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Maxprop wrote:

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I figured you didn't. :-)

But not for the reason you suspect.

It's simply not worth pursuing. For example, if I agree that Pete is right,
then I have to retract my statement that global warming is a theory, rather
a hypothesis. Then you're going to get all ****y-moany about that, and
we're going to go back and forth another twenty or so times.

Not worth the effort.

Yeah. Also irrelevant. Global warming is a fact, as far as I'm
concerned. The causes of global warming are at this stage only
hypotheses. That's somewhat *less* than a theory and a theory is far
less than an established fact.

I'm staying out of this crap simply because I can't see the point of
bothering. Jon can cite all the pop press articles etc he likes. They
too are irrelevant because they're based - at best - on some uninformed
& poorly educated journalist's take on what someone else with
scientific training said/wrote.

The expert I respect says 'not proven' WRT human activities. That's
worth far more to me than all the 3rd hand refs Jon can cite. This guy
is head of glaciology research, I've been to Antarctica with him on a
number of occasions, has a string of publications in refereed science
journals a mile long. In fact I've been to sea with a very broad cross
section of the entire planet's glaciologists, oceanographers,
atmospheric scientists etc. Had a whole bunch of NASA people a few
years ago. Or was it NOAA, all these acronyms, so little brain space,
even less interest...

Anyway I'm kinda hoping for a sea level rise of between 1 and 3 metres.
I'd be able to build a deep water jetty then rather than have a tidal
waterfront as I do now. Swings & roundabouts.

Couple completely irrelevant things - I might get a close look at San
Diego this year. Work is trying to convince me to go there for a bit,
I'm trying to get out of it. We'll see.

The other is, I was given a Kyocera ceramic kitchen knife as a belated
Christmas present. This thing is *sharp* and guess what - it has zero
metal content, so it ain't gonna trigger a detector, AFAIK. So much for
a/port security WRT a pair of nail clippers.

If they were really serious they'd ban *all* carryon baggage and make
everyone strip their street clothes off & wear a set of disposable
overalls for the flight. They haven't done that, and won't.

On that note, I'm waving goodbye to a bunch of friends off south and
then heading for a margarita or 3. Followed by a weekend's sailing.

PDW