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On Mar 27, 4:56�am, John H. wrote:
Provided without comment: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Wr1hcIp2U -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** * * * * * John H I watched the first 25 minutes. Far be it from me to say whether the current warming trend is caused by man or not, but the producers of your film flagrantly contradict one of their key initial arguments somewhere around the 21 minute mark. Prior to this point, they emphasize that the global climate cooled during the post WWII industrial expansion, with temperatures actually falling a bit from 1945 to the mid 80's. At the 21 minute point, (where the narrator states "Al Gore's film was right, there is a correlation between CO2 and global warming"), they really begin playing the audience for stupid. They follow up the "Al Gore's film was right" comment with an observation that the relationship between CO2 and warming is that CO2 levels begin rising only *after* the climate has been warming for an extended period of time. Your film doesn't seem to dispute that CO2 is rising. It doesn't dispute that global temperatures have been increasing. It does suffer a logical meltdown when it tries to simultaneously claim that the earth was cooling until 1985 *and* that rising CO2 is an effect, rather than a cause of global warming and is an indicator that lags by decades, or even centuries. According to the hypothesis presented, we should now be just barely able to detect any increase in CO2 resulting from the warming that began in 1985. In fact, the levels of greenhouse gasses are increasing at rates unprecedented in modern history- something pretty inconsistent with a theory that elevation of CO2 and other gasses occurs naturally after every extended period of global warming. What does this have to do with boating? Perhaps a lot. This week I'm investigating a situation where environmental extremists nearly shut down our recent boat show. I discovered that a City of Seattle ordinance makes it illegal to discharge soap into a storm sewer system or directly into a body of water. The ****er: the city politicians had enough sense of self preservation to write in an exemption for "the private washing of automobiles and trucks", thereby allowing the owners of a million automobiles in this area to dump soap and cleaning chemicals into the storm sewers (which drain to lakes and the sound) without fear of consequence. Their rationale was that they would also encourage people to use commercial car washes, (which recycle wash and rinse water). Nobody operates a commercial boat wash with a water recycling system, and owners of larger boats have no option except to wash them in their slips. Everybody washing a boat with soap is technically in violation of the law, but because there are so few boaters in the population there is little fear of political backlash. Much of the non- boating public assumes that only rich SOB's own a boat in the first place, and nobody cares if they have to suffer a bit- it only serves them right. If the global warming thing gets up momentum, we could very easily see regulations that curtail the discretionary use of fossil fuels. Boats, RV's, ATV's, private planes, etc may someday have to apply for a "trip permit" and make a case that a specific use is business related rather than a mere pleasure trip. Or, perhaps we'll see a tax of $1 or $2 applied at the fuel dock with the excuse that the proceeds will go to combat global warming caused by boat exhaust. In reality, of course, the proceeds of such a tax would only support a large group of new government employees which would create plenty of CO2 discharge as they jaw-jack about the problem and accomplish almost nothing. As far as your film goes; never put blind faith in any presentation that includes only one side of an argument or where the opposing viewpoint is characterized by the presenter rather than described by the opposition. (Radio talk shows do this all the time. A liberal host will say "Conservatives all believe......." and of course the conservative hosts are quick to tell you what "Liberals all believe....".) Very few people deny that the earth is warming up. It appeared that most of the dozen or so scientists they rounded up from all over the world to make the film you posted also agree that the earth is warming up- but they deny that human activity could have any influence on that warming. My unscientific opinion is that the earth has a natural heating and cooling cycle that we would be powerless to control and that organisms will adapt to changes (or become extinct) as the climate gradually shifts. It is also my opinion that if there is any chance we have interrupted or accelerated the natural heating and cooling cycle we just may have created a situation where organisms will not be able to adapt quickly enough. We need to remain open to the possibility that man has altered our climate and study the evidence objectively. Turning this issue into a BIGOIL vs. the Greens political crap fest does us all a disservice. We shouldn't look for a political answer (on either side) to a scientific issue. Any idea who sponsored or produced your particular propaganda piece? Al Gore took credit for his. |
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"John H." wrote in message ... On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:24:26 GMT, "Don White" wrote: "John H." wrote in message . .. Provided without comment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Wr1hcIp2U -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H ....and you also still believe that cigarettes don't cause cancer? Even if the CO2 emmissions aren't warming up the earth, they sure are poisoining the environment. We know...a lot of the garbage spewed south of the border makes it's way up here and dumps on us. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...-petition.html To whom are you writing? I didn't do the documentary, and you obviously didn't watch it. -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H Duh..who posted the link?? No I didn't sit and watch all 70 odd minutes of lies. The opening 7 or 8 minutes was enough. |
