On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:53:27 -0700, "T.Alan Kraus"
wrote:

On 10/24/2011 1:44 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:29:24 -0700, "T.Alan Kraus"
wrote:

On 10/24/2011 6:32 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:14:31 -0700, "T.Alan Kraus"
wrote:
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Yet Pythagoras knew the earth was a sphere and Erathostenes had actually
measured its circumference quite accurately using basic geometry. In
every period there is a prevalent scientific belief opposed by a very
small number. It usually turns out that the very small number of
opposing opinion eventually becomes the prevalent paradigm.

Kinda like us, the Global Warming Skeptics, huh?

Exactly! There is a great book out there by James Delingpole,
Watermelons. I highly recommend it.

I'll have to pick up a copy. It looks good!

If you haven't yet read it, find Peter Huber's _Hard Green_. It's one
of the sanest books on 'things green' I've ever read. I wish it were
mandatory reading in high (or earlier) school.

I haven't yet opened the cover of my newest purchase, Plimer's _Heaven
and Earth_ yet, but it's next up on my nightstand. I'm halfway
through Rasmussen's _Mad as Hell_ Tea Party book now and started David
Drake's _Voyage_ while I burned branches this morning. I took one
-very- large load to the green waste recycling center and burned the
small amount of excess.


Just found a copy of Hard Green on Amazon, I'll be reading it in a few
days, thanks.

Great. Let me know what you think about it.

--
It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are
not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.
-- Freeman Dyson