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Check out this article about Freeman Dyson’s position on global warming. His position on global warming is right to Al Gore’s left. Dyson believes that increased levels of carbon dioxide are OK because we can reduce them with carbon-eating trees. Sounds crazy but the guy is very into bio-technology.  I went to school with his youngest daughter and the only thing I remember about their house is that their guest bathroom was entirely purple–right down to a purple sink and toilet.  Faboosh!  Anyway, it seems to me that Dyson and Gore both feel that humans can solve the problem but Dyson believes that the improvement of the human condition in the short term is far more important than improvement of the planet in the long term.  He seems to feel like we (humans) can fix anything that could potentially happen to the planet in the future.  Interesting point, coming from someone who worked on nuclear projects and then came out strongly against nuclear power as used for war.