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Subject: [OM] Re: [way OT] Re: How high's the ... rant
From: Scott Peden <scotpeden@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:53:49 -0700
Thank You.

Ken Norton wrote:
>> How about long-term blowhard who talks the talk but doesn't walk the
>> walk? Heard on the news the other day the energy consumption at his
>> palace in Tennessee went up 10 percent last year. Used something like
>> 215,000 kilowatt hours. Just one of those little ironies you say we
>> murkins don't understand? <wink>
>>     
>
>  Well, there is a little more to the story than that, but it is ironic that
> our current C in C has a home that borders on hyper-green.
>
> My issue with the Global Warming argument is that we have a set of knowns:
>
> 1. Carbon-Dioxide emittions CAN cause the conditions that contribute to
> global warming.
> 2. The earth is gradually warming
> 3. We have a historical record of CO2 in the air
> 4. We have a historical record of global temeratures
> 5. The increase of global temperatures appears to PROCEED the increase in
> CO2.
>
> Let us stew on point #5 for a minute..
>
> The problem we have is that we've made #1 and #2 the basis for the religion
> of global warming. Yet, we have no scientific proof that the two are
> actually linked.  We have theories which are confirmed by the natural
> record, yet there are other datas that contradict those same theories.
>
> Is 'cleaning up our act' a good thing?  ABSOLUTELY!  Is it necessary to
> prevent what may be a thousand or million-year trend?  No.  The earth is
> bigger than we are.  We can make it inhabitable for ourselves or some other
> living creatures, but the very theory of evolution is based on these
> variances and trends outside the current norm.  According to the historical
> record, the only guarantee we have about the future of our planet is that it
> will look different than it does now.
>
> And you know what?  A hundred years from now, the 8 years of Reagan and the
> 8 years of Bush won't mean anything.  Now will the 8 years of Clinton or the
> 8 years of Obama.
>
> AG
>
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