Comments on: Kill Me Before I Pollute Again

By: Florida Pundit

Florida Pundit — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:37:55 +0000

If you want to debate the causes of global warming and what, if anything, needs to be done, you need to start using facts and logical arguments. The article you respond to does not say that there is no global warming. The earth has been around for billions of years and has supported life for at least hundreds of millions of years. Climate has always changed. More recently, the earth has been warming for about 200 years after experiencing several centuries of global cooling. The question is not whether there is global warming or not, but 1) whether any of the changes are man-made, 2) what the consequences are if some part of warming is caused by humans, and 3) what we can do about them. If you read beyond the emotional headlines, you will find that the humans the degree to which humans contribute to global warming is debatable. Even if humans contribute significantly through CO2 emissions, there is little we can do in the next few decades and the impact of emerging economies like China and India will dwarf our emissions. Regarding what we can do about detrimental effects such as flooding due to rising sea levels, Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish statistician who believes in man-made global warming, has shown that it is more cost effective and realistic to deal with consequences of rising sea levels when they become a problem than destroying our economies by draconian cuts in carbon emissions. Read Lomborg’s book “Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming” available at Amazon.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:19:44 +0000

It is people like you that spout misinformation that will influence the undereducated into doing nothing! Global warning is not hypothetical. Both the north and south ice sheets are melting at a rate that exceeds, yes EXCEEDS, previous worst-case senarios developed by IPCC scientists in 2007. Sea levels are rising and will continue to rise for centuries after CO2 levels are stabilized, if indeed we can stabilize them. I am a cynic so do not belive that small minded people like yourself will change their view-point; or that the ignorant will change their viewpoints or might even do a little research to find out for themselves what is real, because of anything I might say here. I suppose you can hope your property that is a mile inland will be waterfront property by 2020. No worries for the mansions on the coast now. Their carbon footprint is too high already.
Yes, I drive, and yes, I breathe, and yes, I am working toward getting off the grid by using solar and wind energy. But, the cynic in me say, “Too little, too late.”

By: Florida Pundit

Florida Pundit — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:00:10 +0000

Thank you for reading Florida Pundit. Feel free to provide feedback on what you like / don’t like or what you like to see in the future. I just started this a couple of months ago and will continue to build this to be a voice of sanity in difficult times.

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By: Andrew Peltzer

Andrew Peltzer — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:58:58 +0000

I thought I would leave my first comment, Thank you and I will want to read more from you.