steelclaw wrote:Is Global Warming just another legal taxation.
Surely if global warming was true the government would restrict flights and they would stop flying to Global Warming meetings, and stop driving round in luxurious cars polluting the atomospehre.
Would you vote for for restrictions on your life? That's the problem. If one party says we're going to raise taxes, stop you flying, make petrol terrifickly expensive etc, then another party says, we won't, who do you vote for?
Then of course, what's the impact of that if the US or China won't stop their relentless march?
steelclaw wrote:
Anyone remember the 1970's when they said we were due for a new Ice Age.
It's only been 10,000 years since the last one. We might still be in an Ice Age but a warmer period (aka an inter-glacial). They've lasted a lot longer than 10,000 years in the past. Enough for tropical rainforests to develop, for instance.
steelclaw wrote:
Do we trust our govenment and scientists, even the weathermen can't predict getting the weather right a few days ahead.
It's a very different predictive mechanism. How can you trust Radio Scotland that Celtic will be among the Top 6 at the end of the season, if they can't even predict that they can beat Kilmarnock? Because long-termism allows for fluctuations, in the way that short-term is punished by them.
steelclaw wrote:
And the latest scientist not having the data on the Glaciers melting.
I don't know what to believe now.
Complete hype. If you had diabetes for instance, then you would go to a doctor that specialises in it. Now it could be that all these thousands of specialists are wrong and the salesman with a valid interest in selling sugar snacks actually has the right idea...but I'd advise trusting the experts. Similarly, when the biggest voice against climate change (a better phrase, it won't necessarily be warmer everywhere) is oilmen & industrialists (e.g. Bush, Murdoch), how much trust can you have?
I know some might say the scientists have a valid interest too but there's a lot more money in 'proving' no relationship ('carry on drilling, boys'). A global scientific conspiracy is the stuff of comics, I'm afraid.
Chris (PhD Environmental Science & Technology)