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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?!)<br><br>J :]<br><br><br>> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:38:13 -0700<br>> From: lfalen@turbonet.com<br>> To: godshatter@yahoo.com; thansen@moscow.com<br>> CC: idahotom@hotmail.com; vision2020@moscow.com; privatejf32@hotmail.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Scientific Consensus: Global Warming: Skepticism&Replicatability<br>> <br>> The latist issue of Discover magazine has an article that deals with a potentially devastating asteroid.<br>> Roger<br>> <br>> -----Original message-----<br>> From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter@yahoo.com<br>> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:45:11 -0700<br>> To: Tom Hansen thansen@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Scientific Consensus: Global Warming: Skepticism&Replicatability<br>> <br>> > Fine. No joking here. An asteroid could wipe us out tomorrow. What <br>> > are you doing about that?<br>> > <br>> > Paul<br>> > <br>> > ...wondering why a question of "how important is this, and how best <br>> > should we spend our resources" becomes "making a joke of it".<br>> > <br>> > Tom Hansen wrote:<br>> > > Paul Rumelhart stated:<br>> > ><br>> > > "We have a finite amount of resources to throw at the world's problems. For<br>> > > example, what are we doing about the imminent expansion of our Sun into a<br>> > > red giant? That will kill everyone on Earth. We don't know exactly when<br>> > > that will occur, and exactly how long it will take. Shouldn't we be<br>> > > developing shields, moving to Mars, or something?"<br>> > ><br>> > > So, when confronted with environmental challenges (water conservation, use<br>> > > of alternative fuels, etc. etc.), it appears we have three choices.<br>> > ><br>> > > 1) We can be proactive and initiate and enforce preservation programs (as<br>> > > suggested by Andreas Schou), or<br>> > ><br>> > > 2) We can sit on our hands, do nothing, and spend our children's future (as<br>> > > suggested by Gary Crabtree), or<br>> > ><br>> > > 3) We can make a joke of it (as suggested by Paul Rumelhart).<br>> > ><br>> > > It's your world, Mr. Rumelhart. I'm just passing through.<br>> > ><br>> > > Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> > ><br>> > > Tom Hansen<br>> > > Moscow, Idaho<br>> > ><br>> > > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college<br>> > > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>> > ><br>> > > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > <br>> > <br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > =======================================================<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! <a href='http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews' target='_new'>Try now!</a></body>
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