This is not to hijack a thread. BUT! The dollars and power (especially the power and that will equal money) at risk for those promoting AGW is far greater than the reward of not going for it, i.e. none. After all, the numerous ice ages in the past billion years and their recovery were obviously caused my men. Had to be. Otherwise, what caused them? Certainly the atmosphere has a greater impact on the oceans than vice-versa. Right? Oh, the data is suddenly unavailable. Whoops, sorry! My point, however is that ANY blind devotion to dogma, whether called science, religion, or basketball, can result in it's being manipulated by those with a desire for money/power; they will use the devoted to accomplish their ends. There is nothing that I have found in the Christian bible that requires retribution for burning it, likewise the Quaran. According to the translations I have researched, ONLY a Quaran written in Arabic is in fact genuine. Even if the book burned in Florida was genuine, it wasn't against the law in Afghanistan to do it there, either. So the crowds were stirred up for...what? To demonstrate how gullible such people are? To demonstrate the personal power some Imans have? To sacrifice innocents simply to draw attention to an event that had been ignored? How many people were aware that the event had happened before the posting on YouTube stirred up the Afghan mullahs? This is another attempt (so far somewhat successful) of muslim leaders to influence our country by shedding innocent blood. But their "religion" supports the shedding of blood, infidel or believer, if it can result in a gaining of power by the faithful.