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What seems to be lost on everyone blogging here is that we just don't have enough information. Whether you buy into the global warming theory or not is missing the obvious point that we don't clearly have enough science to weigh its merits with any accuracy at all. If that were the case we wouldn't have so many on both sides of the issue so ready to dismiss contrary evidence without addressing it with science. Its the equivalnet of debating with a schoolyard, "nuh uh!"You realize you're now classed as a denialist.
Is the opposite of a denialist a nihilist?
... Everyone questions the science/methodology/validity of the hundreds/thousands of climate change scientists, ...[\q]
Even if there are thousands of climate change scientists (which I doubt) questioning the "science/methodology/validity" of experiments is how science advances. Failing to question the validity is anti-science.deatopmg,
They call it climate change because with global warming, the earth won't heat up uniformly all over. Some places will be abnormally hot, but some places will be abnormally cold (which undermines anti-climate-change arguments by stupid commenters saying how cold it was/how much snow they had last winter).
1) There is no, historically, good measure of average global temperature. Satellites have only provided temperatures for the last 20-30 years which is the end of the last cool period.
2) The cooling for the last 10 years doesn't count? But the warming period for the previous 10-15 years does? Where do you draw the line? How do you draw the line?
3) The Medieval Optimum (a warm period) was warmer than now AND was a period of economic plenty. The warm period before that was even warmer than the Optimum and was a period of growth. Both of these periods showed positive benefits to warming so there is no reason to expect a new warming period (if it happens) will also not benefit most people.
What seems to be lost on everyone blogging here is that we just don't have enough information. Whether you buy into the global warming theory or not is missing the obvious point that we don't clearly have enough science to weigh its merits with any accuracy at all. If that were the case we wouldn't have so many on both sides of the issue so ready to dismiss contrary evidence without addressing it with science. Its the equivalnet of debating with a schoolyard, "nuh uh!"
That and the fact that 99% of human population only care about themselves and don't give a damn about the future
Without some technological answer we are bound to end up in one extreme or the other eventually (and I also rather have GW then ice age).
2 demerits for red hearing: "children". Yes, the other side is out to get them! Call Palin!
The whole argument is based on a flawed premise: IF we respond to global warming, IT will cost so much THEN the economy will decline.No. You've completely misread my statements. There is no "IF" we respond to global warming. They're already doing it, with no understanding of the causes and effects in play. If AGW was "settled" science then the course of action would be determinable, the models accurate, and the predictions verified.
Actually that was state government, not federal, very different.
Kind of like those times when the government spent tons of money on the national highway system... how did we ever recover??
Or, the billions and billions of pure socialist dollars that built the internet -- total disaster that was.HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
Yes, it would be absolutely excellent if that was being done but it's not. The majority of the money being spent on AGW is in regulation of existing infrastructure.
Let's see, investing multiple billions to build a better electrical grid, tons of money for creating new battery technologies, cash for ever more efficient solar cells, new ways of splitting water for hydrogen, smarter much more efficient machines, building materials and buildings.
Have you been to any of those locations? Once?
Oooh, it would be a disaster for your kids to live in such a world! Let the foolish Chinese do all that! Not us! We'll stick to burning fossilized plants and pond algae! And if a little land taming was good, lets just keep on scaling it up! Amusement parks in Yosemite, shopping malls in Yellowstone. Condos in the city park hell yeah. Children are going to have a good 'ol time.
You know... it annoys me that some people claim to be intelligent, but are apparently unable to write a halfway coherent freaking forum/board post.You missed the hyphen for halfway-coherent and forgot the comma between coherent and freaking.
Normally I wouldn't comment (I'd just sweat my way through, trying to make sense of your post), but if you can't even write a post on a message board, then there is no way you can write a scientific paper.Run on sentence and unnecessary use of parathesis.
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1) Spell check: Learn it. Use it. Make love to it.
Caps lock is cruise control for cool.
2) FFS commas CANNOT BE USED IN PLACE OF PERIODS. Honestly, you are trying to tell me that you went to university but don't have even the most basic clue on how to use a comma?
Riiiiight.Wrong.
And I'm not talking about occasional mistakes, cause we all make those.And cannot start a proper sentence. The word is because, not cause, and certainly not 'cause.
No, this is a systematic lack of understanding of basic grammar and punctuation.Hmmm.
Extraneous punctuation around a partial proper name.
