Corporate denial on climate change

[Michael E. Soukup]

Sorry Roger,

  I don't share your view on this. 
  "Climate Change" on earth has been going on for 6 billion years - of 
which man has been present for a only a tiny, tiny fraction.  I have no 
doubt that "climate change" is going on presently (notice how they no 
longer call it "global warming" - this is due to the fact that calling 
it "global warming" *could*  make one look like a fool in a few years - 
if there is a cooling trend.  Calling it "climate change" - well, you 
*can't *go wrong with that!!  I mean, if it gets warmer, colder, wetter, 
drier, calmer, stormier - it doesn't matter - you can blame ALL of it on 
"climate change" - it covers all of the bases.  It's disingenuous - but 
it's covers one's butt.  I even told my wife 10 years ago, when "global 
warming" was all rage that soon they would change that name to "Global 
climate change" - because global warming "could be wrong".  And, since 
the experts *truly* had and have no clue as to whether the earth is 
getting warmer or cooler (it's getting warmer in some places, cooler in 
others), they would have to change the name of their mission to "global 
climate change" in order to not look silly.

  So, yes, I believe "climate change" is going on.  No, I don't believe 
man has anything but a minimal impact on it.  Nor do I believe we can do 
anything about it.




Here is a chart from wikipedia showing temperatures over the past 
400,000 years from the Vostok Ice cores.  You will note that the graph 
is *never* a flat line.  We live on a dynamic earth.  We can't change 
that - nor should we actually try until we understand *everything* about 
the entire universal system - ie. we are Gods.  And, that isn't 
happening any time soon.  All we can do is adapt.

In addition, there is much more earth that is not inhabitable because it 
is too cold than because it is too warm.  A few degrees temperature 
increase would be good for most places on earth.  Sure they would 
change.  Some animals and plants might go extinct.  Others may come into 
being.  We have no idea.  We can only guess.

So, why should Exxon spend billions and trillions of dollars - all of 
which, in the end, comes out of the pockets of the poorest peoples - and 
is immediately funnelled into the hands of people who want to control 
everything that goes on on the planet - on a "percieved problem" - that 
we probably can't do anything about??

I will leave with one more small picture - one of my favorites.  It 
shows the relative size of the planets and the sun.  After viewing it, 
which do you think would be the simplest (ie. occams razor) explanation 
for climate change....man-made activities - or that *huge* golden orbl 4 
light minutes away.....




Just my 2 cents.....



Roger C. KENDRICK wrote:

> forgot to paste in the details!
>
> *The denial industry*
> The oil giant ExxonMobil gives money to scores of organisations that claim
> the science on global warming is inconclusive - which it isn't. It's a
> strategy that has set back action on climate change by a decade, and it
> involves the same people who insist that passive smoking is harmless,
> reveals George Monbiot in the first of three extracts from his new book
> George Monbiot
> Tuesday September 19 2006
> The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
>
> http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1876540,00.html
> http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1875762,00.html
>
> */"Roger C. KENDRICK" <hkmoths at yahoo.co.uk>/* wrote:
>
>     F.Y.I.
>     some incisive news on ExxonMobil & their cronies
>
>     cheers,
>
>     Roger
>
>
>
> Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.
> Senior Conservation Officer, Fauna Conservation,
> Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, Hong Kong
> http://www.kfbg.org/
>
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> discussion group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hkmoths/
>
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> hkmoths at yahoo.co.uk 



-- 
Mike Soukup
The Nature Depot
P.O. Box 393
Gambrills, MD  21054
(410) 729-1912
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