On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:25:03 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:32:54 -0700, Mark Fergerson
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The climate is _not_ stable and never has been for any significant
....
I concur with George Carlin; I see "Chicken Little"'s assertion that
our comparative butterfly-wing-flapping is driving global warming as
arrogance.
...
I suggest that weather and climate are so chaotic that anything we do,
big or small, changes the state of climate in totally random and
unpredictable ways.

So we agree that there's no point in getting neurotic about
human-influenced climate change.


Yeah - I especially like the fact that plants breathe CO2 and make food -
the more CO2, the healthier the plants, and the warmer the climate, the
longer the growing season! I don't see a downside here, unless, of course,
you think that melting the poles and raising the ocean a few feet is a bad
thing. Heck, it'd make all new beaches! And in any case, I don't think it
would happen fast enough that harbor folks couldn't keep up with it - they
already have adjustable piers, you know. :-) And NO,LA is an awesome
example of how we can build levees and pump out water, much like The
Netherlands - I mean, it's off-the-shelf technology. Build levees around
Miami, and run a ferry service. ;-)

[Just don't let them appoint a US Harbor Czar from Arabia!]

Cheers!
Rich
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A. Fire the IRS, and abolish the income tax
B. Legalize drugs
C. Stand down all military actions by the US that don't involve actual
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D. Declare World Peace I.