Posted on 07/06/2006 8:04:55 AM PDT by cogitator
Freely excerpting:
"The real truth is that we don't know enough to relieve global warming, and -- barring major technological breakthroughs -- we can't do much about it. This was obvious nine years ago; it's still obvious." ... "Having postulated a crash energy diet, the IEA [International Energy Agency] simulates five scenarios with differing rates of technological change. In each, greenhouse emissions in 2050 are higher than today. The increases vary from 6 percent to 27 percent." ... "No government will adopt the draconian restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricity usage, driving and travel) that might curb global warming. Still, politicians want to show they're "doing something." The result is grandstanding." ... "The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral crusade when it's really an engineering problem. The inconvenient truth is that if we don't solve the engineering problem, we're helpless."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I only mentioned CalTech freshmen because I happened to go there, and all who are accepted to attend have some grounding in math and the physical sciences. The same would (presumably) be true of MIT freshmen.
Here is a link to a little bit of information on the subject.
http://research.amnh.org/~tyson/essays/TidalForce.html
I'm afraid my "insulting" reply was due largely to my having difficulty finding your profile, after you referred me to it. When you use "Old Professer" (sic) as a screen name, you make a statement about yourself.
I was also annoyed that you felt qualified to argue about a simple statement of fact, that I pointed out, when you seemed not to be aware of it. Some things are a matter of opinion, the gross orbital dynamics of the Earth-Luna system are not.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1625174.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery.space
These guy say they know how old the moon is; based on their numbers, when the moon was formed it was roughly 168,000 miles from earth, right?
BTW, what does 3niner mean?
It is wonderful to see you post.
Nah, the environment isn't the problem. Life is a sexually transmitted disease, everyone will die from it.
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