omnipotent Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------- "History is not a school-mistress. She does not teach. She is a prison matron who punishes for unlearned lessons." -- Vasily Klyutchevsky, Russian historian
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Way OT:Global warming > > > Ah! That's the crux! We think that we are so omnipitant that we > can control > the global climate. Hell, we can't tell anyone for sure what the weekend > will be like a week hence! We may have hypotheses, but we have no > idea what > brought on the ice ages, nor do we know what stopped them, or even if they > might be the "normal" state of the global climate! We are so... arrogant! > We're very near the temp top of the warm ages, but no one worries > about the > next apparently natural global climate change - another ice age! > > When we finely figure it all out, an astroid about the size of Texas will > whack us 'cause we didn't keep cloneing Bruce Willis for the occasion os > saving our asses! > > Regards, > Bob... > -------------------------------------------- > "History is not a school-mistress. She does > not teach. She is a prison matron who > punishes for unlearned lessons." > -- Vasily Klyutchevsky, Russian historian > > > > From: Bill D. Casselberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Here's one to ponder ..... > > > > If we (in some future day) realize that a cooling trend > > *is* in the cards for our little island in space and the > > cold of an Ice Age was looming in, say, the next century ... > > > > Could Man actually produce enough "nasty" greenhouse gases > > to stem the impending freeze? If such were the dilemma, we > > might soon realize how puny our efforts really are in the > > grand scheme of things. > > > > Bill > > > > >
