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As you old hands have heard me prate on at length,
the Left will hold onto the most absurd positions and believe the most outrageous BS;
because, for their little fantasy world to make sense, if it should or must be true, then it is.
(What? Yeah, Whittle’s model-train analogy is more poetic.)
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Did he say “my friend, Burt Rutan”? He just went up a notch in my esteem. At the risk of starting a huge debate here, I just want to point out that there are data out there that support AGW, and, like any human endeavor, you have both the serious folks and the wingnuts on the same side. The decline of permafrost in the arctic regions is a strong convincer for me, as are the glacial measurements. These are facts that I can grab hold of. Ambient air temperatures can vary wildly but permafrost 3 feet underground is a pretty good indicator. We also know that CO2 levels have risen dramatically in this century, which is also empirical (not theoretical). When we depart from empirical measurement is where it all falls apart. Einstein’s theories could be proven using atomic clocks, telescopes, etc. AGW can not be proven until it’s too late. One argument they make is that even if we can’t prove a causal relationship between carbon emissions and GW, it is the only thing over which we have control. My own stance on this (for now) is that the uncertain danger from GW is outweighed by the certain disaster that will happen if we suddenly find ourselves without coal, oil, and gas. Yes, I am skeptical about AGW and I despise people like Zwick or Swick or whatever the hell his name is, but I do not completely dismiss the possibility that CO2 levels are the issue. Heck, the sun just may be getting hotter for all we know. I do agree with Whittle that theories must be proven, but in the case of AGW that may not be possible until it’s too late.
Bill posts these at pjtv.com first. His original title is, “Best. Sentence. Ever.” (The love of theory is the root of all evil)
Snap-e-Tom, the settled science was significantly unsettled when the connection between solar activity and Earth’s temperature showed a much stronger correlation than the co2 levels. A brief search brings many of these up.
Plus, co2 is something that can be regulated and taxed by governments where water vapor–which has much stronger effect on retaining atmospheric heat and reflecting heat (from the sun) back to space–cannot.
Heh, when I was a kid, we called it weather.
Termites produce 2.5 times the amount of CO2 in a year than every human activity on the planet.
Call me when we start subsidizing the world-wide elimination of termites.
Leftist thought is riddled with logical disconnects, because reality denies them the utopia they seek.
All their explanations are full of shoulda coulda woulda wishful thinking.
WARNING: Off Topic-
Does anyone know what happened to Don Surber?
His Blog is suspended and all coments locked.
One of four I read. The other three, Sondrakistan, Hope n’ Change and Grouchy Old Cripple.
Any info is appreciated.
Thanks, Brad
Brad, I can see his posts, but none newer than from yesterday. Some of the comments from the last post he did give me the impression he got hacked.
Folks, please check out Senate Bill 1813. It was sponsored by that vicious, Socialist BITCH, Barbara Boxer. It just passed the Senate and is on it way to the House.
That ANYONE actually VOTED in FAVOR of this obscenity is a source of amazement to me.
This bill raises SERIOUS 4th and 5th Amendment issues.
It is scary as hell.
Funny, but the first search result I got was this: Skeptical Science. The sun has actually been cooling, and climate is going in the opposite direction.
As for the termites, a quick web search shows that that, too is bogus. Termites are not raising the CO2 levels, folks.
Volcanoes and simple water vapor are, however, significant contributors to greenhouse gases.
The only thing I know for sure is that *everywhere* Fat alGore goes, it turns colder than a witch`s tit!
Col. J — you always make me laugh!!!
The first thing we need to do about AGW is to give trillions to the fine folks who ran the Oil-For-Food program in Iraq. Giving tens of millions to Al Gore was a good start but we need to do more.
The next is to start listening to our wise youths:
Video: 6-year-old girl, brainwashed by eco-Nazis, wishes humanity didn’t exist