  I'm busy working out which alternative transport fuel and technologies show the most promise in greenhouse gas and air pollution emission reduction within a decade at the moment –
 so many variables,  I think my head has gone pop at least twice this week.  So in procrastinating I thought I best stick to something at least a little related… a wrap up about the high profile movie 'The Day After Tomorrow' from CCNET ( a 'scholarly electronic network' by personal subscription only to Benny Peiser –  contact me if you want the details,  it’ s a great review for information scanners:  Here's three highlights:
 In " The Day After Tomorrow,  a $ 125 million disaster film set to open on May 28,  global warming from accumulating smokestack and tailpipe gases disrupts warm ocean currents and sets off an instant ice age.  Few climate experts think such a prospect is likely,  especially in the near future.  But the prospect that moviegoers will be alarmed enough to blame the Bush administration for inattention to climate change has stirred alarm at the space agency,
 scientists there say.  -  Andrew C Revkin,  The New York Times,  25 April 2004 So,  NASA scientists will be available for interviews.  What,  then,  is the whole fuss about?  Is this just another case of hyped up journalism or simply an attempt to rouse controversy which is always an effective and cheap way to promote a bad film?  Actually,  there seems to be more to this mini- storm than meets the eye.  It would appear that the New York Times failed to reveal the real scandal behind the story -
 the as yet undisclosed relationship between NASA and the film producers!
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Benny Peiser,  26 April 2004 What these people forget is that if the melting ice caps disrupt the Gulf Stream and lower temperatures,  this cooling will stop the ice from melting and the process will grind to a halt.  When you look at ocean floor sediments,  you see that the world has experienced temperatures far higher than those expected to be triggered by the greenhouse effect.
 When rises in temperatures occurred there was no sudden drop as the ice age enthusiasts predict will happen this time.
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Doug Benn,  St Andrews University,
 25 April 2004 
