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And for heaven's sake, walk, bike, or take public transit to get there. Driving to a climate change rally is like bringing a six pack to an AA meeting.

very true!! It is easy to talk the talk.. now it is time for Buffalo to walk the walk..

time for NFTA to step up and make public transportation available to everyone, everywhere

This is ridiculous. The reason why the temperature today is 80 degrees and it's been warm for the last two weeks is because we are having a HEAT WAVE that moved in from the south, not global warming!!

Similarly, when it was ridiculously cold last February, it was because a COLD FRONT moved down from Canada, not because it disproved global warming!!

Global warming is a process in which the average world temperature will increase slowly and gradually over the coming decades. Today's weather does not validate the theory. Get educated, people!

And meanwhile, enjoy the balmy weather and enjoy that you do not have to heat your house. The world is not coming to and end. And sadly, the temperatures next week should be below normal (cold front moving in from Canada).

Global warming causes the overall energy of the atmosphere to increase. There has been a definite increase in the number of heat waves and overall temperature. You can't pin down one hot day or another on global warming, but the overall trend is from global warming. Incidentally the October blizzard has to do with global warming too. More energy in the atmosphere means these cold air masses get shoved harder, so to speak, making storms like that more possible. Think of those huge blizzards... 2000, 2001,...2006.... they're happening more now than before. Even though it's getting warmer on average...

Global circulation patterns have an immediate effect on our weather, last February was the waning stages of a mild-to-weak El Nino which statistically has caused very cold January-February-March temperatures in Buffalo. It is only one of many, many factors which influence climate. Lake Erie has a tremendous localized and immediate effect on Buffalo weather. As we near the 1st anniversary of the October 12-13 2006 storm it is interesting to note that one year ago this week the water temperature was 62 degrees- very warm for this late in the season. Warmer water in lake Erie, just like warmer SST's (Sea Surface Temperatures)=more moisture evaporation and heavier precipitation, in this case it fell as snow. I just checked and the current Erie water temp is 67 degrees! Is this due to Global Warming? Perhaps, but it is only one variable of many when looking at climate, and it should be considered as a weather influence.

Global Warming is the world's answer to the end of the Cold War, the demise of the Soviet Union, and the massive relief efforts for World Hunger. We have to align our resources and anger against something, it might as well be against cars and burning fossil fuels. What better way to get back at the middle east!

The world is facing an undeniable and irreversible shortage of oil and natural gas. The world is also facing a shortage of fresh water and electricity, the latter due to the loss of fossil fuels, natural gas, and the aging nuclear generating facilities. Buffalo is in a somewhat unique position to capitalize on this, we are perched on the greatest source of natural wind and hydro energy, we own the water rights to one of the greatest fresh water reserves in the world. It is too bad that we gave all rights to it away to the State of NY to power and fuel downstate and out of state interests.

We pay more for electricity and water in Buffalo than most other cities in the country. Albany and NYC are profiting from us while they laugh at us for our economic blight. It is time that we stopped acting like a desperate slut and start taking pride in ourselves. We are better than this, but unfortunately our parents and their parents didn't have enough pride in themselves to secure our future. We are constantly taking the humiliation and degradation from Albany without ever standing up for ourselves. It is about time that we took control of our natural resources and prove that Buffalo is the most Earth Friendly, carbon free, renewable energy savvy city in the world!

Well Rising you have a point China is fast approaching and will probably surpass the US in green house gas emissions.. but at the same time they are actually testing the grounds and implements sustainable technologies on a scale that puts us to shame. They are currently in the process of buildings a settlement for 40k people initially to grow to 500k people. It will create its own energy, grow its own food, and be THE most sustainable city on the planet. Dongtan City

So while you say that walking and biking wont have any real impact it sounds like a giant scapegoat; we should just live with the consequences cause we are not the wost player is foolhardy at best. In the end if we don't push for a change towards a sustainable lifestyle we wont be able to support ourselves anymore. We will constantly be grabbing and fighting for resources to plunder. And he world isn't going to accept that forever. They don't accept that now.

We should want sustainability because it means we grow our own food, afford our own health care, power our homes and employ our own people all without sacrificing the ability for our children to do the same. If we want them to have the quality of life that we have enjoyed then we need to embrace green. There is no other way, and who doesn't want their kids to have forests to explore and clean air to breathe.

Great testament to Global Warming, all the people in the picture are wearing fleece jackets and sweatshirts in October. :-)

There's no reason to think that picture was taken in October. Actually the leaves are still off the trees there, it may have been taken in April at that Hoyt Lake event. Anyhow, I think the more organized people get over this, the more likely something will be done. It may be a lost cause to get the CO2 level in the atmosphere to level off immediately, but conceivably a global effort over time might slow global warming down to a point where say 50 years from now something could be done about it before it becomes too late. I don't see why one should give up on this just because it seems too hard, it's better to try than to just sit there and let it happen.

Denizen, there are two ways the US could really do its part to end global warming: 1) Replace fossil fuel power plants with nuclear power plants (wind power is a cute pipe dream). Works in France. 2) Tax SUV's at a level where nobody will buy them.

But #1 will not happen because the environmental whackos won't allow it. And #2 will not happen because it will put GM, Ford and Chrysler out of business.

So it has nothing to do with enviro-pansies, it has to do with reality. Yes, walk and bike to work, turn your thermostat down, build a "green" building, and buy a small car. But in terms of global warming, in the grand scheme of things these actions are 100% meaningless.