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Originally Posted by Rockstar
Well I guess I did when I mentioned being told by your sources there was ten years left and then the world would suffer it's end. What about the ice age in 74? Still alive. The warming of 2k. Yep, still alive. Global emissions rising will now lead to our demise, Tell me what makes this different why should I believe this anymore than I did the other?
Next don't come here telling me what I or even 'we' should be doing to prevent your catastrophy. It's your end of the world as we know it story so tell me what YOU are doing about it right now. Enlighten me, because if it is as bad as you and your sources are making it out to be. I would think you have by now taken some very drastic measures. I'm sure you have done your part by now and set some example haven't you? Tell us obi-wan what have you done to stem the tide. With the end of the world right around the corner (again) I'm sure you have gone far above and beyond the call of duty, right?
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Hmm, please offer citations showing that most of the scientific community in the field was on board with those other claims you bring up please, particularly the 73 ice age theory, as the 2k warming as you put it is still alive and well and with strong support from the scientific community. The warming trend is still going on last I looked at the research material (which according to current evidence is clearly tied to global emission rates).
Me, I am doing what I can as a private citizen, I use public transport most of the time (a tank of gas for my car usually lasts 2-3 months), I try to limit the amount of energy I consume by using less heat in the winter and hardly any ac in the summer, I try to limit my creation of garbage and not buy a lot of junky consumer products, I also try to use energy efficient products with long life spans. That is just some of what I do. It is going to take a heck of a lot more then that, but it's about all I can do as one single person on my own.
But whatever, I know full well I am not going to change minds here. So many here seem to be tied up in rhetoric (often politically motivated rhetoric) so strongly, that even after offering piles of documented evidence that tears that rhetoric to shreds, people still cling as tenaciously as ever to it. It's like religious belief, but that is not very surprising considering almost all the counter arguments ever presented to me are entirely belief based, with no supporting empirical evidence, or peer reviewed research to back the claims up. Which is why I made the fallacies comment in my first post, as that is almost all I ever tend to see.