Coastal Growth, Not Global Warming, Blamed for Rising Storm Losses
National News • February 25, 2008
A hurricane that hit Miami in 1926 would cause up to $157 billion in damage if it were to strike today, according to a recent study.
U.S. storm costs are rising because of higher populations and ...
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Subject: RE: RE: Global Warming is real and it is a threat
Posted On: February 25, 2008, 3:38 pm CST
Posted By: lastbat
Comment:
Here's my take - global warming is happening and mankind is affecting it. But it's kind of like when I throw out a bucket of water into my yard . . . during a thunderstorm. Yes I added to the sum total but it's not really that much. Yes I should refrain and my frefraining would make the yard better; but you can't say I was the major cause.
I would rather not drill in ANWAR just because I like my wilderness as pristine as I can get it (not that ANWAR is that pristine at the moment, but you get my drift). I also believe that drilling in ANWAR just delays what we will inevitably need to do - find another fuel source. Corn won't work, you can't grow enough. Neither will sugar cane. But they're a start.
As far as the screaming get us closer to free energy, gets us greater efficiency, gets us weaned off foreign sources of fuel, I'm all for it. I like the idea of reduce, reuse, recycle. I like the notion of turning on power and knowing I'm not contributing to pollution somewhere. I think we should strive for these things. But I can't believe that a couple hundred years of human industry can so drastically alter weather patterns as to prematurely bring on a new ice age, or new desert age, or whatever.
Subject: RE: RE: Global Warming is real and it is a threat
I would rather not drill in ANWAR just because I like my wilderness as pristine as I can get it (not that ANWAR is that pristine at the moment, but you get my drift). I also believe that drilling in ANWAR just delays what we will inevitably need to do - find another fuel source. Corn won't work, you can't grow enough. Neither will sugar cane. But they're a start.
As far as the screaming get us closer to free energy, gets us greater efficiency, gets us weaned off foreign sources of fuel, I'm all for it. I like the idea of reduce, reuse, recycle. I like the notion of turning on power and knowing I'm not contributing to pollution somewhere. I think we should strive for these things. But I can't believe that a couple hundred years of human industry can so drastically alter weather patterns as to prematurely bring on a new ice age, or new desert age, or whatever.