3) Proofreading is your friend. This means you, Earth"Scientist".
Probably because he's from another country.
4) I'd critique the content of your post, but it is completely incomprehensible due to the large number of language errors.
Bad use of an elipsis, improper use of a semi-colon, and the word is informal.
As I implied earlier, I don't require perfection in non-formal writing; a mistake here and there is fine... but come on.
The level of piss-poor Engrish going on here is mind boggling.Yes, exactly.
Capitalization required for the word Nazi and by grammatic extension Grammar.
Normally I wouldn't comment, cause I'm not a grammar nazi,
but I have to laugh that someone like you, EarthScientist, is claiming to have anything higher than a grade 5 education.Interesting.
Or that he was posting on a forum where by 15th edition of Grammar for Common English, and all subsequent editions, forums and internet communiques follow the rules of written dialogue. Meaning your post, and mine, are intellectual masturbation.
Of course all of this goes out the window if it turns out that you were completely hammered or high when you wrote that post...
The internet was initially built by private institutions and promoted by privately held corporations.
You know... it annoys me that some people claim to be intelligent, but are apparently unable to write a halfway coherent freaking forum/board post.You missed the hyphen for halfway-coherent and forgot the comma between coherent and freaking.
Normally I wouldn't comment (I'd just sweat my way through, trying to make sense of your post), but if you can't even write a post on a message board, then there is no way you can write a scientific paper.Run on sentence and unnecessary use of parathesis.
Yup ;). I wasn't sure if BBCode worked on this board, so I decided to use caps instead of bolding or italicizing the words.2) FFS commas CANNOT BE USED IN PLACE OF PERIODS. Honestly, you are trying to tell me that you went to university but don't have even the most basic clue on how to use a comma?Caps lock is cruise control for cool.
Both true. I used "cause" because it is part of the common internet vernacular. The "And" was simply unnecessary.And I'm not talking about occasional mistakes, cause we all make those.And cannot start a proper sentence. The word is because, not cause, and certainly not 'cause.
Ummm... yes. That was the point. I was attempting (apparently unsuccessfully) to say that I think he is lying through his teeth when he claims to be a scientist. I've read quite a few of his posts, and he shows a universal lack of insight into the subjects about which he is speaking (typing).3) Proofreading is your friend. This means you, Earth"Scientist".Extraneous punctuation around a partial proper name.
I thought about this before I posted. I don't fault people for poor grammar if English isn't their native tongue.4) I'd critique the content of your post, but it is completely incomprehensible due to the large number of language errors.Probably because he's from another country.
That isn't an improper use of a semi-colon. Those are two separate sentences with related topics, which is all that is required for the use of a semi-colon.As I implied earlier, I don't require perfection in non-formal writing; a mistake here and there is fine... but come on.Bad use of an elipsis, improper use of a semi-colon, and the word is informal.
No. Nazi, meaning "The Nazi Party", should be capitalized. In this usage it isn't a proper noun, it is a regular noun. Just like dog, bicycle, lantern, or internet, grammar nazi is not a proper noun that indicates a unique item, but is instead a noun that describes an entire class of items. Thus it shouldn't be capitalized.Normally I wouldn't comment, cause I'm not a grammar nazi,Capitalization required for the word Nazi and by grammatic extension Grammar.
Ouch, Vel I never knew you had it in you.I typically don't do that. I simply disagree with people mocking the content of a post based off of grammar.
Kind of like clubing a baby seal though. Everyone thinks it's funny, then they realize how cruel you can be and kinda stop trusting you. Please don't review any comments I make on this site under any set of gramatical rules. My masterful control over the English language is on par with my ability to summon demons and hellspawn. Truth be told I think I could do a better job with the hellspawn than mastering a semi-colon. Of course, unlike Gopher I also wouldn't try to glorify my learnedness literary thingies, if I liked lit. I would have studied it in school.
As I said before, I don't care about a few little mistakes here and there. I don't pick apart posts and comment on the misplacement of one comma, or even a dozen commas.
If it weren't for the fact that EarthScientist was claiming to be a genius who was smarter than everyone else, I wouldn't have commented on his post, even though it is terrible.
I typically don't do that. I simply disagree with people mocking the content of a post based off of grammar.
Most professionals who are based in fields requiring heavy math or logical reasoning skills could care less about punctuation. That's what grad students are for.
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