I just read your opinions on earth climate cycles dated may 31st 2009 and I agree with you! on earth climate cycles.Al Gore also came to Europe to noisely sell his books/movies/conferences,big medias got on the bandwaggon with mindseted scientists and career politicians and after many luxury banquets/luxury hotels,it now gets down to business as usual:taxes and taxes on every one about every thing!

snows are melting in europe and the poles as well.those who care about the planet get informed about what's going outside of the US. Who cares about al.Gore!not only can't he be blamed for everything,he is not important enough to save anyone,let alone such an old planet who hes so far existed much longuer than any one else around here. for sure not even politicians could save the world! however ,climate changes and ecological uptight mindsets in France all too often resume to more and more taxes instead of stopping wars for more oil for cars.last but not least, in western France right now, (where I live),it's quite fresh for august (reminds me of windy summers in San Francisco!),whereas on the french riviera it's about as hot as the sahara desert.Some like it hot andothers like cool.Local area climates are different and yet,it' s less extreme than in America,here.anyway,if you don't know nothing about us "folks in any other country" nor even about the weather outside your homeland, it's a pathetic joke to worry only about your own inches of snow for americans only.i would't call that caring about the Earth,pal!

seems like ka is just looking for someone to argue with . not happening here pal .
you are not worth the effort .

Having acquired my first working turntable in about 18 yrs, I've hit a gold mine discovering my "new" old music that I have never upcycled to CD or any other non-vinyl format.

An early re-discovery in this gold mine o' mine was a John Mayall album, USA Union, circa 1970 or so. Among the songs is "Nature's Disappearing," a song that Mayall re-recorded about 20 yrs later and released it on his Wake Up Call cd.

I'm not just listening to the music, I'm LOOKING at the album jackets as well. Included on USA Union jacket is a short essay on "ten ways you can help fight pollution while there's still time." The suggestions include:

--Don't litter

--Don't use nondegradable packaging

--Buy only deposit bottles

--Teach the cleanliness habit

--Pick up litter

--Build life into your car (2009 comment -- there goes the "clunker" option!)

--Recycle your newspapers

--Start a compost heap

--Recycle as many items as you can

--Build craftmanship into what you make

It's pretty sad that nearly 40 yrs later we're still begging people to do the same things...sadder still that people STILL need to hear this kind of very, very simple message.

On the funny side, just so we're clear about WHEN this was written, the "Build craftmanship" paragraph includes the following quote:

"If YOU work in a factory, or if you women make clothes or crafts at home..."

Maybe we've made a LITTLE more progress on some fronts than others.

I totally agree with you . We compost , recycle and re-use everything we can .
I`ve made flower pots and mini teraiums out of the cd/dvd spindles after i use up all the discs.
And yes maybe we`ve come a little bit furthe , we did`nt have all the recycling centers 20 years ago like we have now , at least here in ths States . And I hav`nt purchased a new car since 89 now i do own a 97 H.D. . but i keep my old clunker cars running and they are pretty fuel economical too .