Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
Is this the same scientific community that was once in consensus about the flatness of the earth? Not to blame the scientists at that time they were under tremendous political pressure to support that theory.
Clearly you are aware of the religious domination of the issue. Science then wasn't what it is now. It's hardly comparable since noone is threatening to try scientists for speaking the truth today, at least not in the west.

Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
What is really at the heart of my annoyance about this issue is how it has become such a political hobby horse. Every politician must have their say and new laws must be written, bureaucracy must grow, taxes must rise, to deal with something they have no need to worry about. It seems to me all of the causes stated for global warming cost me money. gas, electricity, throw-away goods. Once the marketplace doesn't have to worry about over-regulation they will respond faster with the products we want; more fuel efficient cars, cheaper home energy generators, If you look there are already products that last so avoiding throw-aways is no chore.
Relatively nothing compared to what you're paying in taxes to keep the military industrial complex war machine humming along for causes like Iraq. But that's profitable for a few, the few that gets the contracts, certainly not for the taxpayer.

You know it's funny how short sighted people can get. Ten years ago there was a huge debate about implementing the internationally recognised Kyoto Protocol and the Liberal Canadian government at the time paid great lip service to doing so. The Conservative Opposition was dead set against it. Now the Conservatives are in power and blaming the previous administration for not implementing Kyoto soon enough. They can't implement Kyoto themselves because they'd be easily pegged as hypocrites. Their "made in Canada solution" to sidestep the impending recession which would (according to them) occur from late implementation? A whole new lip service paid to a plan designed to do nothing except make people feel better. I wonder if it'll work. The Environment has topped Health Care for the first time ever as the issue Canadians are most concerned about and we could end up having an election on it any time now.

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