Wayne Gilchrest: “I thank the gentleman. Mr. Bartlett and I a few years ago traveled together to the Antarctic to McMurdo Station and the…”

“I thank the gentleman. Mr. Bartlett and I a few years ago traveled together to the Antarctic to McMurdo Station and the South Pole. It is a fascinating, majestic place, a little harsh, but nature in the raw seldom mild. I will say it is an arduous trek, even in this day and age, to Antarctica. I want to compliment the gentleman for taking a second trip down there. I will briefly conclude on the correlation of increase in CO<INF>2</INF> in the atmosphere that has a direct effect on the heat balance of the planet. In the first 100 years of the Industrial Revolution, CO<INF>2</INF> increased by about 10 points, 280 parts per million, to 290 parts per million. If you look at the third generation of the Industrial Revolution, which ends with us, about 100 years from 1890, the latest calculation in 2003 was 370 parts per million. That is increasing. Look at the last 100 years of increasing CO<INF>2</INF>, which is 100 parts per million increase.”