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Re: News Advisory: Still Crazy After Oil These Years!
snark@swcp.com wrote:
>
> In article <4t4ovt$fr1@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>,
> Scott Nudds <af329@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> wrote:
> >: (Scott Nudds) wrote:
> >: > Very false. The actions of man have substantially increased the
> >: >amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, and rates of emission continue to
> >: >increase.
>
> >(Brian Carnell) wrote:
> >: What do you consider substantial?
>
> [Nudds:]
> > On a personal scale, anything over 10%.
>
> You certainly have that. I think that most would say that 20+% would
> qualify as "substantial."
"Most" who? Who do you believe you speak for?
> >On a more scientific scale,
> >any increase that is sufficient to measurably alter the climate or
> >biosphere.
>
> Hmmm...measurable in what sense? In the IPCC sense of "we're fairly
> sure that anthropogenic global warming has occurred," or in the IPCC
> sense of "but we can't quantify it at all." [paraphrased]
Climatic disruption just doesn't produce a nice, neatly quantifiable number.
This sort of response is just another denial mechanism in the form of
straw clutching.
Cheers,
--
Will Stewart
http://www.patriot.net/users/wstewart/first.htm
"The truth will set you free." - J.C.
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