Bad analogy more like the air ship is going down. We should drop all
unnecessary weight to avoid crashing into the ocean. Wait a minute were
those life rafts really unnecessary. Damn, we're still going down. Too
late now, splash...
Tom C wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?
>>
>>
>> That's been news for a couple of days. Assuming that climate change is
>> something we could halt, even the best estimates seem to show a 10 or
>> more year lag between action and effect. Putting the Polar Bear on the
>> endangered list is an exercise in feel good activity. If the arctic ice
>> is melting as fast as some seem to think, Polar Bears will be extinct
>> long before anything done to stop it takes effect.
>>
>> So you propose that maintaining the status quo is acceptable since the harm
>> is already done and likely irreversible anyway?
>>
>> William Robb
>>
>>
>
> That would be sort of like saying "I see the ship is heading for the dock,
> there's not enough time to avoid hitting it, so why put the engines in
> reverse"?
>
> Tom C.
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