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| Feb 18, 2010 5:16 am |
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re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: The Death of Global Warming |
Ken Hilving
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I am hearing a lot of one off arguing.
Like Reg, I find the idea that human activity is having no appreciable effect on the environment clearly evident, both by personal observation and by historical data. The argument that our actions have no appreciable effect ignore a long list of cause/effect cases.
That doesn't mean that all cases of environmental change are linked to human causes. Nor does it mean that all cases of human caused environmental change is necessarily a bad thing.
I don't know that human activity is or is not contributing to global warming which may or may not be happening, or climate change which is always happening.
I do know that what I pave no longer absorbs rainfall, that what I create in runoff becomes concentrated down stream, that what I throw away doesn't simply disappear, and that what I flush isn't gone. I do know that pesticides are not specific, that they can be indiscriminate poisons, and can concentrate as they move up the food chain. I do know that the lights at night wash out the stars light, and that what goes into the air can change the pH of the rain. I do know that electricity does not simple come out of the socket, or water out of the tap.
I wonder about those who feel their actions are without consequence. Is it that they feel so insignificant, or is it arrogance? Neither seems like a poster for mental health.Private Reply to Ken Hilving (new win) |
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