I think the most important thing you said here was 'I think it's worth continuing forward with a sane, measured effort to reduce CO2 emissions...' with emphasis on 'sane, measured'. I think that is where a lot of global warming zealots lose some cred.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Cameron Childress<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:300048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
