I cannot confirm that we are experiencing global warming, but I can tell you something is happening. Last summer’s transatlantic race sailing through the Azores high that had expanded to cover the entire north atlantic, unusual at best. A virtually snowless winter here in the northeast and really quite warm. And Spring is here, six weeks early.
It is difficult to imagine that the growing population and continued use of fossil fuels is not having an impact.
Even the most conservative people in the US are starting to admit that global warming is real. And because of the very undesirable things that will come about because of this, it seems worth trying to reduce our impact on the atmosphere. It will be expensive to change, but then the damage because of global warming is likely to be devastating and even more expensive. Bill