Re: Chicken Little?

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:09:42 +0000, ian field wrote:
"Jon" <jon.lark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
On Jan 10, 10:30 am, Jim Thompson

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6247371.stm

Mr Van Jolissaint aprroaches the subject from an economic standpoint;
oil prices, the housing marked, car prices, etc. The time period over
which his projections/predictions apply are miniscule on a geologic
scale. The more serious problem is the potential ecological distaster
that could occur if the "greenies." predictions are are correct. I'm
not an expert on global climate modelling, but it seems that it would be
prudent to take whatever measures we can to minimize the probability of
disaster until definitive results are in, since there is a tremendous
lag between the time corrections would be made, and the time that
benefits would be realized. (Ever try to stabilize a closed loop
control system whose open loop time tonstant is 100 years?) After all,
a soccer mom doesn't really need an SUV for the purpose of transporing
her brat to school. The fact that she can afford one is irrelevant.

We never had global warming in the 50s when we had a layer of pollution to
shield us from the suns harmful rays!

Nah, it's that pesky ozone trapping all of the sun's heat! We should
have stopped protecting it in the 80s. ;-)

As far as stopping global warming, I think it's a little late for that -
seen the weather lately? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

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