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Re: Global Warming - I love that it's finally getting attention

Re: Global Warming - I love that it's finally getting attention

Submitted by childress on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 15:11.

I apologize: I make no assumptions on the Internet with respect to level of education/knowledge nor level of ability to use the English language (or which dialect - US/Canadian/England/Indian/Filipino).  Therefore my directness and perhaps overly didactic reply.  I correspond with folks from Germany to fix the Twike, and they don't speak/type perfect US English, but it's darn better than my German!  So I do not assume.

There is more to water vapor in the atmosphere than 'the blanket/shadow effect' of a cloud, and calling water 'not a gas' and a lack of understanding why it is the most potent green house gas and yet not on the Kyoto list indicates additional research/educational work needs to be done.  Regional warming and Global Warming are by their very nature, linked (see growth of the Sahara Desert).

Religion is often described by the non-religious as a belief in something to explain that which is not understood.  They call it 'faith'.  Not knowing water is a very potent (yet virtually uncontrollable) green house gas indicates not fully understanding the basics, giving supporting evidence to ctyankee's assertion of the existence of a religious-like belief in Global Warming.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas and you'll find water vapour is the first GHG listed...

Failure to understand that this is not MY argument but I am merely making an observation (and I don't have a solar company), indicates a reading comprehension/attention to details error.  I for one have drunk the Kool-Aide and and like you believe in Global Warming.  But then I also believe that we were created because the Earth thought 'Hey, I need plastic.  I don't have any, I think I'll support human life to make me some plastic".*  

But I fear I have been overly didactic again, so another apology is in order for having put you off.

M@

* Shamelessly paraphrased from George Carlin.  It's a good Earth Day read
to put things in perspective -- Google "george carlin earth plastic".

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Global Warming - I love that it's finally getting the attention it deserves By: GrnSam (31 replies) Tue, 04/03/2007 - 09:33