I had been intending to post my opinion relating denial of global warming to denial of plate tectonics. The arguments by those who deny that massive input of CO2 into the atmosphere does not lead to warming of the atmosphere seem to me to be very similar to those who deny evolution or the age of the earth. If you have not seen it, rent or buy "the inconvenient thrust". The science is solid. It is not a left-wing plot. Below is my email I just sent to Al Gore...which is organized by a left wing liberal organization.
Chris

December 19, 2006,

Dear Mr. Vice President/Al Gore,

I am a research geologist working at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from my new home office in Columbia, Missouri. I just moved here, and just last week registered to vote here (Boone County). Although not a climatologist, I work on 2 separate projects funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation that are related to past climates. These are related to piston coring in Santa Barbara basin (California) and to proposed deep coring in Ross Sea, Antarctica. I feel that those who think that global warming is not related to man's massive input of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere lack a basic understanding of climatology and physics. To deny the problem at this stage is quite comparable to denying plate tectonics in 1980, over a decade after the first important papers appeared showing the mechanisms for plate tectonics. I have voted for a Republican over a Democrat before, for Governor of Rhode Island, John Chaffee, who was very strong on environmental issues. Action on the global warming issue is important and I will consider this issue seriously in my future voting. I suggest that one first step, among many, would be to increase the mileage standards for automobiles, and put a higher tax on "gas guzzlers".

Sincerely, Christopher C. Sorlien