Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Nick Palmer
Thomas malloy wrote ( about junkscience.com):- Steve is offering $100,000 to anyone who can prove that anthropogenic global warming is real, and that it's deleterious consequences outweigh the benefits. Since it's impossible to prove either one, the prize is of no consequence. What just about

Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Nick Palmer wrote: [If] . . . the analysis of the situation suggests that there is a possibility of disrupting a stable climate with enormous long term consequences for humans and all the other life on Earth, then that chance MUST NOT be taken. It is up to the deniers to PROVE that there is

Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Harry Veeder
On 15/8/2007 10:14 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Cold fusion might lead to very cheap, easily made weapons of mass destruction. I think this danger is real, and at present it is impossible to prove there is no danger, but I do not think it would be wise to ban research on cold fusion because of

RE: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Rick Monteverde
If humans are causing the current apparent warming trend, maybe we've done it before? Fossils, cores, and other evidence (legends, ancient records well known to some Vortexians) shows that the earth has warmed and cooled substantially and perhaps rather suddenly quite a few times over the last few

Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harry Veeder wrote: Cold fusion might lead to very cheap, easily made weapons of mass destruction. I think this danger is real, and at present it is impossible to prove there is no danger, but I do not think it would be wise to ban research on cold fusion because of this. What would

RE: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Rick Monteverde
- From: Harry Veeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:17 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize On 15/8/2007 10:14 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Cold fusion might lead to very cheap, easily made weapons of mass destruction. I think this danger

Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Harry Veeder
On 15/8/2007 1:34 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Cold fusion might lead to very cheap, easily made weapons of mass destruction. I think this danger is real, and at present it is impossible to prove there is no danger, but I do not think it would be wise to ban research on cold

Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harry Veeder wrote: How about the appearance of uranium and plutonium. Yup. That too. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-15 Thread Harry Veeder
On 15/8/2007 6:50 AM, Nick Palmer wrote: Thomas malloy wrote ( about junkscience.com):- Steve is offering $100,000 to anyone who can prove that anthropogenic global warming is real, and that it's deleterious consequences outweigh the benefits. Since it's impossible to prove either one,

[Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-14 Thread thomas malloy
Steve, The Junkman, Milloy, www.junkscience.com was interviewed on Northern Alliance Radio this weekend. Steve is offering $100,000 to anyone who can prove that anthropogenic global warming is real, and that it's deleterious consequences outweigh the benefits. Since it's impossible to prove

Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
thomas malloy wrote: Steve is offering $100,000 to anyone who can prove that anthropogenic global warming is real . . . People who set this kind of challenge can never persuaded. I learned a long time ago with cold fusion that if you show them 10 replications, they will demand 100, and if