Steven L. wrote:
David wrote:
Rich wrote:
David wrote:
Rich wrote:
David wrote:
Claudius Denk wrote:


You need to pay attention. The point is that this isn't being
done for the global warming religion.

"Religion" is by definition bull****.

Even the AGW religion, eh?

Global warming is real.

It's been warming since the last ice age ended. This is, IMHO, a
good thing,
crops don't grow to well under a mile of ice.

You're soaking in it.

We had freezing warnings in the south bay a while ago. Send
more heat this way.

Cheers,

Rich


Anecdotal observations change nothing. It is cold here, as well.

Oddly you guys seems to think anecdotes prove AGW for some reason.

Cheers,

Rich


I don't. I find it ludicrous. Where the temperature matters is in
the deep ocean.

It seems to me that it's only prudent to at least begin advance planning
for the possibility that AGW is real enough, and its effects will be
real enough. It's no different than any other insurance policy.

There's lots of planning being done, virtually all of it of the "tax us
to death" variety.

When I fly commercially, I know intellectually that the probability I
will be killed in a plane crash is about 1 in 1 million. I still
purchase flight insurance.

What if the insurance was so costly that you could not also afford the
flight? What if you had to sell your car and could no longer get to
and from work?

(I'm a safe driver but I still pay through
the nose for auto insurance premiums too.)

This is not in most places a matter of choice.

And the probability that AGW
is occurring is certainly higher than 1 in 1 million (even though AGW
skeptics don't think the probability is above 50%).

Climate change is a certainty, the earths climate is always in a state
of flux. The question is whether you take intelligent action or just
remove your ability to survive. It seems a no brainer but it's astounding
how many seem to have no brain.

So isn't some kind of "insurance policy against AGW" just prudent?

Great, please cut your gas/electrical usage by the 80%-90% Al Gore and
others are demanding we must. Do it now.

Cheers,

Rich