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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
No one looks to things like sunspots, cyclical airstream patterns, carbon absorbtion by the oceans, etc.
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Some people do, like me for instance.
My earlier point was only that some people will form an opinion and never look back. It's fun to poke them with a stick so you can watch them jump up and down as they try to shove their conclusion down everyone's throat.
A closed mind gathers no intelligence.
About global warming in general, I'm not convinced either way. I still look at all of the arguments, facts, data, etc. and learn more every day. It may be cyclic, it may be caused my man. I can't say for sure.
Some of the evidence that man is having an effect on the environment is convincing, and some of the evidence that's it just part of the natural process is just as convincing.
One thing is for sure. There are some things we can do nothing about. There are some thing we can change. Out of the things that we
can change, we should. Not to the extreme but maybe start heading in that direction. Evolution, not revoloution.
Wouldn't it be better to err on the side of caution? If it is us [humankind] causing it, and we can develop the technologies to change that, then we should. Tis better to try to be a part of the environment rather than continue to exploit it and take the risk.
Bottom line is, the planet will survive, with or without us. The earth isn't going anywhere, we are. We need to keep looking at the problem(s) with an open mind and educate ourselves so we can make the best decision.
I'll put my stick away for now. (But I was having so much fun with it
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