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Chuck Gould wrote:
On Mar 27, 4:56�am, John H. wrote: Provided without comment: �http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Wr1hcIp2U -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** � � � � � John H I watched the first 25 minutes. At the 21 minute point, (where the narrator states "Al Gore's film was right, there is a correlation between CO2 and global warming"), they really begin playing the audience for stupid. They follow up the "Al Gore's film was right" comment with an observation that the relationship between CO2 and warming is that CO2 levels begin rising only *after* the climate has been warming for an extended period of time. Play the audience for stupid? Please. It's a right-wing apologetica. The audience doesn't have to be *played* for stupid. |
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Harry Krause wrote:
Stan (the Man) wrote: \ Being misinformed by ambitious politicians who are in need of a cause -- Stan That's as good an explanation for the mess in Iraq as any. I agree, although probably not for your reasons. -- Stan |
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:24:26 GMT, "Don White"
wrote: "John H." wrote in message .. . Provided without comment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Wr1hcIp2U -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H ....and you also still believe that cigarettes don't cause cancer? Even if the CO2 emmissions aren't warming up the earth, they sure are poisoining the environment. We know...a lot of the garbage spewed south of the border makes it's way up here and dumps on us. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...-petition.html To whom are you writing? I didn't do the documentary, and you obviously didn't watch it. -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H |
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On 27 Mar 2007 08:32:14 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote: On Mar 27, 4:56?am, John H. wrote: Provided without comment: (ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Wr1hcIp2U -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H I watched the first 25 minutes. Far be it from me to say whether the current warming trend is caused by man or not, but the producers of your film flagrantly contradict one of their key initial arguments somewhere around the 21 minute mark. Prior to this point, they emphasize that the global climate cooled during the post WWII industrial expansion, with temperatures actually falling a bit from 1945 to the mid 80's. At the 21 minute point, (where the narrator states "Al Gore's film was right, there is a correlation between CO2 and global warming"), they really begin playing the audience for stupid. They follow up the "Al Gore's film was right" comment with an observation that the relationship between CO2 and warming is that CO2 levels begin rising only *after* the climate has been warming for an extended period of time. Your film doesn't seem to dispute that CO2 is rising. It doesn't dispute that global temperatures have been increasing. It does suffer a logical meltdown when it tries to simultaneously claim that the earth was cooling until 1985 *and* that rising CO2 is an effect, rather than a cause of global warming and is an indicator that lags by decades, or even centuries. According to the hypothesis presented, we should now be just barely able to detect any increase in CO2 resulting from the warming that began in 1985. In fact, the levels of greenhouse gasses are increasing at rates unprecedented in modern history- something pretty inconsistent with a theory that elevation of CO2 and other gasses occurs naturally after every extended period of global warming. What does this have to do with boating? Perhaps a lot. This week I'm investigating a situation where environmental extremists nearly shut down our recent boat show. I discovered that a City of Seattle ordinance makes it illegal to discharge soap into a storm sewer system or directly into a body of water. The ****er: the city politicians had enough sense of self preservation to write in an exemption for "the private washing of automobiles and trucks", thereby allowing the owners of a million automobiles in this area to dump soap and cleaning chemicals into the storm sewers (which drain to lakes and the sound) without fear of consequence. Their rationale was that they would also encourage people to use commercial car washes, (which recycle wash and rinse water). Nobody operates a commercial boat wash with a water recycling system, and owners of larger boats have no option except to wash them in their slips. Everybody washing a boat with soap is technically in violation of the law, but because there are so few boaters in the population there is little fear of political backlash. Much of the non- boating public assumes that only rich SOB's own a boat in the first place, and nobody cares if they have to suffer a bit- it only serves them right. If the global warming thing gets up momentum, we could very easily see regulations that curtail the discretionary use of fossil fuels. Boats, RV's, ATV's, private planes, etc may someday have to apply for a "trip permit" and make a case that a specific use is business related rather than a mere pleasure trip. Or, perhaps we'll see a tax of $1 