PETM (what most of us know as global warming) is not new. As a matter of fact, over 50 million years ago the world heated up by 10-12 degrees Fahrenheit and the heat wave lasted for 50,000 to 100,000 years.

This was before internal combustion engines, before Capitalism and before the United States. The nations doomsayers (the same ones who panicked about global cooling in the 1970’s) are going to find this a bit of a challenge to explain away. No religious overtones, no right wing conspiracy, just pure sciemce. Even Al Gore might find this to be An Inconvenient Truth and a little difficult to pin on President Bush. However, I’ll be disappointed if he doesn’t try and almost certainly will be entertained by the effort.