[jacktruth]

Originally Posted by Mavdog

so you believe we are incapable of influencing and changing our environment chum? well, those extinct animals, the ponds and lakes that have been turned into dead zones by acid rain, heck even the children who have half the lung capacity they should due to the dirty air in the cities they live in.....yes, we do affect our climate and our world, and we can make it uninhabitable if we do not realize what we do can cause reverberations through our planet.

pirate, the rise and fall in temperatures does occur on a cyclical basis through the eons. the recent rise has been one of the most rapid the scientists have been able to quantify. to say that the rise will bring us wonderful things flies in the face of what is predicted.

the forecasts show less "warm land" as the seas and oceans will rise.

there will not be "more sun", there's the same amount. how would a rising temp affect the sun?

here's the question: IF our activities are accelerating the rise in temps why continue them? IF we can change our activities to decrease the rise in temps, why not do it?

would it not be the best policy to act and stop the contribution to the rising temps even if it is shown that these activities were only partly responsible? in other words, wouldn't it be better to err on the side of caution? absolutely!

IF

The idea that I should react to something just in case it is true is ridiculous, and actually should make born-again Christians out of every person on the planet.

the rise and fall in temperatures does occur on a cyclical basis through the eons. the recent rise has been one of the most rapid the scientists have been able to quantify.

So, this is the most rapid that they HAVE BEEN ABLE TO QUANTIFY, yet you are sure that temperatures have not done the same thing, say 3 eons ago when they could not quantify them?

How long is an eon? Was global warming the cause of the death of all dinosaurs supposedly 85 gazillion years ago or whatever the number is now? I'm sure there is some scientists that say that with no evidence whatsoever, making thier "science" faith based and not fact based. But that is another topic. . .