I think he is arguing that all the folks who are up in arms over global warming would quickly shut up when the price of their hamburger or gas doubled to keep the air clean =)
Chris Peterson Gainey IT Adobe Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 2:31 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: global warming skepticism ... so your argment is that right or wrong corrective measures would be too expensive then? On 10/23/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, it's not just you, it is all the people who fail to grasp the basics > of > market economics. If industry has to spend billions of dollars cleaning up > greenhouse gases, where do you think they are going to get the funds for > that cleanup effort? From you, me, and everyone else in the form of higher > prices for goods and services. There is no free lunch. > > Even so, this is all beside the point. Your entire argument rests on the > assumption that we have any effect on global warming or cooling. Some of > the > most senior scientists in the world are highly skeptical about our effect > on > global warming and cooling. I am highly skeptical, and in this case I > agree > with a respected and experienced scientist like Dr. Gray rather than a > snake > oil salesman like Al Gore. > > People are going to look back in fifty years and wonder what all the fuss > was about. > > > > On 10/23/07, Scott wrote: > > > > Is it just me, or are those who stand to lose the most (large > > corporations, > > industries, stock holders) by cleaning up greenhouse gasses, the ones > who > > dismiss it the loudest? > > > > Just my $.02 > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244919 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
