[Vision2020] Scientific Consensus: Global Warming: Skepticism&Replicatability

[lfalen]

The latist issue of Discover  magazine has an article that  deals with a potentially devastating asteroid.
Roger

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From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:45:11 -0700
To: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Scientific Consensus: Global Warming: Skepticism&Replicatability

> Fine.  No joking here.  An asteroid could wipe us out tomorrow.  What 
> are you  doing about that?
> 
> Paul
> 
> ...wondering why a question of "how important is this, and how best 
> should we spend our resources" becomes "making a joke of it".
> 
> Tom Hansen wrote:
> > Paul Rumelhart stated:
> >
> > "We have a finite amount of resources to throw at the world's problems.  For
> > example, what are we doing about the imminent expansion of our Sun into a
> > red giant?  That will kill everyone on Earth.  We don't know exactly when
> > that will occur, and exactly how long it will take.  Shouldn't we be
> > developing shields, moving to Mars, or something?"
> >
> > So, when confronted with environmental challenges (water conservation, use
> > of alternative fuels, etc. etc.), it appears we have three choices.
> >
> > 1)  We can be proactive and initiate and enforce preservation programs (as
> > suggested by Andreas Schou), or
> >
> > 2)  We can sit on our hands, do nothing, and spend our children's future (as
> > suggested by Gary Crabtree), or
> >
> > 3)  We can make a joke of it (as suggested by Paul Rumelhart).
> >
> > It's your world, Mr. Rumelhart.  I'm just passing through.
> >
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> >
> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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