Intellectual Thought Process on Global Warming
**This is an article that I stand strongly on, and I'm conversing with a guy named 'dogstar' ~ to which I refer to in the argument as 'honeypups'. He calls those of us who 'think' things through ... 'luddites' lol for which we take and just let go. This is dogs referal to my stance on global warming ... and the continuing saga of our dis'gust'ion (discussion) lol:
Dog: This is not my group. I don't remember inviting anyone.
Furtheremore, luddites you are and luddites you remain.
If you stubbornly refuse to accept science in an effort to advance a political agenda, there is no other more fitting epithet.
You insist on repeating implausible hypothesese that you neither fully understand nor can adequately explain.
Now, maybe where you come from everyone either agrees with the loudest braying ass in the barnyard or they go home.
But here in the rest of the world, this is called 'holding a differing opinion'.
But no one is shouting you down, nor am I attempting to stifle what you or anyone else is saying.
This is called criticism.
It requires critical thinking.
If you are not capable of it, that's your problem.
posted by dogstar7
about 12 hours ago
Nomi: Well, honeypups, as I recall, you said:
**Luddites Unite! You have nothing to lose but your ignorance!
posted by dogstar7
Well, honeypups, you called out for your group of "Luddites" to unite. Well, we have chosen to not be "luddites luddnuts to unite" and honeypups we don't care to join you and your "Luddites Luddnuts" group!!
You know, if I even thought you had studied this fully, I would have known. But in reading Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia, S. Fred Singer's lecture thesis which was delivered on the Hillsdale College campus on June 30, 2007, during a seminar entitled "Economics and the Environment," PLUS many other college professors and scientific writings on "Global Warming: Man-Made or Natural" I have found that what is said by others besides "political nuts," "newspapers," the "media," and some "bloggers who hear about the 'smoke' and run yelling FIRE, FIRE, FIRE" to start creating a political frenzie in the midst of an election campaign ... is not in depth, as to what truly is happening. NOT that we do not face a serious problem ... but those who are screaming, trying to make this a superficial scare tactic are doing the same thing which happened in the '70's with the "global cooling fears" which turned out to be what you might call an environmental fad.
It is very important, because of what all is at stake in this venting of fears, it is essential that people better understand this issue.
There are natural causes of warming, as I discussed many times in my messages.
**As Professor Singer said, "Natural causes of climate change, for their part, CANNOT BE CONTROLLED BY MAN. THEY ARE UNSTOPPABLE! Several policy consequences would follow from this simple fact:
1. Regulation of CO2 emissions is pointless and even counterproductive, in no matter what kind of mitigation scheme is used, such regulation is hugely expensive.
2. The development of non-fossil fuel energy sources, like ethano and hydrogen, might be counterproductive, given that they have to be manufactured, often with the investment of great amounts of ordinary energy. NOR do they offer much reduction in oil imports.
3. Wind power and solar power become less attractive, being uneconomic and requiring huge subsidies.
4. Substituting natural gas for coal in electricity generation makes less sense for the same reasons.
*** "None of this is intended to argue against energy conservation. ON THE CONTRARY, (just as I've said in my many statements before, dog ...) conserving energy reduces waste, saves money, and lowers energy prices ... irrespective of what one may believe about global warming.
"There is such Science vs. Hysteria. There has been evidence presented that indicates there is not appreciable man-made warming today. We presented this evidence, thereby suggesting that attempts by governments to control greenhouse-gas emissions are pointless and unwise. There are all sorts of people who have thrown their financial support into this upheaval. It is also worth noting that tens of thousands of interested persons benefit directly from the "global warming scare -- at the expense of the ordinary consumer. Environmental organizations globally, such as Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and the Environmental Defense Fund have raked in BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Multi-billion-dollar government subsidies for useless mitigation schemes are large and growing. Emission trading programs will soon reach the $100 billion a year level, with large fees paid to brokers and those who operate the scams. In other word, many people have discovered they can benefit from climate scares and have formed an entrenched interest. Of course, there are also many sincere believers in an impending global warming catastrophe, spurred on in their fears by the growing number of "one-sided" books, movies, and media coverage.
"The irony is that a slightly warmer climate with more carbon dioxide is in many ways beneficial rather than damaging. Economic studies have demonstrated that a modest warming and higher CO2 levels will increase GNP and raise standards of living, primarily by improving agriculture, as well as forestry. It's a well-known fact that CO2 is plant food and essential to the growth of crops and trees -- AND ultimately to the well-being of animals and humans.
"You wouldn't know it from Al Gore's: An Inconvenient Truth, but there are many upsides to global warming. Northern homes could save on heating fuel. Canadian farmers could harvest bumper crops. Greenland may become awash in cod and oil riches. Shippers could count on an Arctic shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Forest may expand, Mongolia could become an economic superpower. Might there be a silver lining for the frigid regions of Canada and Russia? "It's not that there won't be bad things happening in those countries," economics professor Robert O Mendelsohn of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies says. "BUT the idea is that they will get such large gains, especially in agriculture, that they will be bigger than the losses.: Mendelsohn has looked at how gross domestic product around the world would be affected under different warming scenarios through 2100. Canada and Russia tend to come out as clear gainers, as does much of norther Europe and Mongolia, largely because of projected increases in agricultural production.
*** "To repeat a point made at the beginning: Climate has been changing cyclically for at least a million years, and has shown huge variations over geological time. Human beings have adapted very well, and will continue to do so.
"The nations of the world face many difficult problems. Many have societal problems like poverty, disease, lack of sanitation, and shortage of clean water. There are grave security problems arising from global terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons. ANY of these problems are VASTLY MORE IMPORTANT than the imaginary problem of man-made global warming. *IT IS A GREAT SHAME THAT SO MANY OF OUR RESOURCES ARE BEING DIVERTED FROM REAL PROBLEMS TO THIS 'NON-PROBLEM.' Perhaps in ten or twenty years this will become apparent to everyone, particularly if the climate should stop warming (as it has for eight years now) or even begin to cool. (Like in the '70's).
"We can only trust that REASON WILL PREVAIL" in the face of an onslaught of propaganda, like Al Gore's movie, and despite the incessant MISINFOMATION generated by the media. Today, the imposed costs are still modest, and mostly hidden in taxes and in charges for electricity and motor fuels. IF the scaremongers have their way, these costs WILL become ENORMOUS.
**BUT...
"...BUT I BELIEVE SOUND SCIENCE AND GOOD SENSE WILL PREVAIL IN THE FACE OF IRRATIONAL AND SCIENTIFICALLY BASELESS CLIMATE FEARS!"
THIS is where the rubber hits the road with facts ... and there are many more where these came from.
(And dog thought I was foolish!!) Ah dog, I am NOT foolish. What I had said before was right along these facts. I will only suggest to you to clean out your ears and listen to TRUTH!!!
Proud to be an AMERICAN! Proud to be an Independant Conservative Republican, and proud to be the wife with intellect of my sweet and adoring husband of intellect for nearly 40 years.
Wisdom comes from study, study means you check out ALL sides of the box, and make sure that all that is said is true, valid, and has integrity in it's process/progression.
NomiAnn
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