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Subject: 
Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
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Date: 
Wed, 10 May 2000 11:39:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
Myself I'm on the "it's part of the cyclical nature of climate" side of the
fence, I tend to suspect that we're still in the "emerging from the little Ice
Age" temperature upswing.

++Lar

Does it matter why? There is a global warming going in as we speak. There is a
very fair chance that in a few years, the icecaps will melt and all the major
coast cities (NYC, Boston, LA, SF, need I continue?) will be flooded. Does it
really matter if it's because of a rebound from the Ice Age, or a result of
pollution? It's happening, and that's been confirmed much more than once.

(one could argue that it matters for the sake of what to do about it; and I
agree to that.)

gotta go now, or I'd expand :-)
-Shiri



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  Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
 
(...) Ice (...) Oh please. Do the math. To me, "flooding" means a change in sea level of 20 feet or so. That's not going to happen. There isn't enough ice even if both icecaps melted down to nothing. The apocalyptic visions of the gloom and doom (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
 
(...) Ice (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
 
(...) I'm not sure, but I suspect everyone doing research is in one camp or the other. Myself I'm on the "it's part of the cyclical nature of climate" side of the fence, I tend to suspect that we're still in the "emerging from the little Ice Age" (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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