Hear, hear. Jostein Who've made a promise to stay out of it this time, but will happily cheer others. :-)
2007/6/12, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I look at it like this: > > There are all sorts of reasons to think that exhaust and effluent from > motor vehicles and industry is not good for us. It smells bad, it > causes all manner of diseases from respiratory distress to cancer. > Personally (and I know this is highly unscientific, and likely proves > nothing) I find it hard to believe that pumping as much of that shit > into the atmosphere and into our various waterways as we do can be > good for the planet. > > I recognize that nature has this amazing ability to clean the crap > that we spew, but it does appear that we've long since overdrawn on > that account. > > Whether or not our industrial and transportation activities are the > primary cause, one of many causes, or only a small contributor to > global warming, it seems a good idea to cut back on such pollution as > a health consideration for life on this planet. > > In addition, there's the fact that fossil fuels are a finite resource. > We seem not to be able to come up with acceptable replacement > technologies fast enough, so if we're not able to cut down on our > reliance on them, we're simply going to run out. That won't be > pretty. > > I know there are those "experts" that tell us that we don't have to > worry about global warming, that it's not a human phenomenon, that > it's all overblown. I also know that there's no "democracy on truth", > and that we can't play a numbers game in terms of how many "experts" > say what. That being said, it does seem that the majority of > scientists that speak out on the matter tell us that global warming is > a fact, and that human activity is a major contributor to it. > > This reminds me of the so-called "evolution versus creationism" > debate. Most respected scientists come down squarely on the side of > evolution as a fact (not a "theory"), but there are a very few that > tell us that evolution isn't possible and that the world must have > been created just as the Bible tells us. > > I know what I believe in both of these matters: The human race has > evolved from stupid monkeys into brilliant opposable thumb brainiacs > who are stupidly spewing shit into the environment that will cause the > world to burn to a crisp in a few generations. > > I could, of course be wrong, but I'll take a chance on trying to clean > the air and the environment. If it doesn't stop global warming, I > still believe that we'll all be better off for it... > > cheers, > frank > > > > > > > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- http://www.alunfoto.no http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
