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Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 May 2000 11:57:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> 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.
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> > ++Lar
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> 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.
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 crowd are not going to come to
pass. Relatively minor shifts in temperature or in sea level DO lead to
dramatic changes elsewhere but we are not going to see palm trees in
Yellowknife any time soon.
And yes, it DOES matter why. It matters a lot. Because if we decide not to care
why, and decide that we have to stop using carbon fuels, but actually it is a
climate shift that we are not having any impact on with our use of fuels, we've
given up on an industrial society for nothing.
I'll give Chris's words some credence but you're just scaremongering, try not
to believe everything you read.
++Lar
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