Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:40:50 -0400 From: "John" <johnnospamg.org> Subject: Re: Octane ratings.....what's the truth?
"still me" <wheeledBobnospamo.com> blathered: > >>You know, growing up in the 1970s, I distinctly remember our 5th grade >>teacher telling us about the huge upcoming environmental crisis...global >>cooling, "the coming ice age" and all that. >> >>So...for some reason, algore's alarmist rantings just don't get my >>attention all that well. > > I don't give a squat about Al. I also know that the temperatures we > are currently seeing are not historical highs if you look back before > the "mini ice age" that started around 1200. However, there's a > difference this time in that man does appear to be causing the issue. Where is the real, factual, documented evidence that man is causing the warming? > Who knows how the Earth can deal with that. In addition, man has a lot > more investments that will be devastated by the impending rise in sea > levels. And why will the sea level rise? Melting glaciers? If that is the case then why doesn't my capt&morgan spill out over the top of the glass as the ice cubes melt? Isn't there something called displacement at work with the ice? > > Regardless of the cause, it's a problem. Whether it's warming or > cooling, dramatic climatic changes have and will continue to cause > serious issues. If we can counter or at least temper man's effects > that would be a good thing. I think the UN should order that all volcanoes be fitted with scrubbers........