Posted on 01/20/2010 2:53:48 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
Manmade global warming, for many, is an Earth-worshipping religion. The essential feature of any religion is that its pronouncements are to be accepted on the basis of faith as opposed to hard evidence. Questioning those pronouncements makes one a sinner. No one denies that the Earths temperature changes. Millions of years ago, much of our planet was covered by ice, at some places up to a mile thick, a period some scientists call Snowball Earth. Today, the Earth is not covered by a mile of ice; a safe conclusion is that there must have been a bit of global warming. I dont know the cause of that warming, but Id wager everything I own that it was not caused by coal-fired electric generation plants, incandescent light bulbs and SUVs tooling up and down the highways. The very idea that mankind can make significant parametric changes to the Earth has to be the height of arrogance. How about a few questions because temperature is just one characteristic of the Earth. The Earths orbit is another. If all 6.5 billion of us, all at once, started jumping up and down for a little while, do you think wed change the Earths orbit or rotation? Do you think mankind could change the direction and timing of the oceans tides? Is there anything that mankind can do to stop or start a tsunami or hurricane? You say, Williams, its stupid to suggest that mankind could change the Earths orbit or rotation, ocean tides or cause or stop a tsunami or hurricane! Youre right and its also stupid to think that mankinds activities can make globalized changes in the Earths temperature. Nonetheless, there is much at stake in getting people to subscribe to the global warming religion.
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Very interesting essay. If you don’t mind, I’d like to link to it on my FR homepage.
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