abelard wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2006 17:47:03 -0800, "Addinall"
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> typed:
> >
> >PJ O'Donovan wrote:
> >> www.brusselsjournal.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Global Warming: Relax and Enjoy
> >> >From the desk of Richard Rahn on Fri, 2006-11-17 09:10
> >>
> >> "Yes, the world is getting warmer, but the Earth does this roughly
> >> every 1,500 years, and we cannot stop it. The good news is humans and
> >> most other species tend to do better during the warm periods.
> >>
> >> There is a wonderful new book, "Unstoppable Global Warming: Every
> >> 1,500 Years," by distinguished climate physicist Fred Singer and
> >> award-winning environmental economist Dennis Avery. The conclusion of
> >> their book in a nutshell is that, yes, the world is getting a bit
> >> warmer, but this is just the natural cycle. They provide overwhelming
> >> evidence this warming would occur with or without mankind increasing
> >> CO2 emissions or doing anything else. The good news is that if we
> >> realize we cannot stop global warming, and concentrate on
> >> constructively dealing with the problems it causes - which are all
> >> manageable at reasonable cost - and then enjoy the benefits, mankind
> >> will do just fine.
> >>
> >> We have already had two cycles in recorded history; the Roman warming
> >> (200 B.C. to 600 A.D.) which was a very prosperous period, and the
> >> medieval warming (900 to 1300) during which farms were created in
> >> Greenland and Iceland. The modern warming period began about 1850, well
> >> before mankind was producing massive amounts of CO2.
> >>
> >> As an economist, I have been a bit of skeptic about the various
> >> doomsday scenarios associated with global warming. It has been well
> >> known for decades that the Earth's temperature is in a constant flux,
> >> and there have been many periods with both lower and higher
> >> temperatures. Despite the general warming trend since 1850, we have had
> >> cooler periods, notably from 1940 to 1978, when many leading scientists
> >> were warning us we were rapidly heading for a new ice age. I can still
> >> remember those doomsday scenarios being played out on TV specials at
> >> the time.
> >>
> >> The reason for skepticism is the very selective use of data presented
> >> by the end-of-the world crowd, such as Al Gore and this month by former
> >> World Bank economist Nicholas Stern. The common solutions that always
> >> come from the crisis-of-the-day gang are for more government spending,
> >> higher taxes and more government control, with little or no discussion
> >> of the downside of bigger government and higher taxes.
> >>
> >> U.S. taxpayers now pay about $4 billion per year to global change
> >> scientists and government bureaucrats associated with global warming.
> >> If global warming were found to be not much of a problem, what do you
> >> think would happen to the budgets, employment and advancement
> >> opportunities of those with a vested interest in global warming?
> >
> >BINGO!
>
> you're easily convinced by a puff
Homophobe!
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