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"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
... On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:04:10 -0700, Gordon wrote: Various eco groups have described the "Great Garbage Patch" in the Pacific ocean. It has been described as twice the size of the continental US located between Hawaii and Japan, or bigger than the state of Texas located between California and Hawaii, or it is located in the North Pacific. It consists of millions of tons of garbage floating everywhere. At the Seattle boat show was a raft made of plastic jugs and held together with old fishing nets and with an old airplane fuselage as a cabin. Supposedly, they sailed this raft to Hawaii and documented all the garbage out there. Does anybody believe this crap???? Can anybody find an actual cruiser that has been through this garbage patch? Why is it only the Pacific Ocean? Why can't they even agree on the location and size? Seems to me Al Gore has had another wet dream ! Gordon Sounds like the Sargasso Sea where all those old sailing ships are stranded. Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) I understand there is quite a large garbage patch at the Bangkok dock. . . Wilbur Hubbard |
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"hpeer" wrote in message ... No Stephen, you missed the point entirely. The worst that can happen is run away warming that makes Earth largely uninhabitable. Is that likely? I don't know. Is it possible? Yes. Your choice, their future. If it wasn't for Global Climate Change, most of the northern hemisphere would still be covered in glaciers, and humans would number a few hundred thousand hunter-gatherers. The Earth has been MUCH warmer than it currently is in this current interglacial period, and it WILL become much colder again. The only constant when it comes to climate is change. Life adapts. -- KLC Lewis WISCONSIN Where It's So Cool Outside, Nobody Stays Indoors Napping www.KLCLewisStudios.com |
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KLC Lewis wrote:
"hpeer" wrote in message ... No Stephen, you missed the point entirely. The worst that can happen is run away warming that makes Earth largely uninhabitable. Is that likely? I don't know. Is it possible? Yes. Your choice, their future. If it wasn't for Global Climate Change, most of the northern hemisphere would still be covered in glaciers, and humans would number a few hundred thousand hunter-gatherers. The Earth has been MUCH warmer than it currently is in this current interglacial period, and it WILL become much colder again. The only constant when it comes to climate is change. Life adapts. I hate it when people are reasonable. I'd much rather find some crap, pro or con, on the internet where it has to be true cause it's on the internet Gordon |
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KLC Lewis wrote:
"hpeer" wrote in message ... No Stephen, you missed the point entirely. The worst that can happen is run away warming that makes Earth largely uninhabitable. Is that likely? I don't know. Is it possible? Yes. Your choice, their future. If it wasn't for Global Climate Change, most of the northern hemisphere would still be covered in glaciers, and humans would number a few hundred thousand hunter-gatherers. The Earth has been MUCH warmer than it currently is in this current interglacial period, and it WILL become much colder again. The only constant when it comes to climate is change. Life adapts. It is certainly reassuring that life will continue on Earth after humans are gone. |
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hpeer wrote:
Something else interesting is a recent Yale/George Mason report on American attitudes towards climate change. It seems that the deniers fall into a fairly well defined demographic: Well paid Home owners Older Well educated White Men research.yale.edu/environment/uploads/CCAmericanMind.pdf You might ask yourself if your opinion is because of your reasoned and enlightened thoughts - or because of the group you belong to. Fascinating report; it will take some time to go through, it but I think you're mis-reading it. The only demographics I saw were with regard to ALL respondents, not just the deniers. If fact, the report seems to be saying the the overwhelming majority believe that Global Climate Change is real and something should be done about it, while the deniers are a small minority, under 10% in most of the categories. Since almost any national survey will have about 15% supporting any outlandish claim (we faked the moon landings, Area 51 aliens, etc.) its a little hard to prove anything by looking at the demographics of a small group of deniers. |
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:13:59 -0400, Jeff wrote:
BTW, you can now book passage on a Northwest Passage cruise. Find out the name of the skipper. If it's Franklin, don't go. Casady |
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Jeff wrote:
hpeer wrote: Something else interesting is a recent Yale/George Mason report on American attitudes towards climate change. It seems that the deniers fall into a fairly well defined demographic: Well paid Home owners Older Well educated White Men research.yale.edu/environment/uploads/CCAmericanMind.pdf You might ask yourself if your opinion is because of your reasoned and enlightened thoughts - or because of the group you belong to. Fascinating report; it will take some time to go through, it but I think you're mis-reading it. The only demographics I saw were with regard to ALL respondents, not just the deniers. Ah,my mistake. Similar report by Yale. The attached URL should take you to the one with the demographics. They are in the back end. What I found most interesting was the comparisons of TRUST. These guys don't trust anyone excepting, perhaps, family and friends. environment.yale.edu/uploads/6Americas2009.pdf If fact, the report seems to be saying the the overwhelming majority believe that Global Climate Change is real and something should be done about it, while the deniers are a small minority, under 10% in most of the categories. Correct, however almost no one IS doing anything about it. This comes out in the new report. Since almost any national survey will have about 15% supporting any outlandish claim (we faked the moon landings, Area 51 aliens, etc.) its a little hard to prove anything by looking at the demographics of a small group of deniers. Agree. I was not trying to PROVE anything other than to ask the gentlemen to question the source of their beliefs. Are they considered opinions or because that is what their cohort things - peer pressure. |
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hpeer wrote:
