October 27, 200916 yr There is no debate whatsoever that "Climate Change" has occurred every single day of every year from the inception of the earth. The question is, what is causing it to occur? Given the vast swings in climate over the millennia, and the recent swing of fears over "Global Cooling" 30 years ago to "Global Warming" creeping back toward "Global Cooling" (just watch and see) I'm unconvinced that mankind is solely... or even significantly responsible for any of this. I have no doubt that human activities have had incremental influence on the atmosphere and climate, but there is no way current science can conclusively attribute anything beyond minor impacts. Yes... it makes all kinds of sense to conserve nonrenewable energy resources. Explore, develop and expand renewable energy resources. AND reduce our dependence on foreign supplies. No sentient animal fouls its own nest. It is idiotic to the extreme however, to hobble and drag down our economy and independence over the alarmist rantings of a feckless dolt like Al Gore.
October 27, 200916 yr I apologize for not being intelligent enough to understand the complexity of your posts 5wide :lol:. I asked a simple question about your two examples and not only did you question my intelligence, but you accused me of attempting to engage in a meaningless rant, which is false. It was not an attempt to engage in a meaningless rant. However it was an attempt to discover whether or not you truly meant to compare that believing in terrorism and murder is OK, to believing that climate change is real. It really wasn't that complex, but now you know. I thought it was rather simple. It's about actions. What you believe does no harm unless it leads to harmful actions. Remember that the next time I use a seemingly unrelated and extreme example to make a point. Perhaps this example would be more up your alley...There was no harm in the Titans front office believing Vince Young was a franchise QB. But, there was harm in them actually drafting him as such. Apology accepted.
October 27, 200916 yr There is no debate whatsoever that "Climate Change" has occurred every single day of every year from the inception of the earth. The question is, what is causing it to occur? Given the vast swings in climate over the millennia, and the recent swing of fears over "Global Cooling" 30 years ago to "Global Warming" creeping back toward "Global Cooling" (just watch and see) I'm unconvinced that mankind is solely... or even significantly responsible for any of this. I have no doubt that human activities have had incremental influence on the atmosphere and climate, but there is no way current science can conclusively attribute anything beyond minor impacts. Yes... it makes all kinds of sense to conserve nonrenewable energy resources. Explore, develop and expand renewable energy resources. AND reduce our dependence on foreign supplies. No sentient animal fouls its own nest. It is idiotic to the extreme however, to hobble and drag down our economy and independence over the alarmist rantings of a feckless dolt like Al Gore. :thumb: I thought I had clarified that point as well, but I remember now that I chose to delete my response and that was part of it. Climate change is real. It's been going on ever since the earth was created. Human beings and CO2 isn't the cause of it. So, when I say I don't believe in climate change, I mean I don't believe climate change is the result of human activity. And, thanks for summing up my own thoughts on this subject better than I could ever hope to.
October 27, 200916 yr And, thanks for summing up my own thoughts on this subject better than I could ever hope to. Thank you for so graciously accepting HB20's apology...
October 27, 200916 yr Oh, what would we do without the arrogance of some in this forum. :lol: I do appreciate that my intelligence was questioned over something so minuscule. When I eventually make my way back in to P&R, I am constantly reminded as to why I avoid it.
October 27, 200916 yr Question to fellow BGPers. Where do you stand now on GW compared to a few years ago? The same place I stood on January 1, 2000 after the dreaded Y2K crisis brought us to our knees.
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