On 4/9/2014 7:25 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
The Daring Dufas posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On 4/8/2014 8:49 AM, dgk wrote:
On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 21:14:12 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 4/7/2014 8:53 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Oren:
I still think this whole thing is a pyramid scheme, so
money can be redistributed.

That would suggest a cabal that doesn't seem possible in
it's complexity. I have a pretty dim view of human nature,
but that includes people's ability to cooperate.

Exxon or the Koche brothers, I can see: they're bonded
together by a mutual desire to maximize profits.

But virtually the entire world community of scientists?
What do they stand to gain? I'd think vanishingly-few of
them have any significant economic interest/investments in
alternative energy ventures. I would think they are just
trying to get published and not have their colleagues rip
what they've published to shreds.
...

That's what they've got in it -- 90% of environmental research
is funded by government grants so in a "publish or perish"
world the only way to win a grant and therefore retain their
professorship is to follow the lead of the funding agency.

Now, being an engineer/physics guy meself, I don't think 90%+
really intend this but it's the inevitable result of
eventually succumbing to the current research trend.

There's no way one can put any serious credence in the details
of the models over the time frames they're projecting--it's
ludicrous.

So do you deny that the world is getting warmer or do you agree
with that but deny that human activity is significantly
responsible?

I think that both are true, and as we all should know, more heat
equals more volatility so more extreme events. I do enjoy
reading folks talking about this being part of a natural cycle,
like the climate scientists aren't aware of the natural cycles.

Naturally the scientists are usually receiving grants from
governments - who else funds work that doesn't really have quick
financial rewards? Certainly not corporations that have a vested
interest in selling more fossil fuels.

As Pete said, if this is all some huge conspiracy by those
horrible leftists, I would think that some of the millions of
people involved would spill the beans.

I do hope that you are correct, and that we aren't heading for
really serious climate alterations, but I think that we are.

There are a few things that man has done that could be
contributing factors. In third world countries, rain forests are
being cleared to open land up for cattle farming and cow farts
contain a lot of green house gases. Pesticides that are very
effective against termites have been banned which keep termites
from eating "man made" wooden structures and the termites fart a
lot of greenhouse gasses. Of course, 7 billion human beings are
farting out a lot of greenhouse gasses. So it can be assumed that
most farts are the fault of mankind and are one of the biggest
contributors to global warming. ^_^

TDD

Something smells about this post...

There is at least one arrogant P.L.L.C.F. net cop who has written that
all my posts stink. ^_^

TDD