I think this whole thing goes back to the issue of erring on the side of caution...
If we know that something is very unhealthy for us and anything else living on the planet (IE: greenhouse emissions, toxic waste, general pollution) shouldn't we take steps to lessen it's impact or not introduce it into the environment at all? It's a pretty simple formula, isn't it? Michael Grant [Modus IS] wrote: >> If the Sun provides just 1% less energy to the Earth, this planet becomes >> > a big ball of ice, regardless of anything we do. > > And if laser shooting zombie monkeys fly out of my butt we'll all be doomed! > > > I don't see how either of those comments have anything to do with climate > change from greenhouse gas emissions. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:19 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: global warming my eye > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Michael wrote: > > >> As the global temp rises our ice caps start melting, exposing more water >> which absorbs the solar energy, which heats the water which melts the ice >> faster and so on. As the temp of the oceans rises it completely alters the >> ecology of the seas and oceans. This has drastic effects on weather >> systems, >> making the climate more turbulent as well as more violent. >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
