[Osx-nutters] The century of drought

[Guy Hammond]

Kevin Callahan wrote:
> so what's your gut feeling (all science aside) ?
>
> Global warming yes ? no?
I've been outdoorsy my whole life, but last year was the first year I 
ever got sunburn.
> If yes, human contribution ?
Yes, but not entirely. We KNOW that the Earth naturally goes through 
radical temperature swings, that's a proven fact. It could be sheer bad 
luck that our contribution and the natural cycle happen to coincide this 
time. Or it could equally be that the human contribution has prevented 
another ice age (the scenario the greens were most worried about in the 
1970s was another ice age, and their solutions to that problem, 
strangely, were exactly the same as their solutions to global warming).
> If human contribution, should we do something about it ?
Even if there was no global warming/cooling, I would still say that 
non-pollution is the ideal.
> or is it better for business and economy we "stay the course" ?
What do you mean by that? It's easy to demonize big business... but what 
powers the incubators in hospitals for helpless orphans, eh? I will note 
however that an economy has to exist inside a container, which obviously 
is "the environment".

G