[opendtv] Re: Off topic: Researchers uncover potent greenhouse gas
- From: Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:06:16 -0400
Bob Miller wrote:
> 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.
Well, you made two different points here. One is that we will want to
understand the consequences, and the other is whether there's something we can
do to control it.
Both are important. The latter depends on picking the correct human-created
causes. And I'm saying that choosing a gas to which we contribute minimally,
CO2, sounds like barking up the wrong tree.
> 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.
Doing something with no hope of working, just so the politicians can pretend
they are "doing something," is foolish. It might be a good way for that
politician to get votes, but it won't do squat to save the planet. That global
warming is occurring is not something most people doubt. So here is one example
of a potent human-created greenhouse gas, NF3, that we were hardly aware of,
and not even monitoring. Who knows how many more like it there are. Instead,
everyone's in a frenzy over CO2.
I feel like the Al Gores of the world like to create a global frenzy more than
ferreting out the truth. Sort of like a 14 minute audio clip that's long on the
drama of someone converting to DTT, and so short of technically relevant facts
which might actually help someone else.
Bert
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