The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

WB - why then hasn't the average temperature increased since 1998?

Green house gas emissions have not fallen in that time frame, but have rather increased.

It isn't an issue of warming (at least to me), as there is data to show an increase of a degree or so in the last 100 years.

It is an indisputable fact that there have been periods of warming and cooling far before any such green house emissions by man came into play. These things happen naturally in the planetary (and more largely due to the solar) cycle. Therefore, no panic. We have no - zero, zip, none, nada - control over it.

With all due respect, all of YOUR scientific analysis isn't going to trump what many scientists the world over believe, what respected new sources are treating with respect and what I can see as trends with my own un-educated eye. If we were talking about Basketball, I'd believe every word you said but, I'm afraid, in this case, I'm going to have to go with the thoughts of the majority of people who study this stuff and we'll just have to wait and see.....or our children will.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

With all due respect, all of YOUR scientific analysis isn't going to trump what many scientists the world over believe

It isn't MY scientific analysis. It is what I've read from respected scientists who disagree with the whole global warming panic. Like I asked WB - have you read the link to the piece from the scientist at MIT?

We can trade links all day on this evidence or that evidence. I just resent the implication that I am not particularly well read on it or I'm making up my own scientific analysis. It is not the case.

[wendybeth]

Of course it's not all man-made, but you're (and correct me if I am wrong) trying to excuse our government's anti-green stance by saying that all this science data is 'sky-is falling' nonsense. I suppose it doesn't really matter, because the fact remains that it is happening and we aren't doing **** about it anyway. By your logic, however, I never should have quit smoking. People got lung cancer long before cigs were invented, right? So why bother trying to do anything preventitive? Hell, we're all going to die someday- why try to fight it at all?