Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Steve Brooks
Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 22:22:13

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Rick Savoia wrote:
> weirdwolf  wrote in

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> Oh, and, by the way, as for the 'if you lot don't get serious about
> global warming' was a simple joke based on comments in some newspapers
> yesterday, fine.
>
> If it's not though, I'm tempted to use one of my less civilized
> responses.  To blame a natural disaster like a hurricane on global
> warming caused by Americans is just dumb.

I can't speak for Ted - but to me the reason Americans are open to criticism 
on this issue is the stubborn refusal of the administration to take it 
seriously. Now, we all know that the situation is actually more complicated. 
And I salute those states and cities who have ignored the scepticism in 
Washington and instituted their own measures. That's a sign of the innate 
strength of your system and it gives me hope. But the global, public face of 
America is GWB. And he and his crew are in serious denial.

> Is there a global warming problem? Sure.  But it's 'global'.  Everyone
> one contributes.

Yes - but Westerners in general and Americans in particular contribute out 
of proportion to the rest. One way or another that has to change.  It would 
be better for everyone if the change wasn't everybody everywhere producing 
as much CO2 as the average American does now.

> The implication that if we had adopted the Kyoto protocols that this
> would have been prevented is got to be the stupidest thing I've heard
> lately.

That's quite a leap from what was actually said. And you're quite right in 
that no one could ever say there was a definite link between global warming 
and any particular event. But it seems reasonable to me that if the 
atmosphere is asked to store more energy it will be more prone to what we 
currently regard as extreme weather.  Let's all hope that Katrina level 
hurricanes doen't become typical summer storms.

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SB

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