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Originally Posted by cobraboy
I might suggest State of Fear by Michael Crichton for a well-documented discussion of Global Warming complete with stats and charts...BOTH sides of the "argument". And it won't put you to sleep.
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A fun book - fiction I believe? You base your conclusions on fiction? Don't get me wrong, I like the book. One thing I noticed though and it is topical now. I quote: "A large high-pressure mass was beginning to rotate, forming the ragged beginnings of a hurricane." People that work with weather understands that hurricanes form from a low pressure. So, fiction indeed it is! Any Scientific basis? hell no, its a rock-rolling adventure science fiction thing!
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Originally Posted by cobraboy
Here is an interesting video, but I caution Global Warming True Believers should firmly put duct tape firmly around your head, as it may explode while viewing: The Great Global Warming Swindle (warning: 1 hr, 15 mins...) |
Why on earth would I watch a television documentary from a producer where the Independent Television Commission (UK) found four scientists who had been "misled" and their views "distorted by selective editing" - and this was his previous documentary.
After the film was shown, Monbiot again debunked it - as it was based on already debunked science. They're more interested in controversy than science. That is what television is all about - It is not an educational media by any stretch of the imagination now, is it? And I put more faith in Monbiot that in Channel 4's television producers.
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Originally Posted by cobraboy
One thing I HAVE observed: Global Warming seems to come around this time every year...
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You must be really young. I cannot remember the words climate change or global warming coming up in anything but scientific circles even as short as 6 years ago. Damn! Must be my short term memory that is going.
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Originally Posted by cobraboy
I think Global Warming is actually a religion. It has all the necessary components:
-A Diety: Mother Earth Gaia
-A Savior: Algore
-A Future Apocalyptic Event if folks don't convert and believe: Rising sea levels, heat, misery, death, destruction, pestilence, dogs and cats sleeping with each other, cockroaches as big as SUV's, etc.
-A Method of Redemption: give government the authority to rule lives by eliminating Greenhouse Gases.
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Interesting! A religion? Well, I'm not of that religion. Al Gore is not my saviour,
the Earth is not my God/Goddess and the future apocalyptic event is not future any longer. It is reality now if you talk to farmers, fishermen and people deeply involved with the land. But its fine if you don't believe in climate change or global warming or think it is a natural cycle. Keep on believing that! I won't ever try and convince you to believe otherwise. Unfortunately your arse is going to burn just as much as mine
Let me add something -- if you base your conclusions on fiction and television documentaries, I don't believe you either.