or $2 applied at the fuel dock with the excuse that the proceeds will go to combat global warming caused by boat exhaust. In reality, of course, the proceeds of such a tax would only support a large group of new government employees which would create plenty of CO2 discharge as they jaw-jack about the problem and accomplish almost nothing. As far as your film goes; never put blind faith in any presentation that includes only one side of an argument or where the opposing viewpoint is characterized by the presenter rather than described by the opposition. (Radio talk shows do this all the time. A liberal host will say "Conservatives all believe......." and of course the conservative hosts are quick to tell you what "Liberals all believe....".) Very few people deny that the earth is warming up. It appeared that most of the dozen or so scientists they rounded up from all over the world to make the film you posted also agree that the earth is warming up- but they deny that human activity could have any influence on that warming. My unscientific opinion is that the earth has a natural heating and cooling cycle that we would be powerless to control and that organisms will adapt to changes (or become extinct) as the climate gradually shifts. It is also my opinion that if there is any chance we have interrupted or accelerated the natural heating and cooling cycle we just may have created a situation where organisms will not be able to adapt quickly enough. We need to remain open to the possibility that man has altered our climate and study the evidence objectively. Turning this issue into a BIGOIL vs. the Greens political crap fest does us all a disservice. We shouldn't look for a political answer (on either side) to a scientific issue. Any idea who sponsored or produced your particular propaganda piece? Al Gore took credit for his. My film? It was offered for information only. I'm not about to argue it's merits, etc. You and others have discussed one side of the issue. Here is a discussion of the other side. No arguing or fighting necessary. -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H |
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:33:18 GMT, "Don White"
wrote: "John H." wrote in message .. . On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:24:26 GMT, "Don White" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... Provided without comment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Wr1hcIp2U -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H ....and you also still believe that cigarettes don't cause cancer? Even if the CO2 emmissions aren't warming up the earth, they sure are poisoining the environment. We know...a lot of the garbage spewed south of the border makes it's way up here and dumps on us. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...-petition.html To whom are you writing? I didn't do the documentary, and you obviously didn't watch it. -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H Duh..who posted the link?? No I didn't sit and watch all 70 odd minutes of lies. The opening 7 or 8 minutes was enough. It's good to have an open mind! -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H |
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Chuck Gould wrote:
On Mar 27, 4:56�am, John H. wrote: Provided without comment: �http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Wr1hcIp2U -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** � � � � � John H I watched the first 25 minutes. Far be it from me to say whether the current warming trend is caused by man or not, but the producers of your film flagrantly contradict one of their key initial arguments somewhere around the 21 minute mark. Prior to this point, they emphasize that the global climate cooled during the post WWII industrial expansion, with temperatures actually falling a bit from 1945 to the mid 80's. At the 21 minute point, (where the narrator states "Al Gore's film was right, there is a correlation between CO2 and global warming"), they really begin playing the audience for stupid. They follow up the "Al Gore's film was right" comment with an observation that the relationship between CO2 and warming is that CO2 levels begin rising only *after* the climate has been warming for an extended period of time. Your film doesn't seem to dispute that CO2 is rising. It doesn't dispute that global temperatures have been increasing. It does suffer a logical meltdown when it tries to simultaneously claim that the earth was cooling until 1985 *and* that rising CO2 is an effect, rather than a cause of global warming and is an indicator that lags by decades, or even centuries. According to the hypothesis presented, we should now be just barely able to detect any increase in CO2 resulting from the warming that began in 1985. In fact, the levels of greenhouse gasses are increasing at rates unprecedented in modern history- something pretty inconsistent with a theory that elevation of CO2 and other gasses occurs naturally after every extended period of global warming. What does this have to do with boating? Perhaps a lot. This week I'm investigating a situation where environmental extremists nearly shut down our recent boat show. I discovered that a City of Seattle ordinance makes it illegal to discharge soap into a storm sewer system or directly into a body of water. The ****er: the city politicians had enough sense of self preservation to write in an exemption for "the private washing of automobiles and trucks", thereby allowing the owners of a million automobiles in this area to dump soap and cleaning chemicals into the storm sewers (which drain to lakes and the sound) without fear of consequence. Their rationale was that they would also encourage people to use commercial car washes, (which