Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:35 PM 8/28/05 -0700, Adam Bridge wrote: >Although there ARE some people in deep denial it's clear that we are >in a period of unstable and changing climatic conditions. It's also >clear from the Greenland ice cores that these temperature changes can >be VERY abrupt and extreme. Adam Pray, do not be too much of an inveterate asshole. No one is denying that the global climate is in change or that this is of a real concern. The argument is over "global warming" and its cause. Eco-Jerks insist that this is a reality and that it is caused by human assaults on the environmental norms. Other scholars accept the evidence but are less likely to assign blame on this to the advent of the human species. The issue is terribly complex and do not attempt to simplify it, as every effort to do so, from Rush Limbaugh onwards to the far Left, is not scientifically sustainable. We live in a universe of decreasing entropy but, at the same time, we occupy an Earth with upseings and downswings of average temperature. Global Warming was an issue which led to several of the mass extinctions in the Pal?ozoic Era and in such later matters. The issue is most complex and research is continuing. Beyond that, all is speculation, and accusations are therefore unworthy of regard. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505