On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:34:30 -0500, "D-unit" cof42_AT_embarqmail.com
wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message ...



I've resisted the temptation to jump on the "man is the cause of global
warming" bandwagon precisely because the earth has gone through these cycles
naturally for 10's of thousands of years.

10's or thousands?

The earth is over 4 billion years old. Its gone through cycles
before and will again whether CO2 emissions are the cause or not.
Sooner or later we're going to have to learn to live with
whatever comes. Im not going to go out a buy an electric car just yet.

We have yet to find a suitable energy replacement for petrolium.
Somebody needs to get to work on this pretty soon.

What I found striking about the show was the emphasis on - I think the
term was "captured sunlight."
A well-made argument that the oil we are burning and the carbon we are
releasing was millennia in the gathering.
We have released much of that concentrated carbon energy in a very
short time, and continue to do so.
To my mind that is a compelling argument in the man vs nature
squabble, since it quite clearly shows the modern era is radically
different than any "natural" warming cycle seen before.
Nukes. Nukes. Nukes. Until another energy source is found, anyway.
The anti-nuke crowd will come around when the power goes off.

--Vic