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[Sanoman]

Jimmy Joe:

OT: In your post you state: "Closed minded people who only see what they choose to see are things that are not rare."

That's funny, that was exactly what I was thinking when I read your post.

All of the things you mention have happened hundreds of times before on this planet. Many times before man existed. How on earth (pun intended) did the poor penguins, seals, and polar bears survive all those times before?

You have to look at the big picture when it comes to trends on earth. In your own words, "Try looking past your front/back window." (timewise)

Sm

[bigworld]

OT to JJ: From the recent Newsweek, not exactly a right wing publication (partial article, see Newsweek for the full article):



Why So Gloomy?

By Richard S. Lindzen
Newsweek International

April 16, 2007 issue - Judging from the media in recent months, the debate over global warming is now over. There has been a net warming of the earth over the last century and a half, and our greenhouse gas emissions are contributing at some level. Both of these statements are almost certainly true. What of it? Recently many people have said that the earth is facing a crisis requiring urgent action. This statement has nothing to do with science. There is no compelling evidence that the warming trend we've seen will amount to anything close to catastrophe. What most commentators—and many scientists—seem to miss is that the only thing we can say with certainly about climate is that it changes. The earth is always warming or cooling by as much as a few tenths of a degree a year; periods of constant average temperatures are rare. Looking back on the earth's climate history, it's apparent that there's no such thing as an optimal temperature—a climate at which everything is just right. The current alarm rests on the false assumption not only that we live in a perfect world, temperaturewise, but also that our warming forecasts for the year 2040 are somehow more reliable than the weatherman's forecast for next week.....