White House issues new dire climate report: Scientists: Extreme weather will worsen if pollutants aren't curbed

[The_Dude 1,142]

I guess where we differ is in the idea that we should as a global community strive to achieve a sustainable balance of human presence and activity.

As soon as you figure out a way to stop the breeding (short of global sterilization.)

or a holy war

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

I guess where we differ is in the idea that we should as a global community strive to achieve a sustainable balance of human presence and activity.

As soon as you figure out a way to stop the breeding (short of global sterilization.)

well, maybe the gay marriage thing isn't a bad idea then..........

[The_Dude 1,142]

I guess where we differ is in the idea that we should as a global community strive to achieve a sustainable balance of human presence and activity.

As soon as you figure out a way to stop the breeding (short of global sterilization.)

well, maybe the gay marriage thing isn't a bad idea then..........

Or we can all bury our heads in the sand and chant in unison:

The Earth is Flat

The Earth is 5000 years old

Man made pollution will not adversely effect humanity

Edited June 18, 2009 by Rob and Mel

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

I guess where we differ is in the idea that we should as a global community strive to achieve a sustainable balance of human presence and activity.

As soon as you figure out a way to stop the breeding (short of global sterilization.)

well, maybe the gay marriage thing isn't a bad idea then..........

Or we can all bury our heads in the sand and chang in unison:

The Earth is Flat

The Earth is 5000 years old

Man made pollution will not adversely effect humanity

[The_Dude 1,142]

fixxored

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

fixxored

had me worried there, talking about putting heads in sand and "chang" when discussing gheys......it was starting to sound like a san fran ymca locker room

[GaryC 7]

I guess where we differ is in the idea that we should as a global community strive to achieve a sustainable balance of human presence and activity.

As soon as you figure out a way to stop the breeding (short of global sterilization.)

well, maybe the gay marriage thing isn't a bad idea then..........

Or we can all bury our heads in the sand and chant in unison:

The Earth is Flat

The Earth is 5000 years old

Man made pollution will not adversely effect humanity

Typical, I don't buy into the CO2 scam and I am labled a flat earther and a creationist. It doesn't really matter to you that I consider real pollution to be a very bad thing. For a conservitive I am actually quite a tree hugger. I would like to see all of the remaining old growth forest presereved, smokestack particulates reduced, acid rain eliminated, whale hunting banned, wetlands protected and restored, heavy metal pollution stopped and on and on. But that doesn't really matter to people like you. If I don't buy into your "new age religion" of man made global warming I am nothing but an earth hating, head in the sand polluter. It shows just how much this is a political issue rather than a scientific one.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Gary, you really haven't been able to wrap your head around the scientific process of how a theory becomes an accepted theory.

You could be Dr. Gary C, a well respected medical doctor and you could publish a claim that you conclude that beer can cure cancer. You can show all your data of how you arrived at your conclusion, but in order for the medical community to accept your claim, that claim must go through a process of peer review.

If you only could understand that process, than you'd begin to understand why there is a scientific consensus on Global Warming. There is no debate on the theory. There may be debate on how to deal with it, but there is no scientific debate. HAL spent a lot of time trying to explain this to you, but apparently it just went right over your head.

[mawilson 2,133]

You could be Dr. Gary C, a well respected medical doctor and you could publish a claim that you conclude that beer can cure cancer. You can show all your data of how you arrived at your conclusion, but in order for the medical community to accept your claim, that claim must go through a process of peer review.

Which is infallible, as this post clearly demonstrates.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You could be Dr. Gary C, a well respected medical doctor and you could publish a claim that you conclude that beer can cure cancer. You can show all your data of how you arrived at your conclusion, but in order for the medical community to accept your claim, that claim must go through a process of peer review.

Which is infallible, as this post clearly demonstrates.

You don't really understand then what a scientific theory is...

[mawilson 2,133]

You could be Dr. Gary C, a well respected medical doctor and you could publish a claim that you conclude that beer can cure cancer. You can show all your data of how you arrived at your conclusion, but in order for the medical community to accept your claim, that claim must go through a process of peer review.

Which is infallible, as this post clearly demonstrates.

You don't really understand then what a scientific theory is...

It's just that - a theory.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You could be Dr. Gary C, a well respected medical doctor and you could publish a claim that you conclude that beer can cure cancer. You can show all your data of how you arrived at your conclusion, but in order for the medical community to accept your claim, that claim must go through a process of peer review.

Which is infallible, as this post clearly demonstrates.

You don't really understand then what a scientific theory is...

It's just that - a theory.

from a mathematician no less.

[GaryC 7]

Gary, you really haven't been able to wrap your head around the scientific process of how a theory becomes an accepted theory.

You could be Dr. Gary C, a well respected medical doctor and you could publish a claim that you conclude that beer can cure cancer. You can show all your data of how you arrived at your conclusion, but in order for the medical community to accept your claim, that claim must go through a process of peer review.

If you only could understand that process, than you'd begin to understand why there is a scientific consensus on Global Warming. There is no debate on the theory. There may be debate on how to deal with it, but there is no scientific debate. HAL spent a lot of time trying to explain this to you, but apparently it just went right over your head.

You don't seem to understand. A theory is just an idea. It isn't fact. A theory must be tested through experiments and observation. The theory that man is causing GW has not been proven. In fact the data has refuted the theory. You are the one that does not understand. Oh, and science isn't run by consesus. It is run by facts. Just remember it wasn't long ago the consensus was that the earth was flat and only 5000 years old. So much for consensus.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Gary, you really haven't been able to wrap your head around the scientific process of how a theory becomes an accepted theory.

You could be Dr. Gary C, a well respected medical doctor and you could publish a claim that you conclude that beer can cure cancer. You can show all your data of how you arrived at your conclusion, but in order for the medical community to accept your claim, that claim must go through a process of peer review.

If you only could understand that process, than you'd begin to understand why there is a scientific consensus on Global Warming. There is no debate on the theory. There may be debate on how to deal with it, but there is no scientific debate. HAL spent a lot of time trying to explain this to you, but apparently it just went right over your head.

You don't seem to understand. A theory is just an idea. It isn't fact. A theory must be tested through experiments and observation. The theory that man is causing GW has not been proven. In fact the data has refuted the theory. You are the one that does not understand. Oh, and science isn't run by consesus. It is run by facts. Just remember it wasn't long ago the consensus was that the earth was flat and only 5000 years old. So much for consensus.

Steven has a mind like a steel trap. I am sorry Gary, you have met your match.

[Peikko 1,575]

I am a bit confused on one point. Are you claiming Gary that there is no evidence that the global climate is heating up? Or are you merely confining yourself to the observation that in your estimation, it is not, nor can it be man-made? Just curious about that.

Edited June 18, 2009 by Madame Cleo