[Superman]

Well I.....I really don't want to raise the ire of Ra, the Sun God. If I confess my heresy here to you, and promise to fall into line behind all your future statements and political beliefs, would you speak with Ra and perhaps save us from the terrifying event scheduled for approximately 9:30 Universal Time on August 1?

Having said that, here we go again:

If you were saying that we should be careful what decisions and responses we make to global warming since we really do not fully understand its mechanism, causes, effects, etc......then we would be in agreement on that.

If you were saying that we should be looking into learning more about those mechanisms, we would agree there as well.

If you were saying that there are certain things we're already pretty sure would be good decisions regardless of what our research will say about global warming mechanism.....like energy conservation, reductions in chlorofluorocarbons, protection of the Amazon rain forest, alternative energy means, etc.,....then we could agree on that also. In a general sense at least, and perhaps argue about the details.

But that's not what I think I'm hearing from you. When I look at your last post, I see a litany of justifications for dismissing the entire issue. Ergo my remarks about curiosity or lack thereof.

As you know, I deal with construction project. Large ones. And I think you may also know my penchant for analogies. It would be convenient if construction contractors did not have to clean up after themselves. It would be nice, and less expensive, if they could walk away from the damage they inflict on property. But they cannot. And should not. We make them clean up after themselves. Why would we think that does not apply to us, when we define "the property" to be Earth? It makes intuitive sense to me that humans should, at least at this point in our history, consider the impacts we are making on the planet. You, and many others, seem to me to be dismissing this issue. I've heard folks say they think Earth is just too big, and nature too robust, to even potentially suffer from human impacts. The evidence, and common sense, run contrary to that position in my humble opinion.