Re: CO2 and global warming

From: Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal_at_org.trash)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:18:41 GMT

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:05:09 GMT, in a place far, far away, alex
pozgaj <aleksandar.pozgaj@gmx.at> made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

>>>Climate probably responds slowly, which is one of the reasons we
>>>haven't seen a lock-step response from the temperature. Nonetheless,
>>>blase assertions that a warmer world is better are neither scientific
>>>nor reassuring.
>>
>> Who has made such an assertion?
>
>Scott implied that in:
>
><41523F87.3D2D5657@ix.netcom.SPAMBLOK.com>

You'll have to take that up with Scott, then. I'm an agnostic on that
issue. I'm sure that some regions will be better, and some worse. I
wouldn't care to predict the net planetary impact.

>as a confirmation that he really meant so, check also
>
><3C811B77.4933@ix.netcom.com>
>
>> The assertion is that a world in
>> which we are wealthier, and better able to deal with any potential
>> effects of global warming if it occurs (and turns out to be a Bad
>> Thing), is better.
>
>Care to finally provide any details on *how* you are planning to
>fix the problems you now don't even know what they'll be?

Of course not. I don't know what they'll be. And neither do you. I
do know that we'll be in a better position to deal with them if we're
wealthier than if we're poorer.

>There are some problems money can't solve.

Yes, but they're not problems caused by climate change.

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