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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (29113)	6/7/2010 1:19:13 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 36917

Well, it's clear to me and thee and lots of folks, but this group works off the premise that everybody in science lies, and a few brave souls who they champion, like TVMOB, are the only honest people in the world. What's a nice girl like you doing in a dive like this? You should call me sometime... Subject 57046

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (29113)	6/7/2010 10:18:23 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

Mary, I listened to much of that and didn't think he was at all convincing. I was hopeful of robust criticism. So far, in all the reading I have done [and watching and listening] there isn't much of a case for globalized panic about CO2. So far, the CO2 output has been a good thing as far as I can tell. Another 100 ppm would almost certainly be a good thing too. But it's going to be harder to get that extra 100 ppm as the human population starts dropping after Peak People, and Peak Oil passes too [probably in the same year, 2037]. Filling the atmosphere with CO2 is like filling a leaky tank with water - the deeper it gets the faster it leaks out. Already, most of the CO2 we have put in the air has been removed. Reglaciation remains my main climatic fear and I predict it for 2020 with 20:20 foresight to the next solar minimum. We barely escaped it during the last two winters which were chilly to freezing. CO2 might be a problem in 150 years, if we got it up to 600 ppm or 1000 ppm which seems very unlikely and that's so far in the future that people could simply move to more pleasant climates and circumstances [as they have done always]. You won't be worried about it and neither will your great grand children. Mqurice