 BartendingBear says: YES! YES! YES! No matter the political pros and cons of Global Warming, every effort must be made to allow these beautiful, magnificent, majestic creatures to continue and live according to their nature. A proposal is not a fait accompli; it must be made a law, etched in stone, before we pass the point of no return and their extinction is inevitable. What a terrible and tragic consequence for doing nothing that would be. and its just a happy coincidence that this proposal would make sure that the US couldn't get at any of the oil and gas that is almost certainly there. EcoFreaks love nothing more than destroying their country. of course these cuddly little creatures should rip off the arms and head of any one stupid enough to get close to them without a high powered rifle. "almost certainly there" Give up the polar bears for a chance a few more days of smog and gridlock. You're an idiot. Not really Bear, he would have to upgrade Preserving a national treasure is "destroying your country"? What cartoon show did you just step out of, CR, and aren't you due to costar with Yosemite Sam to destroy a piece of America? Steve Savage, Only two of the distinct population groups, accounting for about 16.4 percent of the total population, are decreasing. Ten populations, approximately 45.4 percent of the total number, are stable. Another two populations - about 13.6 percent of the total number of polar bears - are increasing. The status of the remaining six populations (whether they are stable, increasing or decreasing in size) is unknown. Moreover, when the WWF report is compared with the Arctic air temperature trend studies discussed earlier, there is a strong positive (instead of negative) correlation between air temperature and polar bear populations. Polar bear populations are declining in regions (like B... willhelm, thank you very much for that information. It seems that there is statistical information out there that can support any position one wishes to take. My position, I must confess, is one of ignorance, desirous of seeing that some things will be around for a while in much the way one who enjoys an ice cream cone is disappointed when it is completely gone. Reminds me of the rather dated truism: There are two schools of thought on any given subject .... the pros and the cons. The pros are generally for .... the cons are generally against.  The question is....what exactly are you against. Air temperature isn't really much of a factor in the net decrease in polar bear populations, it's rising sea temperatures. That's what's melting the ice and causing the bears' prey to relocate, resulting in polar bears dying of exhaustion (and drowning), trying to find suitable ice-floes to hunt from and to find sufficient prey to sustain themselves. Rising sea temperatures are the crux of the global warming issue, and human activity is shown to be a significant influence on that. Although it's not a major influence toward global warming, it is the only one that we have any level of control over. Excellent clip thanks BBear  |
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