European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 16, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 greenhouse warming a hot topic views differ sharply on what to do and when Washington a in this hot summer of 1988, arguments Are eating up in Congress Over what should be done about the global warming known As the greenhouse effect. Do nothing until there is less scientific uncertainty say policy makers from the Reagan administration like Donna Fitzpatrick associate undersecretary of the department of Energy. Get moving now to reduce production of Green House gases say people like Stephen Schneider a climatologist from the National Center for atmospheric research a Boulder colo., operation run by a consortium of universities. Their testimony last week before the Senate Energy and natural resources committee displayed the sharply opposing views being presented As Congress focuses on the problem. Committee chairman Bennett Johnston d-la., aided by sen. Tim Wirth d-colo., has pledged to make the greenhouse effect a priority in 1989. Schneider and government scientists at the hearing repeated warnings that Are becoming familiar around the Capitol emissions of gases such As Carbon dioxide and methane Are trapping heat in the Earth s  sphere. Scientists have not directly linked the summer of1988 to the greenhouse effect but they say steamy weather and crop losses Are two of the problems people can expect in coming decades. Greenhouse effect gases come from a variety of sources from the burning of Fossil fuels such As Coal production of chemicals like chlorofluorocarbons the escape of huge amounts of methane from Rice paddies and the release of Carbon dioxide from the destruction of forests. In congressional hearings there has been general scientific agreement that continued emissions of such gases will cause a Rise in temperatures and Ocean lev Els. The differences occur Over when where and How severe. Some scientists have warned that even if the world reduced its production of greenhouse gases those Al ready in the atmosphere have committed the planet inthe next 30 years to 50 years to its highest tempera Tures in 10,000 years. Fitzpatrick said More knowledge is needed before the greenhouse effect How greenhouse gases Are affecting Earth s atmosphere 1. Man s burning of Fossil fuel such As Coal gasoline and other forms of Petroleum is adding More Carbon dioxide and other gases to the atmosphere than can be naturally absorbed by Earth s forests and other Plant life. Widespread Clearing of forests has decreased nature s ability to Recycle atmospheric Carbon dioxide. 2. The increased Carbon dioxide acts like the Glass panes of a greenhouse trapping infrared radiation which heats the air. As the Carbon dioxide increases higher worldwide average temperatures result. \ Carbon dioxide in atmosphere Earth s surface 3. Scientists fear that global atmospheric warming will raise sea Levels change wind patterns and Ocean currents alter precipitation trends and water resources and increase the frequency of extreme weather events. Factory pollution 4. These changes could flood coastal areas reduce availability of water for irrigation Cut crop yields increase Peak electric Power demand and damage human health. Chicago Tribune graphic by Tim Williams Congress commits the nation to combating the Green House effect through the Type of program proposed in a comprehensive Bill introduced by Johnston Wirth and 16 colleagues. Significant gaps exist in our knowledge of the greenhouse effect gaps that must be filled if we Areto address the concerns raised by potential climate change in a scientifically supportable manner she said. These scientific uncertainties must be reduced be fore we commit the nation s economic future to drastic and potentially misplaced policy responses she said. Schneider characterizing this position As political value judgements not scientific opinions said we should not use platitudes about scientific uncertainty As an excuse for inaction. There s a scientific concern that we Are assaulting the environment much faster than we Are understanding it. More research will certainly put policy making Ona firmer scientific basis. But it is my opinion that credible details about specific winners and losers will not be available before we May have committed our selves to potentially dangerous Large atmospheric changes he said. Officials from the National aeronautics and space administration environmental Protection Agency and National oceanic and atmospheric administration told lawmakers of greenhouse research in their agencies. They stopped Short of seconding Fitzpatrick s Stan that nothing should be done to combat greenhouse Gas production until More scientific certainty is attained. Schneider said High leverage actions Are Long  he called for Steps that would combat Green House gases while attacking other environmental prob lems such As acid rain Low level Ozone pollution and destruction of the stratospheric Ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons. He said his first priority would be greater Energy efficiency and conservation to reduce emissions from Power plants and vehicles. No step he said should reconsidered too Small because slowing Down the Green House effect makes Good  drought has t been a godsend for dowsers Effingham 111. A the drought has t flooded dowsers with work and some say it s because people Are sceptical of their Powers to find water. I Haven t had any Calls and i m sur prised said Dugie Kane 42, one of 65people who attended the Illianna Dows ers convention saturday. Kane an 18-year Veteran of dowsing and his fellow dowsers believe their skills help them find underground water Oil and other resources. Some also say they use dowsing for Healing purposes. Some dowsers who Are sometimes called water witches use pendulums while others use Reeds or forked branches. Still others say they have be come so practice at dowsing they can Tell where water is without using an instrument. Kane said doubts about their Powers May keep some people away. A lot of people Aren t going to Call because of that reason said Kane of Edwardsville near St. Louis. But com Mon sense tells me if i need water and someone can help i m going to take Ashot at it. Right now i think a lot of people Are afraid it s going to Cost them too much to Drill a  dowser Dale Bingham 72, of nearby Vandalia agreed Price May keep people away. He said drilling a Well can Cost a minimum of several thousand , however says he has watched Farmers come to Vandalia s water treat ment Plant this summer to haul water with their trucks. For them to haul water is unnecessary because there is water on their land Bingham said. But a dowser will never push himself on  Bingham said he has downed thou Sands of Wells in 40 years and said he has been wrong Only once. Bingham and Kane Don t charge for their water searching services. If you want to have a Well Call in a Well Driller and have them dig it. But if you want water in that Well you better put it where there s water Bingham said. A ppe a escape Texas agents find 35 salvadorans in locked steaming railway Boxcar ends in Captur Parchman miss. A a Maxi mum Security inmate smeared a Small opening in his cell door with butter and slipped through it then escaped with an other inmate authorities said. Both inmates escaped from the missis Sippi state Penitentiary s grounds by scaling a 12-foot Fence and were on the Loose 17 hours before being captured sunday evening officials said. Clarence r. Gillie 23, who is 5-feet-9 and weighs 145 pounds squeeze through an opening used to pass food trays said Ken Jones a state corrections department spokesman. Gillie was Able to leave his cell when another inmate diverted the guard by telling the officer he had a plumbing problem in his cell. Gillie then threatened the officer with a homemade knife and freed the other inmate Ronald Brown 21, Jones said. Kingsville Texas a thirty five dehydrated salvadorans were found locked inside a sweltering Boxcar sundays temperatures outside soared Well Over 100 degrees authorities said. . Border patrol officials found 20more illegal aliens outside the locked Boxcar but aboard the same freight train bound for Houston at about 10 30 a.m., said Border patrol agent Cruz Mcguire. It was Well Over 100 degrees when we found them Border patrol agent Ramiro Gonzalez told the Corpus Christi caller times. It was probably another 20 to 30 degrees hotter inside the  the salvadorans including three women and two 14-year-old boys had been locked inside the car since the boarded the train five hours earlier in Brownsville Gonzalez said. Some were trying to get air through holes in the Box car he said. When we opened the car up the peo ple were Pale and real sweaty and then we transported them to the Border patrol station in Kingsville and gave the water and we fed them Gonzalez said. If the Border patrol had not intervened the salvadorans could have suffered the same Fate As 18 aliens found dead last summer locked inside a Boxcar near the West Texas town of Sierra Blan Ca. The train had travelled about 25 mile North from Brownsville which is the southernmost City in Texas and Border Matamoros Mexico when Harlingen Border patrol agents noticed alien aboard some Riding on Grain hoppers. The agents then followed the train through isolated ranch land to Kings Ville about 100 Miles North of Brownsville. At the Kingsville freight Yard official checked the train car by car until an agent heard voices inside an insulate Boxcar Gonzalez said. The aliens found inside told agents that the door was Mohave been kept open to allow ventilation but either the smuggler or a train station employee in Brownsville closed and locked the door Gonzalez said. Authorities did not know the identity of the smuggler to whom the aliens said they paid $300 to $600 each Gonzalez said. The 35 salvadorans were detained on immigration charges and faced Deporta Tion along with a honduran Man and 19mexican nationals authorities said