I think this is the heart of the problem. Believers think we're not doing anything and non-believers think you'll shut down all the factories and ban beer and soda.
We are working on cleaner technologies at a responsible pace. Not at a panicked pace. Gore admitted he's lied to cause a panicked reaction to achieve quicker results. That's what the non-believers want to avoid. We want to be cleaner and more efficient and less dependent on foreign oil, but we don't want to starve the masses by burning the food supply or moving factories to countries that don't care about mercury in the air. It's important that we improve on pollutants rather than ban and forget. On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Jim Davis <hofli...@depressedpress.com> wrote: > My biggest complaint levied against the anti-Global warming crowd is the > absolutely moronic opinion that because there's a question as to degree > nothing should be done. In other words because we don't know how much of an > effect we might have we should do nothing until we're "sure". Don't get me > wrong tho': this is just as stupid as those that believe that the current > evidence warrants drastic, civilization changing measures to prevent global > disaster. > > Either position is ridiculous on the face of it simply because of that > underlying point: investing in those solutions that address multiple > concerns is clearly a path to compromise and effectiveness. At this point > we might all agree that technologies that cut pollution, reduce resource > usage and preserve habitat are "good"... and the simple fact is that most of > them also address the concerns being raised about climate change. Not to > mention that most also reduce our dependence upon foreign resources and > increase our potential economic footprint. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283264 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
