Roger:

I think there are lots of emotional components to this subject. I think the 'scientist' is better served by setting aside what they have heard and then reading objectively about the observations in nature and the pros/cons in the reasoning. In this way,as you know, they are served by their own powers of reasoning and not the emotionally twanged rhetoric from spin-masters,etc.

If you get some time, I think that you might get something out of reading the science/observations and follow on reasoning aspects. True, you might still say baloney...but you will then say it against the back-drop of more detailed knowledge of the issues.

The modular- yeah...glass walls sound a little dangerous to me in a modular. I put in a window the other day and actually fell off a rickety ladder...only to see the window fall off a 5 ft. sill and land without breaking...whew. Talk about lucky....

You may want to skip the carpeting...it harbors mold spores and all kinds of dandruff and other stuff you don't want to breathe. Didn't you say you had bronchitus awhile back? Why not paint it brown ? It's cheaper then carpeting...and the air you breathe will be cleaner (Buy an ion-breeze air cleaner with the money you save).

Sounds like you are having fun....