[Digestion] TEDx crowdsourcing/call for abstracts (Steve Verhey)

[Awadhoot Bapat]

Very well said Paul. Couldn't agree more
Avadhut



On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Paul Harris
<paul.harris at adelaide.edu.au>wrote:

> G'day Marc,
>
> I have not read the first post yet (only your quote) but am replying to you
> off list as I think your response in this case is a bit personal and harsh
> (But I welcome your other contributions!). I realise it is easy to fire off
> an e-mail without fully realising the implications, or audience.
>
> In our local weather there are long term trends of higher temperatures and
> lower rainfall, so I am fairly sure the climate is changing. Modelling
> shows
> that nature on its own would not have caused this, so I am fairly sure that
> man is contributing.
>
> But my real argument is that "climate change" is a distracting symptom and
> the real need is to rapidly reduce our use of "natural" resources like
> fossil fuels and minerals while we still have the option so that our
> grandchildren will have the means to exist. If we don't slow down our
> "Growth" there will a catastrophe that makes the Global Financial Crisis
> pale into insignificance.
>
> All the best,
> HOOROO
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: digestion-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org
> [mailto:digestion-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of F. Marc
> de
> Piolenc
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2011 8:29 AM
> To: digestion at lists.bioenergylists.org
> Subject: [Digestion] TEDx crowdsourcing/call for abstracts (Steve Verhey)
>
>  An invitation to mental masturbation.
>
> Manmade global warming is a lie. The liars have been caught lying. Get
> over it. There are plenty of real problems in desperate need of the kind
> of focus this message is intended to elicit.
>
> Marc
>
> On 7/20/2011 3:00 AM, digestion-request at lists.bioenergylists.org wrote:
>
> > When it comes to energy and global climate change, most
> > Americans can be loosely grouped into 3 tribes, each well-meaning
> > in its own way:
> >
> >
> >
> > Global climate change deniers;Entrepreneurs and others who believe we can
> innovate our
> > way out of any problems, and that new energy sources will be found to
> replace
> > existing ones as needed, soon;Citizens who are quietly concerned, hoping
> and trusting
> > that someone else has the situation under control; some of these citizens
> are
> > making personal changes in response to their concerns.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > What if all three tribes are wrong? Wouldn't it be a good
> > idea to practice thinking about it?
>
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