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To: UniqueViews
the world is getting warmer. And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that . . . so I think it's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors"

So many non-sequiturs, so little time.

Is the world getting warmer? Not thoroughly proven. At least outside the bounds of "normal" fluctuations. Or, if it is, that this is part of a trend that will continue indefinitely rather than the normal fluctuation. IOW, are we seeing part of a pendulum swing that will shortly reverse itself, or the beginning of a long-term trend in one direction? Nobody knows.

Of course humans contribute to it! 6B humans and their activities obviously affect everything that happens on this planet. The question is how much the human contribution to possible global warming is relative to the other factors. 1%? 10%? 50%? 90%? If a small percentage then attempts to reduce warming by changing our behavior, no matter how drastic, will have no beneficial effect.

Even if it were to be proven that our emissions are the major cause of global warming and that reducing emissions would stop the warming, we would still need to compare the costs to the benefits of doing so.

18 posted on 06/04/2011 3:02:04 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

I do note that here in Northern California it never rose above 70, rained and the melt off from snow, in the Sierra’s will likely cause flooding, one day....

It’s June, we should be well into the 80’s by now.


38 posted on 06/04/2011 4:49:15 AM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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