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[cangel]

I remember my first years of elementary school, way back in the late 1970s, and teachers telling us that the Amazon rainforest will be completely gone by 1983. Well, when 1983 rolled around, guess what? Yep, the rainforest was still there, albeit slightly less than its previous state. The teachers told us, after getting the newest data, that X amount of rainforest would be gone in X amount of years. Turns ot to be 100% bullsh... Now, I don't blame my teachers for knowingly being wrong as I understand they had to use the best data available at the time. I just find it supremely arrogant that some scientists today are running around like Chicken Little when they think they know what the heck is going on when in fact, it's pure speculation based on a sliver of time amounting to a blink of an eye in the history of our planet. However, I do agree that it is better to do something now based on our paranoia as Chicken Little may be correct. Better safe then sorry.

[Gatsby]

[gangpae]

I don't think the global warming bs is harmless at all, rather the opposite, wrong headed economic decisions based on idiotic reasoning could be catastrophic for us all. Global Warming is just the latest, most convincing agit-propoganda. What is worse is that it has almost morphed into a religion with all the trappings of religion. Prophetic writings, inspired evangelists, and catastrophic predictions of doom. All playing on the fear of death deep inside the human psyche. Global Warming is the new religion and Al Gore is its high priest. After all he has the solution - carbon swapping with third world despots and a hybrid car in every drive way.

[OneWayTraffic]

You still haven't actually fronted any evidence for why it's bs. And I've done enough Physics at university to understand the basics. At a basic level it's very simple and uncomplicated science. The difficulty is predicting the exact consequences in a complex adaptive system as our atmosphere and oceans are. That's where the Phds and supercomputers come in handy.

Greenhouse gases absorb the shortwave radiation and reemit it in all directions. The net effect is close to putting another blanket on your bed in summer.

[cangel]

Hey Gatsby, how about using a bigger font next time you quote someone... Oh, and read my post again with a more critical eye and with less emotion.

[Gatsby]

cangel:

[cangel]

There ya go... Well done.

[Gatsby]

[gangpae]

H.L. Mencken the original troll.

[mises]

He's the original awesome.

[khyber]

[Gatsby]

Troll, n., Some wiseguy you are too stupid to rebut, except by name calling.

-- Son of Mencken

[gangpae]

Why are you getting so hot under the collar? You have the fervour of a religious fanatic.
Just let me restate my position: I think Global Warming Theory is pure bunkum. Please do take the time to look at the very interesting book 'Krakatoa' written by Simon Winchester. Or even better 'The Surgeon of Crowthorne' another novel by Simon Winchester.

PS Mencken was a putz who never moved out of his parent's home.

[jkelly80]

[gangpae]

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