Okay, I will be researching this further on my own. I'm all for practical responses to this. Hell, we need to stop our dependence on countries that hate us to supply us with fuel anyway so things such as cleaner, more fuel efficient vehicles for example, knock two birds out with one stone. However, Cap & Trade legislation is VERY dangerous. There are many companies that are specifically trimming back and holding off on hiring specifically because of this as well as healthcare legislation as they don't know if they can shoulder the costs as well and still be staffed properly. If we stay in a recession, we aren't going to have the economic resources to do much about global warming if it is true. As for your comment that it doesn't matter if man caused it or not, I don't completely agree with that. If this is a natural cycle, the question is what can we really do about it? I've heard, but will research more on my own, that even if we cut our CO2 emissions very far back, the most we could lower the Earth's temperature is 1-2 degrees, hardly worth the cost. Like I said, I will be researching this further on my own but if you have any facts you would like to share regarding that, I'd be happy to look at them. I do admire you for doing your own research regardless of whether I decide to agree or not after I research further on my own.