Warming

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We were driving along yesterday in a suburb north of the city. I looked to the curb and saw a woman raking leaves into a pile. I remembered it was the middle of November, not the middle of October. Yes, a month later than usual for this activity in eastern Massachusetts. It would be easy to shrug and say, "Well, Fall is late this year." But we had a major snow storm nearly a month ago.

I have heard the research reports that say that all the pollution in the atmosphere is slowing atmospheric heating by reflecting sunlight back into space. Other scientists observe that the pollutants also precipitate out of the atmosphere and act as fertilizer, which promotes the plant growth which could eat up more carbon dioxide. These optimists don't go on to observe that the 'fertilizer' also contains toxic chemicals which poison the food chain. If that is the case, then I would say the planet is truly screwed up by human activity.

Yes, there are sages in the bedrock states of ignorance who will look up from making crosses to burn on fertility-clinic lawns and say, "There ain't no setch thang as global warmin'." I invite them to come up to New England and see the green leaves on deciduous trees in November.