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On Mar 27, 2:07 pm, "KLC Lewis" wrote:
"Two meter troll" wrote in ooglegroups.com... On Mar 27, 12:33 pm, "KLC Lewis" wrote: And 50 years ago, how much was being spent on the development of hydrogen fuel cells? We know immensely more now than we did then -- I have every reason to expect that we will know exponentially more 50 years from now than we did then. Particularly when you take into account that the average desktop (or even laptop) computer today is more powerful than that which was possessed by even the largest financial corporations fifty years ago. Technology is growing so fast today that it's virtually impossible to keep up with it. 50 years ago, you could buy a color television and it wouldn't be obsolete for at least another 20 years. And as our technology improves -- particularly in the area of computers -- other advances that we cannot even imagine today will suddenly appear. Darwin Saves! Evolve or Perish! yep and its burning oil in direct proportion; i am not so sure we are going to have 50 more years before conditions become unstopable. I dont argue that the models are wrong IMO they likely are; my argument is can we afford to make a bet at this point. since the effect is exponentual; our margen for error is very slim; I like to stack the odds in my favor. I think of it as an at sea problem; I cannot breathe water so my safe place is my boat. if my boat is burning either i put the fire out or i jump into the sea and die. this is what we have with GW; the question is no longer if its happening it is that it is happening and what do we do to fix it. Some are convinced that GW is happening and we are the primary cause; some are convinced that GW is happening and we are an ancillary cause; some are convinced that GW isn't happening at all. Even if we assume the worst, is it necessary for us to act TODAY, on imperfect data, promoting impossible goals with unforeseeable consequences, or would it be better to continue developing alternative energy sources while continuing to study GW for several more years and act upon better, more long-term data? I suggest that the latter is wiser than the former. respectfully the Some are a majority; that it is happening. the few who are not convinced are by and large not doing sciance in the field. we are a huge part of the cause looking at the data nothing else has the co2 and methane outputs of human industry and transportation. We have a debt we best start paying it now because we are going to be paying intrest for a long while. so yes starting today is better than letting the debt get bigger. How much long-term Data do you need we have almost 500 years of observed data that can be varified and another thousand in unvarified observation. and then we have Ice core data back 60.000 years. how much longer do you want to wait? I have kids and soon will have grand kids I figure taking care of this now means my grand kids have a chance. |
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#2
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On Mar 27, 2:45 pm, "Two meter troll" wrote:
On Mar 27, 2:07 pm, "KLC Lewis" wrote: "Two meter troll" wrote in ooglegroups.com... On Mar 27, 12:33 pm, "KLC Lewis" wrote: And 50 years ago, how much was being spent on the development of hydrogen fuel cells? We know immensely more now than we did then -- I have every reason to expect that we will know exponentially more 50 years from now than we did then. Particularly when you take into account that the average desktop (or even laptop) computer today is more powerful than that which was possessed by even the largest financial corporations fifty years ago. Technology is growing so fast today that it's virtually impossible to keep up with it. 50 years ago, you could buy a color television and it wouldn't be obsolete for at least another 20 years. And as our technology improves -- particularly in the area of computers -- other advances that we cannot even imagine today will suddenly appear. Darwin Saves! Evolve or Perish! yep and its burning oil in direct proportion; i am not so sure we are going to have 50 more years before conditions become unstopable. I dont argue that the models are wrong IMO they likely are; my argument is can we afford to make a bet at this point. since the effect is exponentual; our margen for error is very slim; I like to stack the odds in my favor. I think of it as an at sea problem; I cannot breathe water so my safe place is my boat. if my boat is burning either i put the fire out or i jump into the sea and die. this is what we have with GW; the question is no longer if its happening it is that it is happening and what do we do to fix it. Some are convinced that GW is happening and we are the primary cause; some are convinced that GW is happening and we are an ancillary cause; some are convinced that GW isn't happening at all. Even if we assume the worst, is it necessary for us to act TODAY, on imperfect data, promoting impossible goals with unforeseeable consequences, or would it be better to continue developing alternative energy sources while continuing to study GW for several more years and act upon better, more long-term data? I suggest that the latter is wiser than the former. respectfully the Some are a majority; that it is happening. the few who are not convinced are by and large not doing sciance in the field. we are a huge part of the cause looking at the data nothing else has the co2 and methane outputs of human industry and transportation. We have a debt we best start paying it now because we are going to be paying intrest for a long while. so yes starting today is better than letting the debt get bigger. How much long-term Data do you need we have almost 500 years of observed data that can be varified and another thousand in unvarified observation. and then we have Ice core data back 60.000 years. how much longer do you want to wait? I have kids and soon will have grand kids I figure taking care of this now means my grand kids have a chance. so in addendome here are a few searches; i figure if its gonna stay factual i will provide the whole data set and not single out any spacific sites. enjoy. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=...r=&btnG=Search http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...lobal+CO2+emis... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...l+ocean+temper... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...istoric+global... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...istoric+global... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...oric+global+wa... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...Atmospheric+ch... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...Atmospheric+ch... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...Atmospheric+ch... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...Atmospheric+ch... I love research ![]() |
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#3
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Two meter troll wrote:
