tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post4451621082610679264..comments2024-03-28T04:52:18.318-04:00Comments on Borepatch: If they keep coming out with this sort of Global Warming nonsense, then I shall keep mocking themBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-83088744629594562262013-10-21T11:21:59.606-04:002013-10-21T11:21:59.606-04:00You shouldn't. You should trust the truth. It&...You shouldn't. You should trust the truth. It's out there. Just sort of difficult to find. Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-40232708304998578762013-10-19T18:33:56.278-04:002013-10-19T18:33:56.278-04:00I've always inclined generally towards the oth...I've always inclined generally towards the other side of the AGW (ACC, whatever) argument--i.e., that it's happening, and that human activity probably has something to do with it. Your more data-driven posts have got me seriously re-examining that whole position despite my non-identification with the political Right. Leftist politics skeeve me out too, albeit for different reasons, so this isn't a matter of tribal loyalty for me and I doubt that it is for you either.<br /><br />That being said, here's my problem with the 'sweet, sweet grant money' socioeconomic argument against the majority position on AGW: Aren't there even <i>more</i> multigigabucks to be made in fossil fuels and associated industries? If so, then why should I, as a middle-class(!) layman, marginal techie, and occasional writer of run-on sentences, trust the motives of, say, the coal and oil companies' Boards of Directors any further than I'd trust the motives of the IPCC (which, for the record, is not quite as far as I can throw a cheesecake underwater)?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15353148533326986159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-8273967011563526792013-10-19T16:28:56.463-04:002013-10-19T16:28:56.463-04:00if they are running out of water I guess then they...if they are running out of water I guess then they will just have to stop selling those little square bottles of FIGI WATER that they sell at Whole Foods and other fine establishments. <br /><br />..... although it's still not clear to me how they keep the water fresh in those bottles when they have to ship them half way around the world. I guess they Air Freight them...... That must be the answer.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216706192174133181noreply@blogger.com