December 3 Class

Interesting topics this class period ... the atmosphere ... loved the Mark Twain quote, "Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get," It has always amazed me that our weather is affected by actions (eruption of a volcano thousands of miles away) on the other side of our continent or even another continent. As climates change which I believe they are doing now and will continue to do so, we need to mitigate and adapt, which if you think about it that is what we have been learning all along ... tools necessary to better understand our environment - yesterday, today and possibly tomorrow - so that we can make informed decisions on how to mitigate so that we are better ready when we have to adapt to eminent environmental changes. I was in support of the US not supporting the Kyoto Protocol because all nations (including developing) should be held to the same standards and now that they are devloping they have the dollars to pay for the costs to be better stewards of the environment. Besides, we share the same atmosphere.