respectfully the Some are a majority; that it is happening. the few who are not convinced are by and large not doing sciance in the field. we are a huge part of the cause looking at the data nothing else has the co2 and methane outputs of human industry and transportation. We have a debt we best start paying it now because we are going to be paying intrest for a long while. so yes starting today is better than letting the debt get bigger. How much long-term Data do you need we have almost 500 years of observed data that can be varified and another thousand in unvarified observation. and then we have Ice core data back 60.000 years. how much longer do you want to wait? I have kids and soon will have grand kids I figure taking care of this now means my grand kids have a chance. No problem! There is data going back millions of years. That data indicates that we are in a typical global warming cycle that is not much different than the last seven cycles. In fact, its not as rapid as three of the cycles. In relation to the CO2 levels in the ice cores, there is a measurement problem. The CO2 levels taken from the cores are raw levels and do not allow for any outgasing of CO2 for the thousands of years the ice existed. Outgasing will reduce the amounts in the ice and will partially mask the actual amount of atmospheric CO2 at the time of the ice was formed. (If you leave an open can of sparkling water, the CO2 will eventually escape leaving a can of flat water.) So if we can't prove that CO2 levels are at a historic high now (which they aren't anyway) and the temperature rise in consistent with previous trends, where does that leave global warming? Global warming is big business. Its not about developing alternative energy sources. People are making a lot of money doing research and others are being publicly funded to develop countermeasures to "stop global warming". So the battle cry is to shout down anyone who threatens that money source. if that money were spent on developing alternative energy sources to coal/oil/natgas, we'd all be a lot better off. The BBC has a special on a few weeks ago where a number of scientists were interviewed. Though not necessarily addressing the above points, they presented quite a bit of information that contradicts some of the theories about global warming. I don't have a link for the video, but if someone can provide one, it would make for an interesting discussion. Anyone my age or older certainly can remember the scare of 40 years ago or so when it was predicted that all the CO2 man was putting into the atmosphere would thrust the earth into an ice age by 2010. Maybe the electron spin on carbon atoms reversed itself. Bad electrons!! ![]() |
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Cessna 310 wrote:
The BBC has a special on a few weeks ago where a number of scientists were interviewed. Though not necessarily addressing the above points, they presented quite a bit of information that contradicts some of the theories about global warming. I don't have a link for the video, but if someone can provide one, it would make for an interesting discussion. This one? http://www.channel4.com/science/micr...arguments.html Stephen |
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Stephen Trapani wrote:
Cessna 310 wrote: The BBC has a special on a few weeks ago where a number of scientists were interviewed. Though not necessarily addressing the above points, they presented quite a bit of information that contradicts some of the theories about global warming. I don't have a link for the video, but if someone can provide one, it would make for an interesting discussion. This one? http://www.channel4.com/science/micr...arguments.html Stephen Can't find the actual video, but I think the link you provided is related. |
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Cessna 310 wrote in
: Can't find the actual video, but I think the link you provided is related. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttV2C6B8pU Larry -- |
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Cessna 310 wrote in news:K2EOh.3425$Jm7.2307
@newsfe03.lga: I don't have a link for the video, but if someone can provide one, it would make for an interesting discussion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttV2C6B8pU It came from BBC, not ITN...sorry. Larry -- Youtube has it in its entirety....EVERYONE should watch it! |
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#8
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Larry wrote:
Cessna 310 wrote in news:K2EOh.3425$Jm7.2307 @newsfe03.lga: I don't have a link for the video, but if someone can provide one, it would make for an interesting discussion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttV2C6B8pU It came from BBC, not ITN...sorry. Larry Yeah. I had the link to the BBC video a few weeks ago, but when they archived the video, the link went dead. |
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:16:50 -0500, Cessna 310
wrote: Larry wrote: Cessna 310 wrote in news:K2EOh.3425$Jm7.2307 @newsfe03.lga: I don't have a link for the video, but if someone can provide one, it would make for an interesting discussion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttV2C6B8pU It came from BBC, not ITN...sorry. Larry Yeah. I had the link to the BBC video a few weeks ago, but when they archived the video, the link went dead. It is difficult to take scientific claims seriously when those making them cannot even identify the channel which produced this video, after a number of tries. It only takes a google search on the title. It is British TV station Channel 4 which produced "The Great Global Warming Swindle." The google search will also find that it has already been discredited by some of those who appeared in it. But they are probably simply lying professional scientists out for grant money. Carry on, "climatologists." --Vic |
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:59:16 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote: On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:16:50 -0500, Cessna 310 wrote: Larry wrote: Cessna 310 wrote in news:K2EOh.3425$Jm7.2307 @newsfe03.lga: I don't have a link for the video, but if someone can provide one, it would make for an interesting discussion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttV2C6B8pU It came from BBC, not ITN...sorry. Larry Yeah. I had the link to the BBC video a few weeks ago, but when they archived the video, the link went dead. It is difficult to take scientific claims seriously when those making them cannot even identify the channel which produced this video, after a number of tries. It only takes a google search on the title. It is British TV station Channel 4 which produced "The Great Global Warming Swindle." The google search will also find that it has already been discredited by some of those who appeared in it. But they are probably simply lying professional scientists out for grant money. Carry on, "climatologists." --Vic http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/couldn't+organize+a+****-up+in+a+brewery |
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