On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Robert Munn<[email protected]> wrote: > What, are you standing in for Gruss or something?
Actually - confession time - I *AM* Gruss! Muahahahahahaha! Just kidding. > No one said we should toss > out all other research on the subject. What I have specifically said is that > our ability to influence the planetary climate is minimal compared to the > forces of nature that have been at work on the planet since its inception > billions of years ago. Anyone who says different is peddling something. Well, there are alot of natural disasters that could impact our planet in a way we have no control over. Volcanic eruptions, an asteroid the size of New Hampshire splashing down in the pacific (good surfing very briefly), or even the inevitable swelling of the sun to a size that consumes the Earth. Solar activity is also a force of nature that we have little ability to control. Still, there are things within our control. However small they might be, they still do have the potential to make a difference. Sure, solar activity could overshadow our efforts - or an asteroid could destroy the planet. I think it's worth continuing forward with a sane, measured effort to reduce CO2 emissions, because I don't think that the forces of nature are the *only* thing that influences our planet's destiny. Plus - most CO2 emissions are married to other forms of pollution that we should be eliminating as well. There really is no downside as long as we work on it in a measured and sane way. The best case scenario is that we reduce climate change and pollution. The worst case is that we reduce pollution, but climate change isn't impacted at all. The real interesting thing to me is that along with the CO2, we are spewing out a bunch of particulate matter that some theorize to be counterbalancing the greenhouse effect. The more we reduce CO2/pollution, the more we may uncover real climate change that's currently being hidden by this unhealthy (to breath) balance of CO2 emissions and particulate pollution. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
