At 02:13 PM 1/15/2009 -0600, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: > > The whole world is freezing and this moron still believes in global > warming. >------------------------------- > >No it's not. Yes it is winter outside but the earth is still in a >warming cycle. Has been for thousands of years.
Well, I think the real crux of the argument is not so much global warming or cooling, but more whether or not mankind is a substantial contributor to either, and if he is, what should be done about it. As you said, the world may be in a warming trend. But getting to the true data has proven difficult. There have been a lot of cases where data was not recorded correctly or misinterpreted or even manipulated. It's hard to discuss a subject rationally if even the base data can't be agreed upon. Personally, I think the Earth is warming in general. Not so much from "studies" but from other observations in our solar system. We've detected general global temperature rises of other planets that are fairly consistent with each other. But since that kind of comparison tends to debunk the concept of man-made global warming, many of the scientists who made their fame on man-made global warming don't want to examine it. A lot of us are frustrated when laws/regulations are passed based on something whose factual foundation is in question. Generally such laws/regulations inhibit or constrain or even "put out of business" people and their industry. That's not really a good thing, especially if there's not a solid foundational reason for doing so. And as an aside, there are more and more scientists beginning to speak out against man-made global warming theory. So, for some, the subject gets boiled down to "Global warming is false." And then of course they get jumped on because overall general temperature graphing trends show some kind of rise in global average temperature. But what they really mean is, "Man-made global warming theory is not well based on fact. So putting tight regulations on people and businesses in an attempt to change global climate is not a smart move, and perhaps a very foolish one." -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
