Very well said Paul. Couldn't agree more Avadhut
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Paul Harris <[email protected]>wrote: > G'day Marc, > > I have not read the first post yet (only your quote) but am replying to you > off list as I think your response in this case is a bit personal and harsh > (But I welcome your other contributions!). I realise it is easy to fire off > an e-mail without fully realising the implications, or audience. > > In our local weather there are long term trends of higher temperatures and > lower rainfall, so I am fairly sure the climate is changing. Modelling > shows > that nature on its own would not have caused this, so I am fairly sure that > man is contributing. > > But my real argument is that "climate change" is a distracting symptom and > the real need is to rapidly reduce our use of "natural" resources like > fossil fuels and minerals while we still have the option so that our > grandchildren will have the means to exist. If we don't slow down our > "Growth" there will a catastrophe that makes the Global Financial Crisis > pale into insignificance. > > All the best, > HOOROO > > Mr. Paul Harris, Room 202 Charles Hawker Building, Faculty of Sciences, > The > University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB 1, Glen Osmond SA 5064 Ph : > +61 > 8 8303 7880 Fax : +61 8 8303 4386 > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/paul.harris > > CRICOS Provider Number 00123M > This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains > information that may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the > intended recipient please notify the sender by reply email and immediately > delete this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email by anyone > other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. No > representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of > viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the > recipient. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of F. Marc > de > Piolenc > Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2011 8:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Digestion] TEDx crowdsourcing/call for abstracts (Steve Verhey) > > An invitation to mental masturbation. > > Manmade global warming is a lie. The liars have been caught lying. Get > over it. There are plenty of real problems in desperate need of the kind > of focus this message is intended to elicit. > > Marc > > On 7/20/2011 3:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > When it comes to energy and global climate change, most > > Americans can be loosely grouped into 3 tribes, each well-meaning > > in its own way: > > > > > > > > Global climate change deniers;Entrepreneurs and others who believe we can > innovate our > > way out of any problems, and that new energy sources will be found to > replace > > existing ones as needed, soon;Citizens who are quietly concerned, hoping > and trusting > > that someone else has the situation under control; some of these citizens > are > > making personal changes in response to their concerns. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What if all three tribes are wrong? Wouldn't it be a good > > idea to practice thinking about it? > > _______________________________________________ > Digestion mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergyli > sts.org > > for more information about digestion, see > Beginner's Guide to Biogas > http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ > and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Digestion mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more information about digestion, see > Beginner's Guide to Biogas > http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ > and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ > >
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