tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496138704281070741.post6798224444543104077..comments2023-06-18T03:24:26.168-07:00Comments on Youngstown Moxie II: Spring is here - and so is Earth DayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496138704281070741.post-79329026457109170222008-04-24T13:28:00.000-07:002008-04-24T13:28:00.000-07:00I'm a little more optimistic about the polar bear ...I'm a little more optimistic about the polar bear than you seem to be. As far as I can tell there have been three other times in the last 1,500 years when the Arctic was as warm as or warmer than it is today. The polar bear got through those warmer periods just fine. It will do so again. And that assumes the climate is still warming, something about which I have increasing doubt.<BR/><BR/>A final point about polar bears. They are descended from grizzlies, can interbreed with grizzlies and are omniverous like grizzlies. Polar bears don't have to eat seals. Theyt can eat whatever grizzlies eat and do just fine, unless of course one believes grizzlies are about to go extinct too.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the notion that we should put polar bears on the endangered species list, the polar bear popluation has increased 400% in the last 50 years. Shouldn't we reserve the endangered species list for animals whose numbers are actually declining?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com