Stephen Trapani wrote: hpeer wrote: I recently read a pretty good book about the Climate Change argument. And there is also some pretty interesting research out there if you are looking for information. What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate Greg Craven The thrust is not to tell you what will happen but to help people navigate their way through all the claims and counter claims. He offers a simplified risk analysis approach to the topic. He also offers his own personal opinion on the matter. I suggest you read it. It's an easy read and the technique is useful in a lot of other areas besides. Something else interesting is a recent Yale/George Mason report on American attitudes towards climate change. It seems that the deniers fall into a fairly well defined demographic: Well paid Home owners Older Well educated White Men research.yale.edu/environment/uploads/CCAmericanMind.pdf You might ask yourself if your opinion is because of your reasoned and enlightened thoughts - or because of the group you belong to. As to my personal opinion - Playing the global warming game is dangerous and should not be done lightly. If, in fact, GW is a hoax and there is nothing to do then the worst we could do is to clean up or environment and improve our gas mileage. That may come at the cost of a recession. The worst that may happen by "cleaning up the environment" is much worse than that, and is in fact almost entirely unaddressed by anyone. How much less CO2 production will it take to change anything? No one knows. Will it results in massive unemployment and economic hardship, a radical change in lifestyle and great decrease in quality of life? No one knows. But, the radical greens don't care, right? Their agenda is something akin to setting technology back a hundred years or so, with no consideration for how much suffering it would cause anyone, right? I mean, you're all sympathetic to that idea, right? So don't pretend that the worst case scenario is just a little cleanup and increased gas mileage of cars. Stephen No Stephen, you missed the point entirely. The worst that can happen is run away warming that makes Earth largely uninhabitable. Is that likely? I don't know. Is it possible? Yes. Your choice, their future. We were talking about the worst case scenario, if we take global warming seriously and really reduce CO2 emissions. Stephen |
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hpeer wrote:
Stephen Trapani wrote: hpeer wrote: I recently read a pretty good book about the Climate Change argument. And there is also some pretty interesting research out there if you are looking for information. What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate Greg Craven The thrust is not to tell you what will happen but to help people navigate their way through all the claims and counter claims. He offers a simplified risk analysis approach to the topic. He also offers his own personal opinion on the matter. I suggest you read it. It's an easy read and the technique is useful in a lot of other areas besides. Something else interesting is a recent Yale/George Mason report on American attitudes towards climate change. It seems that the deniers fall into a fairly well defined demographic: Well paid Home owners Older Well educated White Men research.yale.edu/environment/uploads/CCAmericanMind.pdf You might ask yourself if your opinion is because of your reasoned and enlightened thoughts - or because of the group you belong to. As to my personal opinion - Playing the global warming game is dangerous and should not be done lightly. If, in fact, GW is a hoax and there is nothing to do then the worst we could do is to clean up or environment and improve our gas mileage. That may come at the cost of a recession. The worst that may happen by "cleaning up the environment" is much worse than that, and is in fact almost entirely unaddressed by anyone. How much less CO2 production will it take to change anything? No one knows. Will it results in massive unemployment and economic hardship, a radical change in lifestyle and great decrease in quality of life? No one knows. But, the radical greens don't care, right? Their agenda is something akin to setting technology back a hundred years or so, with no consideration for how much suffering it would cause anyone, right? I mean, you're all sympathetic to that idea, right? So don't pretend that the worst case scenario is just a little cleanup and increased gas mileage of cars. Stephen No Stephen, you missed the point entirely. The worst that can happen is run away warming that makes Earth largely uninhabitable. Is that likely? I don't know. Is it possible? Yes. Your choice, their future. I was talking about your statement: If, in fact, GW is a hoax and there is nothing to do then the worst we could do is to clean up or environment and improve our gas mileage. That may come at the cost of a recession. It is raging pretense to say that decreasing CO2 emissions enough to make a difference is only going to result in a cleaner environment, better gas mileage cars and a little recession. Read my statement above for why. Stephen |
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"Jeff" wrote in message ... KLC Lewis wrote: "hpeer" wrote in message ... No Stephen, you missed the point entirely. The worst that can happen is run away warming that makes Earth largely uninhabitable. Is that likely? I don't know. Is it possible? Yes. Your choice, their future. If it wasn't for Global Climate Change, most of the northern hemisphere would still be covered in glaciers, and humans would number a few hundred thousand hunter-gatherers. The Earth has been MUCH warmer than it currently is in this current interglacial period, and it WILL become much colder again. The only constant when it comes to climate is change. Life adapts. It is certainly reassuring that life will continue on Earth after humans are gone. While your conclusion was not my point, it is correct. Nevertheless, human life is not going to disappear from this planet because of global climate change. Modern humans have existed on this planet for over 200,000 years. In all that time, do you think we have not seen temperatures much hotter, and much colder, than we now experience? Some areas may become less habitable. Other areas may become more habitable. Sea levels will continue to rise (as they've been doing for 12,000 years) and some areas will receive more rainfall while others receive less. The error lies in thinking that the Earth must remain changeless because we're here and we (some of us) like the status quo. Sealevel must remain where it is because I built a house on the beach! Help! A global catastrophe approaches! That life which refuses to adapt gets a swimming lesson. -- KLC Lewis WISCONSIN Where It's So Cool Outside, Nobody Stays Indoors Napping www.KLCLewisStudios.com |
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