It doesn't really matter what is causing global warming. If there is global warming then we had better understand what the consequences are and are going to be and do whatever we can to control our environment. We know for a fact that asteroids and comets have pelted the earth in the past and will do so in the future. I think we can all agree that such and event can radically affect our world or even eliminate all life on this planet. And it is a fact that human activity has had NO causal affect on asteroid and comet activity. Does that mean that we should not scour the universe for these objects and look for ways to divert such an object if we find one coming our way? Same with the earth's thermostat. We are at a point in our evolution where we can discern such global warming and possibly do something about it. Hopefully we will come to the right conclusions and do the right thing. Maybe we will make mistakes even bad ones but just to go on blithely doing whatever we want with no concern and the empty arguments that we don't have any affect and can do nothing is contrary to the evidence of history. We can do things to better understand and control our environment and I think we should. For one thing we do know now that the present composition of our atmosphere makes life possible and maybe we can draw the inference that changing that atmosphere willy-nilly may change that. Bob Miller On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:17 AM, John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" > <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > > >> My bet is, we'll be hearing a lot more stories like this one. Mostly, >> because I can't understand why CO2 is getting so much publicity. > > Bert, go to the video store and rent a copy of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient > Truth." I think you'll find it very enlightening. > > I refuse to state here which side of the argument for Anthropogenic GCC > (It's now Global Climate Change instead of Global Warming, because the new > moniker encompasses all unusual weather outside of the 'norms,' not just > average temperature rise) I am on. > > However, It would be interesting to watch Bert debate Gore and/or the IPCC > on the subject. Sort of like Bert and John W going at it. ;^) > > John > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.