On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > Trying to keep emissions at a minimum is smart. Forcing it because it > felt warmer, but now it doesn't, is not smart. Unless of course you > want to make a killing from selling useless insurance to suckers.
It doesn't just feel warmer, it *is* warmer. I don't support emissions reductions because I'm an altruistic tree-loving hippy. The world will get along fine without us. Nope, I'm a self-centered arrogant bastard. I'm accustomed to a certain climate on this planet and the climate for the last couple thousand years has done pretty well by humans. I'd rather like to see it continue that way. I don't want to give in to "natural variations" if it means rapidly rising sea levels, expanded desertification and vanishing forests. I don't want to see another ice age either. Whether climate change is primarily anthropogenic or primarily caused by external factors (solar cycles, long term ocean cycles, whatever your favorite explanation) the fact remains that the climate is changing in ways which are not beneficial to our species and the way we have set things up. It looks like we have options at our disposal to help alleviate some of that change. So I think it behooves us to take a broader view and take the measures necessary in order to try and bring more of our own destiny under our control. If we put measures in place to be able to strongly regulate humanities emissions of CO2 (and related gasses) then we have a powerful tool at our disposal. We can increase emissions in the future if we realize that its prudent, we can decrease them further if we find that it is prudent. Either way, we have more control than we have now. Self-centered, self interested, me first, conservative thinking here. Get what you can under control now, do it in a way that encourages innovation in the marketplace, continue to explore our options. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:283047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
