curtail the prosperity of the West and progress of
developing nations without affecting climate.

That adaptation as needed is massively more cost-effective than any
attempted mitigation, and that a focus on such mitigation will divert
the attention and resources of governments away from addressing the real
problems of their peoples.

That human-caused climate change is not a global crisis.

Now, therefore, we recommend --

That world leaders reject the views expressed by the United Nations
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as popular, but
misguided works such as "An Inconvenient Truth".

That all taxes, regulations, and other interventions intended to reduce
emissions of CO2 be abandoned forthwith.

Agreed at New York, 4 March 2008.

Endorsers:

116 endorsers who were at the conference:

603 Qualified endorsers who were not at the conference but have allowed
their names to be listed as endorsing the Manhattan Declaration:

[31,000 scientists signed a petition stating]{.underline}: "We urge the
United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was
written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar
proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the
environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage
the health and welfare of mankind. There is no convincing scientific
evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other
greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause
catastrophic heating of the Earth\'s atmosphere and disruption of the
Earth\'s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence
that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial
effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth."
Ref

Each of the above letters or petitions contains a list of the
signatories.