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

[J Ford]

Well, don't show it to Ted!  He'll just blame us all for attracting it to our atmosphere by use of - whatever!  (I'm sure he'll have some reason or cause that we are doing that affects its possible hitting of earth?!)

J  :]


> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:38:13 -0700
> From: lfalen at turbonet.com
> To: godshatter at yahoo.com; thansen at moscow.com
> CC: idahotom at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com; privatejf32 at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Scientific Consensus: Global Warming:	Skepticism&Replicatability
> 
> The latist issue of Discover  magazine has an article that  deals with a potentially devastating asteroid.
> Roger
> 
> -----Original message-----
> 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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