On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Hal <[email protected]> wrote:
> Putting it bluntly, there are those who ignore HISTORY and the evidence out > there that indicate that MAN is NOT the primary inducer of climate change. > Climate as you put it, has also swung between extremes indicating that > rainfall such as we take for granted, has fluctuated - sometimes > dramatically, during periods where MAN hasn't existed, or existed in > numbers > to account for it. So, does climate change exist? Um, yeah. Is the > PRIMARY effects caused by Man? Jury is out on that one, and only someone > trying to sell me a bill of goods (such as yourself?) will try to cast my > opposition as "flatlanderish". > No. It's not. There is very good evidence that excess CO2 in the atmosphere comes from burning fossil fuels. That's man's activity. The jury has been in for decades. Your ignorance doesn't change facts. > > Son - you've a long way to go in the "people handling" scheme of things. I > tried gently to remind you that your attitude smacks of arrogance, and > rather than take the hint, you jump (again) with both feet into the stinky > mess and make it worse. If you want to accuse those who oppose the "Man is > evil and the cause of global warming" cult as on the same level as > "flatlanders", by all means do so. All you are accomplishing is setting > yourself apart in the view of others (such as myself) as someone to be > avoided in polite conversation. > > Substantially worse. Flatlanders don't cause people to die. I am unaware of any wars being fought over the subject. Climate change has already caused one; doubtless it's going to lead to others. The rest of what you wrote speaks of amazing ignorance on subject. Educate yourself. Every point you made is either untrue, or not relevant to AGW. Ignorance is curable. -- David Scheidt [email protected] _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
