Global warming action? No, too busy shoveling

I was really pleased to read the Dec. 14 Gazette, where I learned some environmental scientist (working with a grant from the National Science Foundation) amazingly determined that some 25,000-year-old stalagmites in northern Australia revealed we - in Iowa - are likely to experience warmer temperatures in the future.

The past two winters here have brought us excessive snowfall and temperatures lower than normal. This summer was so mild that our air conditioning was used only two days. A warmer summer and later freeze could have at least moderately increased yields.

Your article advised me to check my tire pressure often in order to shrink my carbon footprint. I really don't have time because I need to shovel today's additional snowfall, following last week's 12 inches, which you reported as the third largest in Iowa history.

If global warming is coming, I'm not inclined to do anything to stop it.

Dick Roggensack

Waukon