snapperbait
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Re: oddjobs troll-Global Warming!
OJ.. That's, Jonathan D!ckinson...
OJ.. That's, Jonathan D!ckinson...
you've described a sequence of events; that doesn't prove cause and effect.<br /><br />
Are you saying that the use of energy by humans is warming the planet?<br /><br />The Earth is a closed system, there is a finite amount of energy. The dino's used energy before becoming fossil fuels themselves; the processes that cause a tree to store energy until released in a fireplace, themselves use energy.<br /><br />I'm not disputing your thesis, I'm just saying you haven't proved it. At least I think you haven't. Have you? Not sure.
<br /> and what about the greenhouse emissions of the worlds active volcanoes? I guess we can install scrubbers on them.<br /> folks this world changes, sometimes incredibly rapidly and not always for the best for all species. a case is the wolley mammoths buried on the siberien steppes. something changed the climate incredibly rapidly and kept it that way, thats why they have found them with undigested food in the stomachs, something frooze them rapidly and kept them that way so even the stomach bacteria died with the animal. about the only thing I can logically think of is something big, very big, happened and caused the earth to change its rotational axis and possibly speed of rotation.same as some of the dino fields. when you find areas like montanna that have multible specieas and varying ages, fromm egg to late adult, buried in the same strata it indicates that someting killed and covered them very rapidly or natures scavengers from the mightest meat eaters to the tiniest bacteria would have made short work of the carcasses.<br /> but so far from what I can see the global warming is a global hype.
thanks.<br /><br />I think I got it now. Sun to plants to animals to hydrocarbons to horsepower. Burn 500 million years worth of fuel in 300 million years = more heat. Our heat sink is at or above capacity already. Therefore, ceteris paribus, global warming. But are you sure ceteris is paribus?<br /><br />And the really important question: can we expect skimpier<br />
That's the argument, is this real, imagined, or is it a question of degree (no pun intended)<br /><br />
That's for sure, but there are defintiely "scientists" who don't care. "My agenda is more important than the facts, so it is OK to fudge a little . . ."<br /><br />
Maybe we more strongly believe in giving more to defeat evil (we do) than others believe it is important to spend on an imaginary issue that we probably cannot affect. As I have posted before, let's prioritize this stuff . . .
I have posted more than once that I kinda agree with this position. More accurately, I believe that finding ways to use energy more efficiently is a good thing. I don't agree necessarily with the emissions statement as nobody can agree, frankly, on what emissions are important. Don't quickly dimiss that last staement either. I am dead serious, and this is what I do for a living.<br /><br />
Back to priorities . . . Please don't dilute the word evil. I reserve that for evil. What you describe as evil, may be, if the environment is your religion. When I say evil I mean things like brutalizing children, Dennis Rader, Hitler etc. etc.<br /><br />I agree with OJ, still not sure of your position . . .
