> Dana wrote: > yanno... almost as much time has been wasted on this as on Hugo > Chavez. I just don't see why reducing emissions would be a bad thing, > whether they are responsible for global warming or not. Big > corporations would have us believe otherwise, but since when did they > have our best interests in mind? >
(1.) Chavez. If you're unconcerned about new dictatorships and the death and mayhem that will inevitably ensue, then Chavez is unconcerning. If, on the other hand, needless suffering bothers you, then Chavez does concern you and discussion about his is not a waste of time. (2.) Corporations. While the conceptual organization doesn't care about people, the practical organization does. I'd bet if you looked at charitable contributions including both money and time you'd find that corporations are quite generous. And further the *promise* of *becoming* a corporation is responsible for untold advances in science, medicine, and technology that have increased all of our lifespans. As one quick example, take Sirtris: "if it succeeds, its medicines may retard the onset or progression of a whole slew of age-related diseases, from diabetes to Alzheimer's to cancer. The drugs may also have an extremely provocative side effect: They might extend life span. You have to go back to the advent of antibiotics in the first half of the 20th century to find such broad therapeutic potential. (3.) Emissions. There's probably all kinds of things humans "emit" that we could cut. Your point is that we should just randomly pick something and then spend billions eliminating it for no apparent reason? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228703 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
