Read Six Degrees, by a science journalist who had no bias and decided to research the subject in the extensive scientific library near his home in England. He did and wrote the book and has privately made arrangements for his own family's future as best he can. I have read that about 99% of scientists who study this think climate change is real and that we humans are at the least hurrying the process along. If true, this is a catastrophe and the most important thing to deal with, other than enlightenment, on the planet. Most of these 99% of scientists have nothing to gain by saying they believe global warming is happening. Most of the 1% who disbelieve are employed by oil companies and other energy businesses. I personally try not to think about this issue much any more - I read a great deal about it 4 to 6 years ago and now it depresses me and frustrates me and there is nothing I can do about it. Driving my Prius makes not one iota of difference unless major countries and 90% of the population decide to agree and act. All the Green talk is nice, and much is just a ploy to get people to buy things. Ah well.........
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" <seekliberation@...> wrote: > > I probably shouldn't make too many comments about global warming, being as I > know little about it. For all I know, it's real. But it wouldn't surprise > me at all if there was some manipulation going on with numbers and > statistics, and I mean that on both sides. Oil companies vs. green companies > are fighting for government funding all the time. So i'm sure scientists on > both sides have a bias depending on who's side they're on. No offense to the > honorable Al Gore or the evil oil companies. > > seekliberation > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" <seekliberation@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm sure those new emails are inaccurate and untruthful, > > > because Al Gore already told us that global warming is real. > > > > While an apt comment, you have to admit that many here > > on this forum (such as Nabby, and possibly even wgm4u) > > would have not the slightest doubt that global warming > > was real if Maharishi had said it was. > > > > For those who cite "authorities," it's not about logic > > or anything else, only who they consider to be an > > authority. It's personality worship, not rationality. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <anitaoaks4u@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Rock The Global Warming Debate > > > > 86 comments, 1 called-out > > > > > > > > > > > > A new batch of 5,000 emails among scientists central to the assertion > > > > that humans are causing a global warming crisis were anonymously > > > > released to the public yesterday, igniting a new firestorm of > > > > controversy nearly two years to the day after similar emails ignited > > > > the Climategate scandal. > > > > > > > > Three themes are emerging from the newly released emails: (1) prominent > > > > scientists central to the global warming debate are taking measures to > > > > conceal rather than disseminate underlying data and discussions; (2) > > > > these scientists view global warming as a political "cause" rather than > > > > a balanced scientific inquiry and (3) many of these scientists frankly > > > > admit to each other that much of the science is weak and dependent on > > > > deliberate manipulation of facts and data. > > > > > > > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2011/11/23/climategate-2-0-new-e-mails-rock-the-global-warming-debate/ > > > > > > > > > >
