On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > The only thing we really know, i.e. can tell from hundreds of millions of > years of the geological record, is that the climate of the planet changes > significantly over time, regardless of the existence or activities of human > beings. Beyond that, everything else is speculation based on a few hundred > years of spotty ground data, less than fifty years of satellite data, and > computer simulations that have been demonstrated to be incorrect over the > last decade.
Dude, this amounts to saying it's "iffy" that humans have an impact on the Earth. We're pumping how many cubic tons of stuff into the air each day? The Mississippi delta region is losing how much ground per year? Something as seemingly benign as light pollution is altering the evolutionary path? I mean, have you /seen/ the earth from space at night? How thick to you have to be, to think that we don't have an impact on our environment? It's odd how we choose to put some stuff in a vacuum, but not other stuff. Eh. For my money, we should be focused on space travel. Get a colony on the moon, then mars, ASAP. Diversification: another form of insurance. "Everything else is speculation" -- hehe! We *know* this, but /that/? Who can say, right? Pure speculation. -- Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:308762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
