Oh no, I know our culture is environmentally harmful, but then so are all other cultures, some much less technologically inclined have been even more harmful, at least locally.
William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "graywolf" > Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted > > > >> That is the problem, the models are not correct. But the media insists >> that they are, far more so than the scientists producing them do. None of >> them are quite as precise in their timing as the first computer model >> which indicated the world would be uninhabitable by 1966, but they are no >> more accurate either. >> > > I am certain that at one time people were of the opinion that we couldn't > harm the Great Lakes until we nearly killed them, or that we couldn't empty > all the fish from the sea until the Atlantic cod population collapsed. > I suspect computer modelling has gotten more accurate over the past 40 > years. > People will believe what they find convenient to believe. Cultures that are > centered around the automobile, industrialization and burning hydrocarbons > tend to not believe that their culture may be environmentally harmful. > > William Robb > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
