Re: finite world/resource depletion

[Paul Henry Rosenberg <rad@xxxxxxx>]

John B. O'Donnell wrote:

> For an alternative view of global warming see:
> <http://www.carnell.com/global_warming/index.html>

Okay, call me a sucker for the empirical approach, but I just couldn't
help myself.  I went and checked it out.

It turns out to be a page of links.  The intro says in part:

>       If some environmentalists are to be believed, we
> are on the verge of massive global climate change which
> will see a significant rise in sea levels, chaotic weather
> patterns, and catastrophic droughts all caused by small
> increase in global average temperature.
>
>       This site provides links to resources skeptical of
> those sort of doomsday scenarios. The articles linked to
> here are written by a wide variety of people, from scientists
> to laypeople, and their inclusion here should not be read as
> an indication that I have read and assessed it for accuracy.

In other words, he's not really sure WHAT the links point to.

You think this is a wild overstatement?

His first link:

<A HREF="http://www.sciam.com/0597issue/0597karl.html";>The Coming
Climate</A> - an excellent overview of global warming claims from
Scientific
     American.

would be mighty impressive if it *were* skeptical.

But, in the second paragraph of text on this page we find the following
statement:

                  because
                  populations, national economies and the use of
                  technology are all growing, the global average
                  temperature is expected to continue increasing, by an
                  additional 1.0 to 3.5 degrees C by the year 2100.

Pretty skeptical, hunh?

I don't want to reveal any of the other flaws with this site -- why
should I teach people how to do effective propaganda? But if you check
it out yourselves, you'll find this link is not the only fly in the
ointment.


--
Paul Rosenberg
Reason and Democracy
rad@xxxxxxx

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