recycle wash and rinse water). Nobody operates a commercial boat wash with a water recycling system, and owners of larger boats have no option except to wash them in their slips. Everybody washing a boat with soap is technically in violation of the law, but because there are so few boaters in the population there is little fear of political backlash. Much of the non- boating public assumes that only rich SOB's own a boat in the first place, and nobody cares if they have to suffer a bit- it only serves them right. If the global warming thing gets up momentum, we could very easily see regulations that curtail the discretionary use of fossil fuels. Boats, RV's, ATV's, private planes, etc may someday have to apply for a "trip permit" and make a case that a specific use is business related rather than a mere pleasure trip. Or, perhaps we'll see a tax of $1 or $2 applied at the fuel dock with the excuse that the proceeds will go to combat global warming caused by boat exhaust. In reality, of course, the proceeds of such a tax would only support a large group of new government employees which would create plenty of CO2 discharge as they jaw-jack about the problem and accomplish almost nothing. As far as your film goes; never put blind faith in any presentation that includes only one side of an argument or where the opposing viewpoint is characterized by the presenter rather than described by the opposition. (Radio talk shows do this all the time. A liberal host will say "Conservatives all believe......." and of course the conservative hosts are quick to tell you what "Liberals all believe....".) Very few people deny that the earth is warming up. It appeared that most of the dozen or so scientists they rounded up from all over the world to make the film you posted also agree that the earth is warming up- but they deny that human activity could have any influence on that warming. My unscientific opinion is that the earth has a natural heating and cooling cycle that we would be powerless to control and that organisms will adapt to changes (or become extinct) as the climate gradually shifts. It is also my opinion that if there is any chance we have interrupted or accelerated the natural heating and cooling cycle we just may have created a situation where organisms will not be able to adapt quickly enough. We need to remain open to the possibility that man has altered our climate and study the evidence objectively. Turning this issue into a BIGOIL vs. the Greens political crap fest does us all a disservice. We shouldn't look for a political answer (on either side) to a scientific issue. Any idea who sponsored or produced your particular propaganda piece? Al Gore took credit for his. Your big object to this is it does not go lock-in step with what you have been told. I did watch the whole thing. Many of the questions you ask about are answered in the film. made by documentary-maker Martin Durkin - more information on it can be found at http://www.channel4.com/science/micr...dle/index.html Jack Redington |
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On Mar 27, 8:46�pm, Jack Redington wrote:
Your big object to this is it does not go lock-in step with what you have been told. I did watch the whole thing. Many of the questions you ask about are answered in the film. made by documentary-maker Martin Durkin * - more information on it can be found athttp://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/G/great_global_warming_swi... Jack Redington- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'm extremely comfortable with a diversity of ideas. As should we all be. If we automatically reject every idea because it's new, we will stop learning. My objections a 1) one sided (as was Al Gore's) 2) hand picked scientists all in perfect agreement regarding every detail. (scripted) A genuine mix of experts will perhaps agree in general principle but be of different opinions regarding the details. 3) inconsistent argument, as noted, regarding CO2 being a trailing indicator and the statement that the climate cooled until 1985 |
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On 28 Mar 2007 00:13:37 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote: On Mar 27, 8:46?pm, Jack Redington wrote: Your big object to this is it does not go lock-in step with what you have been told. I did watch the whole thing. Many of the questions you ask about are answered in the film. made by documentary-maker Martin Durkin - more information on it can be found athttp://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/G/great_global_warming_swi... Jack Redington- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'm extremely comfortable with a diversity of ideas. As should we all be. If we automatically reject every idea because it's new, we will stop learning. My objections a 1) one sided (as was Al Gore's) 2) hand picked scientists all in perfect agreement regarding every detail. (scripted) A genuine mix of experts will perhaps agree in general principle but be of different opinions regarding the details. 3) inconsistent argument, as noted, regarding CO2 being a trailing indicator and the statement that the climate cooled until 1985 Chuck, please recommend a documentary that meets your approval. The CO2 numbers, which you'll see when you go back to watch the whole documentary, lag the temperature numbers by some 800 years, not 40. I am surprised that you and Don will not watch the whole thing. Perhaps learning something different is a no-no? Lastly, I highly recommend a book written by a liberal. The book is "The Skeptical Environmentalist" by Bjorn Lomborg. I'll make it easy for you: http://tinyurl.com/2nabsq -- ***** Hope your day is better than decent! ***** John H |
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