[Wonder Warthog]

"My tendency, as a student of Pascal's wager, is to err on the side of saftey and say that the benefits of belief with respect to the expenditure required to do so is a much better value than the dangers of disbelief and the consquences of being wrong."

Safety?? And what might constitute "safety"??? There is a great deal of evidence that a warmer earth will actually be SAFER (i.e more benign for life) than the current state. See the "Medieval Warm Period", which was significantly warmer than today, and in which the conditions were much more conducive to living things.

The so-called "negative consequences" of global warming are ASSUMPTIONS not backed by evidence.

I tend to worry one heck of a lot more about the "quick switch" into the next (and overdue) Ice Age than about "global warming".

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

You are right, there is no real saying what may happen. But, I can say with certainty that we are well adapted in terms of the location of our farms, our cities and other infrastructure, to the current climate. Thus, changes will have unforseen and costly consequences.

I appreciate you optimism based on shaky middle age records from Europe before they were even aware of the existence of North America. Your extrapolation to assume that warming will have positive consequences for the entire planet are oh so naive.

My guess is that these consequences will ultimately cost more than it will to switch to non-carbon dioxide emitting forms of energy - not to mention the positive national security implications.

Sorry pal, you are placing a wager that is way to high for my blood.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

You are right, there is no real saying what may happen. But, I can say with certainty that we are well adapted in terms of the location of our farms, our cities and other infrastructure, to the current climate. Thus, changes will have unforseen and costly consequences.

I appreciate you optimism based on shaky middle age records from Europe before they were even aware of the existence of North America. Your extrapolation to assume that warming will have positive consequences for the entire planet are oh so naive.

My guess is that these consequences will ultimately cost more than it will to switch to non-carbon dioxide emitting forms of energy - not to mention the positive national security implications.

Sorry pal, you are placing a wager that is way to high for my blood.