Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Rob wrote:
Worth a read. Dyson is a Global Warming skeptic with an interesting
take on the subject.
A GW skeptic or an AGW skeptic? It would be hard to deny GW from the
past 400 years with data.
Alberto Monteiro
Based on what I read in the article, I would say that he doesn't dispute
global warming. What he does dispute is the global impact that it would
have.
I can understand people saying "we need more data", what I can't
understand is that they insist we keep things status quo until we have
conclusive data when the current data we have predicts multiple global
catastrophes. With stakes that high, it makes no sense to say that we
should err against the side of caution. It reminds me of the chicken
gun episode of Mythbusters where Adam, who is the one usually doing
foolish things and getting hurt, got angry at Jamie for wanting to make
a potentially unsafe pressure tank. Sure, there is a chance that
nothing catastrophic will happen, but if something catastrophic does
happen, people are going to die. Erring against caution in such a
situation is just a big middle finger to all those people who are
potentially in harms way. Its like saying "We are willing to risk your
lives and the lives of your family and friends to maintain our way of
living."
Michael Harney
dolp...@mikes3dgallery.com
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