The atmosphere has always contained carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. These gases--together with water vapor--create the natural greenhouse effect. They trap some of the sun's energy and keep the Earth warm enough to sustain life.

By increasing some of these heat-trapping gases--and adding new ones--we intensify the natural greenhouse effect and further warm the atmosphere.

Several plans are being discussed in Congress having to do with this issue

. First is the fuel efficiency and standards issue. A new type of fuel called ethanol. According to the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, ethanol fuels reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming by approximately 40 percent. This would mean that all fuel distributed would be used at maximum efficiency. When Al Gore talked about cutting taxes, he mentioned that the programs that would lose the money would be the programs such as the ones for developing better technology on cars that use fuel to its maximum efficiency. It would be moronic to remove funding from much need projects such as this.

In any case something must be done. As global warming changes climate zones, disease-carrying insects would migrate toward the Earth's poles. Diseases such as malaria and yellow fever may become widespread in many more countries than at present; some with health services not prepared to eliminate them. Hot, stagnant conditions could cause smoke particles and noxious gases to linger in the air and accelerate chemical reactions that generate other pollutant

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