tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post4963134883068457676..comments2024-03-29T04:13:44.353-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Who The Heck Is Piers Corbyn, Or: Why Has The Denialist Movement Turned On One Of Its Own?bigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-6167797026795956092008-03-12T15:33:00.000-04:002008-03-12T15:33:00.000-04:00Funny thing about you wannabe "science guys" Ti-Gu...<I>Funny thing about you wannabe "science guys" Ti-Guy.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not a wannabe "science guy." I do actual scientific research...just not in environmental sciences.<BR/><BR/><I>You sing the praises of global warming mitigation and how we should pump money into research yet when the Alberta Oil patch looks to develop carbon sequestration technology, you lament the fact that it is unproven and how we shouldn't attempt to do anything that isn't already developed.</I><BR/><BR/>I have never asserted anything about global warming nor I have ever asserted anything about ways to combat it. I've simply been fascinated/horrified by the denial machine and am convinced that greater technological complexity (which is not the same thing as technological sophistication) is simply a ruse to keep people investing (and divert public funds to industry...don't forget that) and to lull the rubes into thinking that real action is being taken.<BR/><BR/><I>So much for being a leader in green technology development. Anything short of halting the economy will fall short of your aims.</I><BR/><BR/>Not at all. I'm not an anti-capitalist nor a tree-hugging environmentalist. I just think smarter people have the responsibility to put their self-interest aside, be more critical and not let ridiculous propaganda go unchallenged.<BR/><BR/>I do believe (and have for a long time) that environmental sustainability is a much better guiding principle for modern capitalism than consumer self-interest, which has in fact reached a dead end.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-51405437156142447232008-03-12T11:18:00.000-04:002008-03-12T11:18:00.000-04:00Funny thing about you wannabe "science guys" Ti-Gu...Funny thing about you wannabe "science guys" Ti-Guy. You sing the praises of global warming mitigation and how we should pump money into research yet when the Alberta Oil patch looks to develop carbon sequestration technology, you lament the fact that it is unproven and how we shouldn't attempt to do anything that isn't already developed. So much for being a leader in green technology development. Anything short of halting the economy will fall short of your aims.Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467453055415173229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-27651941558092918052008-03-12T10:42:00.000-04:002008-03-12T10:42:00.000-04:00What relevance does your statement then have?Its r...<I>What relevance does your statement then have?</I><BR/><BR/>Its relevance is in challenging stupid anonymous's ridiculous propaganda to imply that colder temperatures produce more precipitation. It's an ignorance of basic science I learned in grade 6 that *you*, unsurprisingly, are indifferent to.<BR/><BR/>The jury's not in on what this year's weather means, so unless you have some scientific hypotheses (based on climate science) and data we can all look at, I think we can conclude (based on your other comments) that you really don't have much to add here. Which is forgivable...math and computer sciences people quite often think they're geniuses at science, even though most of them have never actually done any <I>research.</I>, or confuse their "thought experiments" in the symbolic world of economics and computer programming to with <I>real</I> experiments.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-47360992049745507262008-03-12T09:33:00.000-04:002008-03-12T09:33:00.000-04:00Haven't heard of him, Dante, but probably quoted h...Haven't heard of him, Dante, but probably quoted him without knowing it or understanding what you were saying.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-46819605415519671952008-03-12T09:28:00.000-04:002008-03-12T09:28:00.000-04:00Never heard of him..BTW Mark...are you clued out o...Never heard of him..<BR/><BR/>BTW Mark...are you clued out of the fact that at the least, North American temps are down this year and at most, global temps are? What relevance does your statement then have?Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467453055415173229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-59647789947645846422008-03-12T09:27:00.000-04:002008-03-12T09:27:00.000-04:00Anonymous doesn't think anything. He's just a ter...Anonymous doesn't think anything. He's just a terrorist throwing stupid bombs into the public square.<BR/><BR/>We need to round these people up and deport them to Chicago where they will be water-boarded to extract useful information in order to foil the next attack on rationalism.<BR/><BR/>I think they've got <I>gravity</I> in their sights.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-32306166045323206192008-03-12T09:17:00.000-04:002008-03-12T09:17:00.000-04:00You see, the Anonymous Coward (AW) actually thinks...You see, the Anonymous Coward (AW) actually thinks that you get more snow when it's a colder winter.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't work that way, AW. Warm air moving over water sources picks up more moisture than cold air, resulting in more precipitation.<BR/><BR/>When that warm air hits a mass of cold air the warmer air cools, releasing its moisture, making snow. Here in Toronto, we can that the "lake effect."<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Global Warming is about climatic change, and does not mean that all locales will get warmer.Mark Richard Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331995640397477486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-40636592595579873202008-03-12T08:53:00.000-04:002008-03-12T08:53:00.000-04:00so all that Global Warming is giving you a brain f...so all that Global Warming is giving you a brain freeze eh ?<BR/><BR/>enjoy the next 20cm of global warming due in Toronto in a few days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com