Global warming can't be ignored

Robert Graham of Naperville (Fence Post, Nov. 8) claims that the evidence given by scientists about people's contributions to global warming is inconclusive. He states that the majority of scientists either disagree or are unsure about whether or not global warming is caused by man. He further tells the United States to stop trying to reduce CO2 emissions before we have solid evidence that we are indeed the cause.

The idea that the U.S. should stop at least researching ways to reduce our CO2 emissions is ridiculous. Whether or not man is the cause of global warming is not the issue at hand. The issue is that it is happening. No one is denying that and something must be done. As one of the foremost nations in science and wealth in the world, who better than the U.S. to at least begin research into ways to combat this natural phenomenon?

Something must be done to at least deter it and, as senator and presidential-hopeful John McCain said, "Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming."

It is true that many scientists are unsure about the extent of man's causing global warming; the majority, however, (55.8 percent) still believe that humans are causing global warming. And even those who remain unconvinced surely cannot disprove the facts that show that global warming is at least indeed taking place. No matter who or what is causing it, it must be stopped for the good of the world. It is insane to end researching ways to stop one of the foremost concerns for all the world's nations simply because we may not be the actual cause.

Whether or not we are the cause, we need to be the answer.

Kaleigh Glaza

Glen Ellyn