--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/26/05 10:31 AM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > ...and there was that recent study in Switzerland that says that > > > global warming is causing the polar ice caps to melt...on Mars! > > > > > > It is the sun that goes through periods of emitting greater heat > > > that may very well be responsible for global warming, NOT > anything > > > we are doing here on Earth such as burning fossil fuels. > > > > So you admit that global warming is taking place, but not that > humans are > > responsible for it. Do you realize how thin and delicate the > atmosphere is? > > And how much gunk we spew into it? How could it not have an effect? > > > Of COURSE it has an effect, Rick, my fingers typing out this > response on my keyboard is burning calories and is creating global > warming. > > But there is ZERO evidence -- ZERO! -- that the global warming > caused by the burning of fossil fuels is causing all the > devastation and problems that many environmentalists claim it is.
Actually there's *oogobs* of evidence. It's very much like evolution, in fact. > There are, simply, too many hurdles to overcome to come to that > conclusion: > > 1) Is global warming occuring? Overwhelming consensus that it is. > 2) If it is occurring, is it caused by the burning of fossil fuels? Somewhat less certain, but still a significant consensus. > 3) If it is caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is global > warming a good or bad thing? Again, overwhelming consensus that it's a bad thing. > 4) If global warming is a bad thing, what are the costs/benefits of > reversing it and what are the opportunity costs of reversing it? This isn't a "hurdle" to your original question, but rather to the question of what, if anything, we should do about global warming. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
