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On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:25 PM, derf <[email protected]> wrote: > The TRUTH is: > We do have an effect on the planet. > We should try and be wise about our effect on the planet. > BUT, many people use the two truths above to frighten, bully, and > legislate their views into laws without telling everyone the actual > facts. > The "greenhouse effect", "global warming", "the terrible hole in the > Ozone layer" are all propaganda ploys, IMHO, all based loosely on > facts but twisted in such a way to make unknowing people react out of > fear. > > The "greenhouse effect" is a true phenomenon, and I think we should > consider the ramifications an act to prevent damage to the atmosphere. > I think the average volcano spews more "greenhouse gas" into the > atmosphere than CA could in a decade. > > "Global warming" does exist, as does "global cooling". The planet has > been going through temperature trend cycles for as long as people have > been recording temperature. I think we are in a cooling cycle now, > but you don't hear many people trying to pass legislation to stop the > next impending ice age. > > "That terrible hole in the Ozone layer" has been there for how long? > I think it has been there for a long time. I think it was there long > before people started releasing harmful chemicals into the atmosphere. > There is evidence that it grows larger and then grows smaller at > times. > > The problems is that too many people use partial facts, scare > tactics, and outright lies to further their agendas. Fortunately for > us in the lower 47, we have Kalifornia over there to test some of > these extreme agendas. Then, we can follow their lead and extract the > useful ideas from their actions and move forward. Environmentalism, > gay rights, gun control, welfare, illegal immigration, abortion, > corruption, religion, and all the other issues that divide people and > parties and make up politics all seem to have test beds on the left > coast. We all just need to try and make wise, educated decisions and > not be led astray by either extreme faction. > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower >
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