Thread: Global warming?
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Old 12-12-2009, 09:37 PM   #522
classicman
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Originally Posted by SamIam View Post
Temperatures were higher 100,000 or more years ago, but guess what? That climate did not support the life forms we see today.
And what makes you think we can change that? If this is all part of a natural phenomenon, then there is possibility that there is nothing we can do.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
We don't even know if we can make a significant difference in the grand scheme of things.
Alternative, sustainable, energy sources, is a no brainer to me. Not for climate change, for the self centered, take care of us, fuck them foreigners, national security. If it helps prevent climate change, that's a plus.

All the other stuff, I want to see cost/benefit before I'm onboard.
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