On Thu, 17 May 2007 17:19:01 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-05-17 15:17:47 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
said:

On Thu, 17 May 2007 12:01:47 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:


|! Most people would be happy to make small changes to their houses/lives to
|! save the planet.
|!
|!Illogical statement. More gullibility.

Where is the illogicality in that?

There are many

- The assumption that the planet *needs* to be "saved"
- The assumption that there is a causal link between the activities of
man and climate change
- The assumption that a change in the behaviour by the entire
population will make a difference
- The even bigger assumption that even if the above were true, that
lifestyle changes by a willing proportion of the population will make a
difference.

read this week's new scientist, or see the website. They address all
(well, all the ones I could think of) points like this.
The only one they don't address is: population growth == more CO2 emissions

Pete

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