Global Warming

So today is the first anniversary of the enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol, the agreement amongst most industrialized nations excluding the United States to reduce greenhouse gases to try to slow the ambush of global warming. Environmentalists asked that the Olympic torch be lowered this evening in tribute to the protocol. The torch, according to NBC News, burns 1,500 cubic meters of natural gas per hour. It seems frivolous to me to waste that much fuel, especially on the anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol and amid the never-ending rise in fuel prices this winter.
For any of you Bush supporters who doubt that we are indeed in the throes of global warming, come to New York where we have "enjoyed" 50 degree weather for the past three days after the heaviest snow fall ever recorded in Central Park. Something is definitely going on.