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2007-02-09 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Adaptation to global climate change is an essential response to a warming planet

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Posted by DanNY 2007-02-09 06:19|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 These people are partially correct.

Tes, there is climate change: the climate theories based on actual facts point to a combination of several cycles related to solar activity.

Yes, we need to adapt to the change. "Adapting" is humankind's middle name.

HOWEVER, "sustainable" development often means forgoing high tech equipment in favor of low-tech equipment that supports a smaller population.

You cannot get around the fact that these people think, implicitly or explicitly, that there are too many people on the planet, and that THEIR survival means that OTHER people have to disappear.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-02-09 08:04|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-02-09 08:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Adapt to climate change - when it gets hot, have a cold beer; when it gets cold, Irish coffee; on those 'in-between' days, a glass of sherry is good.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-02-09 08:07|| 2007-02-09 08:07|| Front Page Top

#3 You cannot get around the fact that these people think, implicitly or explicitly, that there are too many people on the planet, and that THEIR survival means that OTHER people have to disappear.

Now there's a thought...

Posted by DanNY 2007-02-09 08:39|| 2007-02-09 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 And, yet, I'd bet this "moderate" approach will recieve an eco-fatwa from Gore, "Dr." Heidi Cullen et al.

Posted by BA 2007-02-09 10:57|| 2007-02-09 10:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Something about adapting to one's environment, where have I heard that before? Amazing the number of 'scientists' that have never hear of Darwin, isn't it?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-02-09 11:22|| 2007-02-09 11:22|| Front Page Top

#6 THEIR survival means that OTHER people have to disappear.

Oddly enough, I think the same, you need to vanish while I survive.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-09 13:28|| 2007-02-09 13:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Energy consumption is so intricately linked with economic activity that the only ways to substantially reduce energy use and hence Co2 emissions is drastic reductions in either economic activity (i.e. make people a lot poorer) or numbers of people.

As a practical matter, the choice is between NORK style socialism and a bird flu pandemic.

Posted by phil_b 2007-02-09 18:50|| 2007-02-09 18:50|| Front Page Top

#8 FOX + CNN > HONEYBEES are disappearing. How is Radical Enviro-beloved NATIONAL-GLOBAL ANTI-MATERIALISM/CONSUMERISM [Global Toga] coupled by big Big BIG B-I-G BBBBBIIIIIGGGGGG GUBMINT going to save us since even Big/Hyper-Gubmint needs lotsa revenues + resources, also known as $$$, to save Milyuhns and Zilyuhns of registered voters??? HOW ARE 500,000 - 500M TOGA-WEARERS, WHOM BY DEFINITION DON'T = HAVE NO $$$, PROPERTIES, PLUS NO LONGER USE INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, GONNA STOP THE SUN, STOP THE ASTEROID, ANDOR BUILD HI-TECH SPACE ARKS IN CASE "DA PLAN" DOESN'T WORK; OR THE SUN + ASTEROID(S) REFUSE TO UNILATERALLY SURRENDER???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-09 23:40|| 2007-02-09 23:40|| Front Page Top

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