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Skriven 2007-02-02 18:40:09 av Jeffrey MacHott (14809.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 11350 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (14788.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Cath0licism and Creati=nism
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Soundy wrote:
> On Feb 1, 11:57 am, Jeffrey MacHott <Ragulea...@netzero.net> wrote:
>> Amy Guskin wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:31:34 -0500, Andrew Swallow wrote
>>> (in article <oLGdnYkPL88ql1zYnZ2dnUVZ8v2vn...@bt.com>):
>>>> Vorlonagent wrote:
>>>>> "Amy Guskin" <aisl...@fjordstone.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:0001HW.C1E626A901D0E64CF0182648@news.verizon.net...
>>>>>> Myth??  _Nobody_ disputes that the Earth is getting warmer.  They do
still
>>>>>> dispute the _why_ of it, but nobody is disputing the _fact_ of it
anymore.
>>>>> Agreed.  (and how often are you going to see that?)
>>>>> The disputes come with how large the human component is and how dire
things
>>>>> can get down the road.
>>>> There is a hidden dispute.  What, if anything, is to be done about it?
>>>> Even if humans only made 10% of the warming they may have to make 90%
>>>> of the cooling.
>>>> One cause that gets ignore is the reduction in pollution.  Clean air
>>>> due to smokeless fuels means more heat from the sun arrives. <<
>>> The problem isn't heat from the sun _arriving_.  It's the inability of the
>>> heat that arrives to _escape_ the atmosphere.
>>> Amy
>> I propose that we should punch some holes in the ozone layer, to let the
>> heat out!
> 
> Oh man... the most amazing/hilarious/distressing example I've ever
> seen of the ignorance of the general (American) public...
> 
> Years ago on Oprah's show, the topic was, oh who knows what, probably
> something environment-specific, maybe election related...
> 
> And this... broadzilla!... waves Oprah over with the mic, stands up,
> and in all seriousness, bleats out about the HYPOCRISY of the of US
> government, warning us all about the pollution we create and the harm
> we do to the environment, and meanwhile, THEY keep sending up the
> Space Shuttle, poking all these holes in the ozone layer, so that soon
> we wouldn't have any air left to breathe!
> 
> The really scary part was when she sat back down... to a solid round
> of applause from the rest of the audience. *sigh*
> 
> Oprah just kind of nodded and thanked her, but I'd swear I saw her
> roll her eyes.

Hehe.  Did you hear the whole thing about trying to get DHMO banned due 
to it's numerous dangers and military uses?

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