When religion throws the dice
DICE, is an acronym for Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy, and the fundy environmentalists are tossing them. Your required tithe will be in the trillions; your lifestyle will be your sacrifice; and you'll need to give up what other social causes you believe in.- "Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the leading secular religion. And the ethics of environmentalism are fundamentally sound. Scientists and economists can agree with Buddhist monks and Christian activists that ruthless destruction of natural habitats is evil and careful preservation of birds and butterflies is good. The worldwide community of environmentalists—most of whom are not scientists—holds the moral high ground [in their eyes], and is guiding human societies toward a hopeful future. Environmentalism, as a religion of hope and respect for nature, is here to stay. This is a religion that we can all share, whether or not we believe that global warming is harmful.
Unfortunately, some members of the environmental movement have also adopted as an article of faith the be-lief that global warming is the greatest threat to the ecology of our planet. That is one reason why the arguments about global warming have become bitter and passionate. Much of the public has come to believe that anyone who is skeptical about the dangers of global warming is an enemy of the environment. The skeptics now have the difficult task of convincing the public that the opposite is true. Many of the skeptics are passionate environmentalists. They are horrified to see the obsession with global warming distracting public attention from what they see as more serious and more immediate dangers to the planet, including problems of nuclear weaponry, environmental degradation, and social injustice. Whether they turn out to be right or wrong, their arguments on these issues deserve to be heard." The Question of Global Warming
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Scary stuff. These days you almost get your teeth knocked out for having the temerity to mention Jesus to anyone, but by golly, you BETTER believe in the truth that is global warming.
It's the people who don't want to discus or hear about Jesus who seem to be the most vocal about ramming the global warming hoax down our throats.
Irony.
I'm moving to Mexico, go nuts and tax everyone to death because of normal weather ccles if they want.
They have been doing cap & trade on S02 (a component of acid rain) for decades. Now they want to do it on CO2. It is simply nutty.
I am going to Merida next week to look at houses. I can work from anywhere in the world, and this is just a 90 minute plane ride from the States.
It's absurd to take these things on faith when it's so easy to go get the science with which to understand them. Faith is useless. The SCIENCE of weather cycles indicates that carbon dioxide levels are increasing too soon for orbital explanations, at too high a rate for solar explanations, and in direct correlation with human activities. There is also compelling evidence (evidence, not *feelings* or personal conviction) correlating increased carbon dioxide levels very closely with global temperatures. That correlation is currently out of its previous ranges: carbon dioxide levels are increasing much, much faster than temperature, and at rates unseen on the planet.
BUT, correlation does not equal causation. There *may* be causation, but that is a matter for scientific investigation, right? It is NOT something which we should take on faith without evidence, right? So the logical thing to do, the right course of action, is to carefully study the *facts* and to leave faith and *feelings* out of it.
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