John Stumbles wrote:

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:16:15 +0000, Jim wrote:

To clear the air, I believe it is happening, slowly and inexorably,
man
has precious little to do with it, can't stop it if he tried, and every

My opinion is that
(a) the evidence seems to be that it is happening

I agree.


(b) it's quite possible that humany activities are contributing to, if not
causing, it

Contributing to I'd accept the possibility of at least in some small part.


(c) the consequences could be disastrous for all humankind

Potential consequences in hundreds of years time. There is no immediate danger
and absolutely no reason or excuse for ill-considered panic action which may be
either futile or even counter-productive and will certainly damage western
economies further at a time when they are already endangered.


(d) we're socially advanced[1] enough to act responsibly and ameriorate
the effects of our actions

And how would that be ?


(e) we're just about technologically advanced[2] enough to counter the
effects of naturally-occuring processes (cf threat of asteroid strike
which we're (i) beginning to watch out for (ii) beginning to plan how to
avert).

Yet more alarmism to keep the public afraid and malleable.


proposal to prevent it basically calls for a return to the Stone Age,
i.e., the destruction of Western Civilization as we know it.

so, you are really saying that non-western civilisations == stone-age?

I'd say some 'greens' would at least like us to return at least to the era of
the mud hut and subsistence farming.

Graham