Re: But There Ain't No Global Warming.

From: G. R. L. Cowan (gcowan_at_eagle.ca)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:41:30 -0500

Robert Sturgeon wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:43:07 -0500, Michael Davis
> <mdavis19@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> (snips)
>
> >Models are nice. The Earth is a lot more complex than any model
> >though. I remember the models that predicted the coming
> >"population bomb" disaster back in the 70s, the coming ice age
> >disaster back in the 80s and the coming Y2K disaster back in the
> >90s. I'd like to see some actual hard evidence of some CO2 driven
> >global warming before buying into this end of the world scenario
> >du jour. Is that really too much to ask?
>
> Apparently so. Global Warming is now the Official Doctrine
> of the "scientific" community, and woe to anyone who is
> skeptical.

You were asked to provide examples of skeptics
to whom woe came, but failed.

> You'll notice that, throughout history, the less
> real evidence any given theory has to support it, the more
> extreme its supporters are, whether the theory is religious,
> economic, political, scientific, whatever; which reminds me
> - did Paul Erlich ever admit he was full of crap, that he
> LOST his famous bet with Julian Simon?

Now you're trying to change the subject.

>
> People like being scared. Fear sells. And gets grants.

But which fear gets more grants?
The fear of global warming, or tax eaters' fear
of a reduction in the size of the fossil industry,
and thus a reduction of their take?

-- Graham Cowan, former hydrogen fan
http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/Paper_for_11th_CHC.html --
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