This was an interesting thread, from what I could understand, though as an environmentalist, I think anything to reduce CO2 emissions is a good thing. And, yes, I do believe in global warming.
I work for the government, and I have seen some research projects that are, IMHO, nothing but a scam and twisted numbers. Granted, they are human behavior studies, so it is not scientific, but the government could save hundreds of thousands of dollars if they just asked us grunt workers what was the problem, rather than feeding money to a fancy scam artist, otherwise known as a “researcher” and endorsed by University of Colorado. (I will never forget graduate school in which we were taught to manipulate and skew numbers to make research valid….)
Sometimes, it is the people at the bottom of the chain that know what is going on.
Now, here is what the pest control dude said (15 years in the business, and granted he is exposed to the media):
In the last 5 years he has seen an increase in pests and rodents, and stated he thinks it is due to an increased hotter and drier climate, which could result from global warming. From the mouth of the worker bee.
