This is so well and usefully stated. Thanks,
Enric -===- http://www.cirne.com --- In [email protected], "doctor P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Global Warming is real and it is a real threat. > > However, Casey, your note that no snow in Montreal confirms your belief that > GW is behind this is a disservice for the environmental cause and is > disappointing for scientists like myself that are trying to educate the > public on such matters. > > Science is not a belief. > > Natural patterns are not a conspiracy theory. > > An anecdote is one data point not an evidence. > > Lack of snow or a heat wave must be placed in a graph where they produce a > body of evidence that may show a trend. > > The melting of the polar ice shelves is cataclysmic and is happening. > > > > What can you do about GW, Casey? > > First, educate yourself. > > Go to a bookstore, for example. Read popular versions of the science > describing GW. > > Rent 'An Inconvenient Truth' by Al Gore. > > I produced a video myself explaining Global Warming at > > http://spacegeek.org/ep3_QT.shtml > > Google anti-GW website to learn how to respond to the oil industry. > > As a Canadian, you are one of the highest producers of GW byproducts and > waste. > > Have you written a letter to your rep. regarding the Alberta Oil Sands? > > Are some of your friends driving SUVs, could you convince them to question > that choice? > > Your show is popular. Would it be possible for you to produce a show about > GW in an entertaining but also educational way? > > Your idea of a vlog site with GW witness accounts and tags can only be real > if it is intelligent otherwise it will be debunked and will provide fodder > for those who like to portray environmentalists in a poor light. Once you > have educated yourself, then your actions will not be based on belief but > reason and that is the difference between a closed-minded person manipulated > by religion/patriotism/trends and an enlightened member of the > environmentalist community. > > > > > > Doctor P > > <http://Spacegeek.org> http://Spacegeek.org > > cell: (250)884-6364 > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
