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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-65--836714781 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Roland, On 23-Nov-06, at 12:24 PM, <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > I think Chris that you are correct in everything that you say, but > there is one thing that always needs to be remembered - when you > get something as obvious as the case in favor of climate change > there are always some people that go to extremes. Absolutely, and the Fifth Estate documentary made it fairly clear who those people are, namely those whose pocketbooks will (at least in the short term) take a hit if the government moves to clean up this mess. ;-> Actually, in my view (and that of many others), while there's no doubt that cutting down on carbon emissions will mean some real costs in the short term, these are paltry compared to the costs that all of us will pay in the medium term (i.e. within ~ 50 years) if this isn't done. Moreover, as lots of people have pointed out, and even many businesses are realizing and embracing, such measures also open up great financial and business opportunities for developing and marketing all sorts of technologies from wind and solar power, to electric and hybird cars, to insulation and fuel efficiency technologies, to trading carbon credits, etc. And, like paying down the debt, the sooner you get started, the quicker it happens and the less painful it all is. Considering the dire possibilities of not doing so, I would argue that we don't really have a choice (at least if we want to leave a world behind for our grandchildren ...). > Personally, with the thought of winter coming I would be quite > happy to see a little global warning. Me too ... until it melts the Greenland ice cap and ocean levels rise by 10 meters. ;-> Cheers, Chris > > Roland. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 9:22 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Global warming - debate heats up > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Christopher Majka Email: <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada chebucto.ca/~aa051/Profile.html "I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth and they never believe me." - Camillo di Cavour _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. --Apple-Mail-65--836714781 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Roland,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 23-Nov-06, at 12:24 PM, <<A = href=3D"mailto:roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca">roland.mccormick@ns.sympa= tico.ca</A>> <<A = href=3D"mailto:roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca">roland.mccormick@ns.sympa= tico.ca</A>> wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I think Chris that you are correct in everything = that you say, but there is one thing that always needs to be remembered = - when you get something as obvious as the case in favor of climate = change there are always some people that<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>go to extremes. = <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Absolutely, and the Fifth = Estate documentary made it fairly clear who those people are, namely = those whose pocketbooks will (at least in the short term) take a hit if = the government moves to clean up this mess. ;->=A0</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Actually, in my view (and = that of many others), while there's no doubt that cutting down on carbon = emissions will mean some real costs in the short term, these are paltry = compared to the costs that all of us will pay in the medium term (i.e. = within ~ 50 years) if this isn't done. Moreover, as lots of people have = pointed out, and even many=A0businesses are realizing and embracing, = such measures also open up great financial and business=A0opportunities = for developing and marketing all sorts of technologies from wind and = solar power, to electric and hybird cars, to insulation and fuel = efficiency technologies, to trading carbon credits, etc.=A0</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And, like paying down the = debt, the sooner you get started, the quicker it happens and the less = painful it all is. Considering the dire possibilities of not doing so, I = would argue that we don't really have a choice (at least if we want to = leave a world behind for our grandchildren ...).</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Personally, with the thought of = winter coming I would be quite happy to see a little global = warning.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Me too ... until it melts = the Greenland ice cap and ocean levels rise by 10 meters. = ;-></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Roland.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message ----- = From: <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></D= IV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: <<A = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>></D= IV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Thursday, November 2