You disappointed me Paul, but I must admit of not being surprised. If you had gotten any of the points I made you would never have come back with this; "Now -- how do you know the Sun is 'hotter'? How do you know that other planets are hotter? How do you know that the Earth has changed its temperature -- warming and cooling? Surely you are not trusting all those scientists with a private agenda (Hi Jack!) to tell the truth? They are the ones after all who are responsible for spreading lies about planetary climate are they not?" See how you wriggled? The particular physical records you mention have indeed been collected by mainstream science, however any of the information that is contrary to the current agenda is ignored, to the point as already mentioned , of banning of its pointed release in a documentary. NASA releases information of the planet Mars warming up.. Globalists chose to hide or ignore this piece of information, which the documentary does not. Then you said "but inexorable increase in CO2 for some few centuries and to observe that this just happens to coincide with history spanning the industrial revolution." Ignoring the undeniable evidence from the same sources, that the temperature rise preceded the industrial increase of CO2. Philip. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Deema To: Geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 4:48 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Climate change Greetings all Well tonight I was going to try to respond to Philip's four lengthy attacks of the night before last but the five (and a half) posts of last night have convinced me of the pointlessness of that endeavour. Clearly the efforts of four protagonists acting with religious zeal will always bury the voice of one, especially when the four just know they are right despite what the world's concensus of scientific thought says. Might is right! Yeah! [Acts 7:57] Because I am not able to respond as I'd like -- you know, clear, calm reasoned debate -- I'll just try to address a few points. j a "I admit that, at this point in time, I am not expecting to have my view changed" "I don't know. I didn't say I knew. I did say "...when I decide..." " You seem too conflicted to discuss this! But anyway - currrently the sun is hotter, other planets (without peolple) are currently hotter to match the suns increased output, Throughout time the earth has constantly gone through cooling and warming cycles, All the indications of man-made global warming are from computer models and my weatherman can barely predict next weeks weather let alone 25 years from now, The people pushing global warming are alarmists, The people who are pressing the need to curtail human activity to fix this problem are mostly liberal big government types and they always need a crisis. I'm sure others could expand this list greatly. I've listed some of my reasons - Now I repeat - Please list your big reasons for believing. Last first. I've confessed my paltry qualifications. I acknowledge others are smarter and more knowledgeable than I. It seems reasonable to accept this concensus especially since there is little opposition. Now -- how do you know the Sun is 'hotter'? How do you know that other planets are hotter? How do you know that the Earth has changed its temperature -- warming and cooling? Surely you are not trusting all those scientists with a private agenda (Hi Jack!) to tell the truth? They are the ones after all who are responsible for spreading lies about planetary climate are they not? I suggest that '... [a]ll the indications of man-made global warming are from computer models ...' is just not true. The indications are simple data read from indicators such as ice cores. This isn't a model -- it's a simple record, a lot like the marks doting parents make on door edges to mark the height attained by their children, usually on their birthdays. When they attain puberty, it's reasonable to read this record and conclude that each year they have grown taller, just as it is possible to read in ice cores that there has been an imperceptible but inexorable increase in CO2 for some few centuries and to observe that this just happens to coincide with history spanning the industrial revolution. If the Sun is getting hotter, it will -- as you suggest -- cause a temperature increase, all other things being equal, but this is all the more reason that we should not exacerbate it. While I haven't seen it mentioned, ultimately the 'greener' nuclear technology, while it does not contribute greenhouse gasses, it does contribute an increased heat load which will add to temperature rise which will evaporate more water which will raise the global temperature further. Everything seems to have a sting in the tail does it not? Now when it suits the fundamentalist fraternity, the most improbable, ethereal coincidence is loudly touted as conclusive evidence of some fantastic event. Yet when sober scientists following their curiosity -- which is what science is all about -- come to an overwhelming concensus, these same fundamentalists condemn this concensus as a conspiracy. For what purpose beggars the imagination. Just what are the problems? How will we be harmed by a wiser management of our resources? While there is a decided danger if the scientific concensus is correct, I don't see a danger if it is not correct and we still implement the corrective measures being suggested. Amos 5:13; Proverbs 13:16; 22:3 Tell me, in your opinion, are the people plotting the path of asteroids and comets with a view to detecting those which might impact the Earth (remember that one or more of the fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy comet which hit Jupiter would have devastated the whole of the Earth) wasting their time and the contents of the public purse? Finally -- "I admit ..." "I don't know ...". Sorry but I don't see a conflict. Hints? Neville J This is the whole issue. Global warming is the cause, increased CO2 ("greenhouse gas") is the effect. Also, your position regarding the correctness of the majority has been proven wrong to your satisfaction (though not to the satisfaction of the majority on this forum) before, regarding the "heretic," Galilei. First item first -- why does global warming show such a close correlation with the industrial revolution (which just coincidentally -- no connection at all apparently (gentle sarcasm) began an increasing and continuing conversion of solid and liquid carbon compounds to CO2 plus other compounds) if the latter is not -- at the least -- contributary to the former? And if it is all down to the Sun, where is the evidence that the Sun has been on an increasing energy output for the same period of time? Bit suspicious that! Second item -- I can't recall this item. It would seem that you can. Give me the reference and I'll confess again -- that should warm the cockels of your heart! Regarding the "... correctness of the majority ...", please re-read "Re:666" "From Paul Deema Mon May 28 14:48:56 2007". Re conspiracy theories -- they certainly are "... found under every rock ... '. I Googled 'conspiracy theories' and got 1,600,000 hits and while many of these are people indulging their own particular brand of paranoira, many, many of these hits are sites devoted to listing thousands of other 'conspiracies'. Just how many of these should I hold to my bosom? If only there were just a fraction of this many hits devoted to rational opposition to the global warming concesus, I would be familiar with the relevant arguments, but all I seem to be able to find are sites which support the concept. Now you're not going to try to convince me that there is a conspiracy to stop them showing up I hope -- this isn't China yet. Philip M Concerning your concerns about water. Yes we are surrounded by it, but, if my memory serves me well (and I admit it doesn't always oblige) only 3% (or was it 7%?) is fresh. All your objections result from the fact that each year there are more of us. Someone needs to tell us all forcefully that we've been fruitful -- we've close to filled the Earth. It's time to stop already. In the expectation that the population will not stop expanding, we need rules. There are quite a few doomsday novels in the SF genre which explore these phenomena -- "The Death of Grass" (UK "No Blade of Grass") by John Christopher comes to mind. Mankind has a history of acting ugly when a basic comodity runs short. The idea that you are going to satisfy everyone with (impersonal) your solution is fanciful to say the least. But rules -- any rules -- are necessary to avoid a greater catastrophe. You just have to resign yourself to the idea that you are not going to get just what you want in the interest of the greater good. Time for bed. Paul D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How would you spend $50,000 to create a more sustainable environment in Australia? 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