Christoph Reuss wrote:
>
> Keith Hudson wrote:
> > According to BBC Radio news this morning (based on an article in the
> > current issue of "Science"), the ice in West Antarctica is becoming thicker
> > "thus allaying fears of global warming".
>
> The debate whether it's "global warming" or "new ice age" is beside the
> point. CO2 causes atmospheric destabilization which leads to increased
> wheather extremes and dislocations towards BOTH warmer and colder (and
> more stormy, wet/dry etc.) weather.
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There was an article in last week's NYT Science Times about
large underground coal fires, some naturally caused, many
caused by human action, which burn for decades or even
for centuries. The article said that the fires in
one area of China contribute as much CO2 to the atmosphere
as all the automobiles and small trucks in the USA.
But, back to the general issue of whether discovery of
what look like mitigating natural forces should
lead us to stop trying to stop polluting the environment.
That strikes me as an example of the principle:
Because it looks at this moment to us like it won't hurt us,
we don't have to worry about doing [whatever stupid and
risky thing].
I once saw on TV a man driving a Mercedes Benz
go off an Autobahn at 150 miles per hour, and the
car rolled over before finally coming to a stop in the
road-side ditch.
The man walked away from the accident because he
was using his seat belt and the car had a roll bar.
Thinking the way George W Bush and Co. act
about the environment and other important issues,
the message of the TV show is: Let's drive 150 miles
per hour on the Autobahn and not take precautions to
avoid losing control of our car, because we can
walk away from any accdident that ensues.
Alternatively, Bush could put out the fires in
China and use the "energy credits" to enable
the American people to move up to even bigger
SUVs!
\brad mccormick
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that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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