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To: combjelly who wrote (237038)	6/13/2005 5:49:54 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573092

CJ, If Greenland and Antartica were to melt, much of the heaviest inhabited portions of the globe becomes sea floor property. Assume for the moment that "global warming" isn't a man-made phenomenon. What do you suppose we should do? Install air conditioners in Greenland and Antartica? In our global environment, change happens, and we'll just have to deal with it. Now replace the human factor. What's the difference? We just exchanged one set of changes for another. Some of those changes might even be desirable. Who knows? To argue that the environment is as delicate as a china doll is just as ignorant as declaring that natural resources are limitless. The truth is that all man can do is shift the equilibrium. (That's excluding, of course, nuclear armageddon and other such extremes.) Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (237038)	6/13/2005 5:58:42 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1573092

Never try to talk biology to a non biologist. <G>

To: combjelly who wrote (237038)	6/13/2005 9:15:19 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573092

What do you base this on? If Greenland and Antartica were to melt, much of the heaviest inhabited portions of the globe becomes sea floor property. What is their value? What is the cost of breeding new crops that are appropriate for the day length and seasons of the new climate? Few, if any existing crops will be suitable. Many fruits require a certain number of chill hours to produce, what happens with them? Hotter climates in North America tend to have little or no rain from late June through August, if that is extended up through Canada, that will increase pressure on water supplies and might make farming impossible in the center of the country. Its interesting how people minimize the impact of global warming. I guess in some ways the Earth's ecology must seem very durable. When change does it occur, it takes a long time for it to happen. Its too bad because the people who say global warming is a sham most likely will be dead when global warming is at its most lethal. ted