tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385980565904904763.post7110049188144439737..comments2023-09-13T09:26:04.804-04:00Comments on The Bell: Climate Of SkepticismTheBellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253000097214821634noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385980565904904763.post-35116203608770122432011-12-08T11:19:23.937-05:002011-12-08T11:19:23.937-05:00So what? What difference does it make? My point is...So what? What difference does it make? My point is either you're right or you're wrong. If you're right and we respond to these factors with more fuel efficient cars and more wind turbines, what are you out? You get cleaner air and water in the bargain and, presumably more miles to the gallon. Win, win. If you're wrong, and the preponderance of actual evidence seems to indicate you are, you still get cleaner air and water, better gas mileage and we've perhaps saved the planet. Again win, win. Have you seen photographs of Bejing lately. And that doesn't disturb you?MichaelRyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343204847291123153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385980565904904763.post-83650173939974317002011-12-08T11:07:03.883-05:002011-12-08T11:07:03.883-05:00I find this very balanced. I take the side of clim...I find this very balanced. I take the side of climate deniers. I don't beleive we are headed for man made climate catastrophe, though we are headed for natural climate catastrophe sometime in the future. We can build all of the wind turbines we want, it will mean nothing.<br /><br />cheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385980565904904763.post-59033863897381492632011-12-07T16:57:45.387-05:002011-12-07T16:57:45.387-05:00Too balanced. sorry. If we proceed from the assump...Too balanced. sorry. If we proceed from the assumption that global warming is a fact, and largely driven by human activity, we lose what? We gain more energy efficient cars and save some fresh water. If it turns out global warming is a natural occurance not appreciably impacted by human activity we're none the worse for wear and we've gained better cars and some water. If, however, we proceed from the premise that there is no such thing as global warming, continue to foul the air and the water, spew greenhouse gases to a fare thee well, only to find out, to our great disappointment, it is a fact and we're driving a significant part of it and we find this out as one tipping point after another has flown past, with one extinction after another, whole species lost, the great weather-making currents in the oceans disrupted, the death of the rainforests, and come to live under a Bejing-like pall, then I say we've missed the boat and, if I read you correctly, the sort of process-equivalency you're wishing for carries our death sentence.MichaelRyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343204847291123153noreply@blogger.com