>>> I'm looking for solutions, not >>> "The sky is falling" proposals. >>> Tom Searles
I replied: >> You need to explain exactly what you are refering >> to when you make an insult like that. >> Pat Neuman Tom wrote: > We have a fundamental different perspective > on things. You believe that we should all live > like our great-grandparents did by seldom > traveling more than a few miles from our home. My reply: You stated an exaggeration on what I believe. I use our highway vehicle to visit family. My wife uses it to shop and work at the Arboretum. Tom wrote: > That is unrealistic in today's society, and it is > just not going to happen despite your frequent postings > on global warming (which I think are grossly overstated, > but you can rebut in the national issues forum). MY REPLY: Your thougHts that my postings on global warming are "grossly overstated" are not correct. Your statement that I can rebut in the national issues forum is not correct. I was banned from the MN national issues forum by Terrel Brown in 2003 for posts on climate change, and from mn-politics-discuss in 2000 by Mr. Brown. > I am nothing more than just another person earning > a living and paying my taxes. I am looking for the > same thing everyone else is--a decent and effective > transportation system for the Metro area. The > transportation system is what keeps a community alive > and serves its needs by delivering workers, goods, > and services to where they are required. The mode of > transportation may change, but this has been the truth > since the beginning of civiliazation. > Tom Searles > Waconia, Twp. My reply: Tom, please look at some evidence on global warming, below. Perhaps doing that will change some of your views. AAAS All-star panel of climate experts, 15 June 2004 http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2004/0616climate.shtml Excerpt: The scientists at Tuesday's climate conference acknowledged that questions remain about climate-forecasting models. And, they said, there will always be uncertainty about exactly what may happen and precisely how various factors exert an influence. However, the panelists also agreed that accurate predictions can be made over the long term--and that greenhouse gases released as a result of human activity are a major change agent. In fact, they said, the models are more likely making conservative predictions rather than generous ones. ----------------- Presentations at: http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2004/0603climate2.shtml Don Kennedy, Science and Alan Leshner, CEO AAAS Sherwood Rowland, University of California, Irvine Thomas Crowley, Duke University Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University Daniel Schrag, Harvard University Jerry Meehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research David Battisti, University of Washington Joyce Penner, University of Michigan Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University Lonnie Thompson, Ohio State University Chris Field, Carnegie Institution of Washington -------------------------- Pat Neuman Chanhassen, MN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchive/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paleontology_and_Climate/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paleontology_and_Climate_Articles/ _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
