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It is easy to say “stop releasing CO2 because it is unnatural” or “stop releasing CO2 because it is a pollutant.”
It is much harder to say “stop releasing CO2 because CO2 will cause a greenhouse affect that might warm the planet an extra degree or two than it will warm naturally (minus the cooling affects of human activity), and that warming will eventually be bad for humanity.”
So the first sentence is plainly ridiculous. While the second features spelling and grammer that would disgrace a twelve year old. I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
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this argument is hard to make, since you have to reason backwards from an outcome.
??? Isn't this what most people do on a daily basis? You perceive things (outcomes of events) and then rationalise, or make sense of them.
Unless of course you begin by assuming say, that God exists, and then trying to make every outcome you subsequently encounter fit your preconceptions.
sorry
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Who's willing to give up their car, or never get on a plane again for the sake of the planet? Anybody? I didn't think so. Really, it's a personal responsability issue and I for one would like to see those who are all bent out of shape about the state of the environment actually making the sacrifices they demand of all of us rather than simply bitching about who's fault it is.
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I just find it rather amusing that human action is called un-natural.
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No doubt the rabbits consider the wolves to be not acting naturally, since they probably define "natural" as eating plants. No doubt the plants see the rabbits as unnatural, and consider it natural to simply grow in the dirt. An outside observer would see all of these as part of the "nature" of this planet.
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To say that we have a duty to return the earth to some non-human state because human activity is not “natural” seems to be a very odd view to have.
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Rather than labeling CO2 emissions as “pollutants” or “unnatural,” I think that it is far more helpful to frame the argument in terms of what is best for our species. If we are truly destroying our ability to survive and thrive, then we should limit our output to acceptable levels.
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Of course, this argument is hard to make, since you have to reason backwards from an outcome.
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It is easy to say “stop releasing CO2 because it is unnatural” or “stop releasing CO2 because it is a pollutant.”
It is much harder to say “stop releasing CO2 because CO2 will cause a greenhouse affect that might warm the planet an extra degree or two than it will warm naturally (minus the cooling affects of human activity), and that warming will eventually be bad for humanity.”
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All of that reasoning may be true, which is why I have advocated in this thread that we should decrease their energy consumption.
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However, I admit that much of the things we hear about global warming is speculative, including the idea that it is a bad thing. Even though, it is far more compelling than merely calling CO2 “pollution” or “unnatural.”
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I made it intentionally incoherent for rhetorical reasons.
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first if i mispoke i apologize but windfarms DO affect wind patterns if misbuilt and so do cities and this affects weather pattern
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the information that wibbler put out is stuff that my environmental statistics profesors laughed at in uni
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why is it that you needed to take off the safety controls to do a search for that info?
weather and climate change, one volcano does more damage than we do, and cow farts and burps
and you can be critical of our media because it is generally considered that british media are just rags anyways
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Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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the information that wibbler put out is stuff that my environmental statistics profesors laughed at in uni
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this information is not as conclusive as some would like us to believe. is it telling yes, is it cause for concern, probably...is it definitive, far from it
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Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Spin, bounce, be one with the world, because it is yours to enjoy...
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Spin, bounce, be one with the world, because it is yours to enjoy...
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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so the IPCC's data is laughable - ie a joke, not to be taken seriously - in your your first quote, and telling and probably cause for concern in your second quote.
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those statistics in particular are just that
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Counter proof requested Faith
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sadly, no longer in my possession, and so i leave it that i have no proof and what i say is solely opinion, and will not be taken seriously
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remember 93% of all statistics are numerical manipulation
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In terms of the CO2 issue, I will explain as clearly as I can today and every other chance I get that we will not do anything that harms our economy.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
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monkeys ate my brain
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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If you need me to pull out my professional communication skills to lend credence to what I say, then I will.
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You are right
“What they contest is the INTERPRETATION of the data - the conclusion that human activity is the primary cause of the current changes in climate"
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I do know that other statistics point in other directions from other studies that of course I am lying about because I can't lay my hands on them 4 years after I studied them
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You need to calm down and stop attacking the person; it doesn't affect me and poorly reflects on you.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Nietzsche
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