Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

[P. J. Alling]

Oh no, I know our culture is environmentally harmful, but then so are 
all other cultures, some much less technologically inclined have been 
even more harmful, at least locally.

William Robb wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "graywolf"
> Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted
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>> That is the problem, the models are not correct. But the media insists 
>> that they are, far more so than the scientists producing them do. None of 
>> them are quite as precise in their timing as the first computer model 
>> which indicated the world would be uninhabitable by 1966, but they are no 
>> more accurate either.
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> I am certain that at one time people were of the opinion that we couldn't 
> harm the Great Lakes until we nearly killed them, or that we couldn't empty 
> all the fish from the sea until the Atlantic cod population collapsed.
> I suspect computer modelling has gotten more accurate over the past 40 
> years.
> People will believe what they find convenient to believe. Cultures that are 
> centered around the automobile, industrialization and burning hydrocarbons 
> tend to not believe that their culture may be environmentally harmful.
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> William Robb
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