Post #243452 by tiki mick on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 2:08 PM

You are welcome.

I have never understood those who vehemently state that "there is no way anything man can do to alter the environment" or "Ice ages and global warming are part of the natural cycle"

That may be true, but if there is even the slightest, slimmest, tiniest chance that we are indeed impacting the environment, I say: WHY TAKE A CHANCE!!!!

Go ahead and gamble in Vegas, or with the stock market, or by taking a different traffic route on the way home from work one night. These are not things that will literally kill us all.

I would rather be wrong then right. If Scientists suspect that flourocarbons from aerosol cans add to global warming, or burning fossil fuels help speed up the greenhouse effect, then that should be very seriously considered, and not just dismissed so we can pay a dollar less for something. Of course, the evidence more then just hints that we are effecting the climate. It all but proves is.

The problem is that the people who make the decisions won't be here in 60 years when it starts happening big time. Thier offspring will either do one of two things: Say " If we only knew then what we know now" (if they are fair minded people, that is, or say "it happened, now lets just move on". I already know what camp I am in. Global warming is real, and scary. I don't ever remember it being this consistantlly hot where I live when I was younger, or there being such short winters. I think we are in for routine 100+ weather.

Venus is an example of global warming gone haywire. The Soviet lander Venera burned up on the surface in what, 8 seconds?

Nice.