On 10/9/06, bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That does not qualify, in my estimation, as polite conversation. I will thank you for responding to what people say, not to what you want to argue against.
As for what you are saying, I believe that there are very big errors both of judgement and of fact, frankly.
Let's start with this one, which seems to be pretty much central to the beliefs you are espousing:
This isn't really true, it turns out. Consider Venus.
A little humility would be appreciated please, as would refraining from strawman arguments, as would references, preferably ones traceable to primary scientific literature or peer reviewed surveys. You are in adult company on this list.
mt
> > The question here is "what would constitute adequate action".
> > To my understanding, to avoid the dire consequences the alarmists
> > are predicting, we'd have to go back to pre-industrial levels of
> > emissions, on the order of 1% of current levels. GLOBALLY.
> I don't think anyone is advocating that idea. It is obviously silly.
Yes, you are advocating that very thing. you are just not
admitting it because it is so obviously silly.
That does not qualify, in my estimation, as polite conversation. I will thank you for responding to what people say, not to what you want to argue against.
Let's start with this one, which seems to be pretty much central to the beliefs you are espousing:
>. Any sensible understanding of the carbon cycle supports
> the intuitively obvious conclusion: the sooner, the better.
You're wrong here, there's a carbon saturation after which it
ceases to be a forcing.
This isn't really true, it turns out. Consider Venus.
A little humility would be appreciated please, as would refraining from strawman arguments, as would references, preferably ones traceable to primary scientific literature or peer reviewed surveys. You are in adult company on this list.
mt
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