I’m in favor of milder weather also.

Things will all balance out in the end and we’ll adapt and adjust. If people can live in deserts all over the world, we’ll figure out ways of adapting to warmer (and cooler) periods in our history.

The report in question is correct in linking warmer winters to less lake ice to more evaporation to lower lake levels. All else being equal, of course (which is quite an assumption, and perhaps not a good one)

My point is that to get ice on Lake Michigan, you need brutally cold weather. If global warming reduces cold weather, I’m all for it, no matter what it does to the lake!

Global warming seems to be a tool designed to motivate people to perform actions that make money for other people. (Shifting manufacturing from the first world to the third world is one example of “solving” the global warming problem. Or, creating new carbon credit exchanges.)

I’m skeptical of parts of the global warming thesis, but it is undeniable that our winters are already a lot warmer than they used to be. Tom Skilling had a graph last week showing that November and December temps in Chicago are like 4 degrees warmer than in the recent past. You can’t argue with data like that.

Warmer is better, as far as I’m concerned. It means less heating of our houses, better gas mileage for our cars, no need for snowblowers, etc. If I can avoid those insane gas bills in January and February, my bottom line is going to be a lot healthier.