I am writing this partly out of some things that have been floating through my mind for some time and partly in response to Scottage's pessimistic article on Global Warming. My premise is simple. Our lack of a response to the immanent cirsis of Global Warming is not due to a lack of solutions or technology or ability to deal with it. We still have a chance to face the problem and ensure a better future for our children. What we lack is leadership.

It appears that various environmental agencies are combining efforts to release important stories on the growing threat of Global Warming simultaneously, in an apparent effort to raise public awareness of global warming. While obviously avoiding the scare tactics associated with our government, they do allude to the pending disaster that faces us if we don't do something to reduce the emissions created from the burning of fossil fuels.   And while it encourages me that the environmental community is appears to be coordinating efforts to push this emergent issue into the public eye, I can't help but notice that their efforts to date have been less than successful.