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To: willcousa who wrote (535947)2/5/2004 1:21:45 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
"But if humankind cannot materially affect global climate change cycles then discussion of this serious issue is academic."

>>> Two points:

1) I don't know that they can't. (Let's just say it's 'unproven' thus far.)

2) Rapid climate change (say... kicking over to a full-bore multi-hundred thousand year ice age) --- whether as a result of natural cycles or otherwise --- is surely more than just an 'academic' concern.