Climate change cultists go off!
We are causing warming
Responding to “Climate doubts” ( Your View August 5 ).
Mr Hodges, I slap my forehead in your general direction.
You say carbon is not pollution, but obviously people are talking about carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases when we say “carbon”.
And this too would only cause a major problem if we spewed large quantities into the atmosphere (which we have); removed the forests that help absorb it (which we have done and continue to do); which would create a planet warming blanket (which it has, and is.
Certainly the planet’s climate naturally changes, and if you were the grandaddy of Methuselahs you might be around to see a bit.
But it’s happening all around us right now in our small lifetimes. And it is real. And it was certainly not caused by natural means.
History has shown that in times of great need, countries and economies can be radically altered to face a threat.
The greatest threat we will ever know is to our own lives on this planet.
Listen carefully, Mr Hodges - there can be no economy if there is no planet capable of sustaining human life on it.
Natalie
LoftusSt George and Sutherland Shire Leader // 14/08/08
My response in the event that the Leader doesn’t print it:
In reference to Natalie, “We are causing warming” (Your View, 14/08/08), you say when people refer to carbon, that they really mean a multitude of other greenhouse gases. Such “arguments” reveal the fundamental flaw in this debate - that the climate change cultists have no rational factual basis for their arguments, so they use loosely defined terms with shifting meanings.
Natalie, we cannot say that carbon is driving climate change, it certainly never has in the past. Ice core data shows that CO2 is a product of climate change, not a cause of it. Actually CO2 is only a very small part of the atmosphere, changes in CO2 levels are measured in the tens of parts per million and it only makes up for 0.054% of the atmosphere. CO2 is a minor greenhouse gas, whereas water vapour accounts for 95% of greenhouse gases, which means our oceans are the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, it’s a wonder the climate change cultists haven’t demanded the oceans be drained.
It’s clear that for some people climate change is a religion and it’s believers cannot tolerate heretics who critique their holy writ. I bet if they could figure out a carbon neutral way of burning me at the stake, they would!