[C38] I Believe I Can Fly

[RICHARD KILROY]

Les: Read Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" on this subject if you haven't
already.

Dick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les" <hlhowell at pacbell.net>
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Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [C38] I Believe I Can Fly


> I don't want to turn this into a debate.  I have been on the ocean for
> more than 45 years, and I know that the ice is still greater than when I
> first went to sea.  I know that the lower low tide mark is still visible
> at lower low tide in the Phillipines (there was even a TV show with the
> reporter standing on dry sand pointing to it just last year).
>
> The "Global Warming" data was parsed, and a histogram shows that
> parsing.  The emails where dissenting opinions were surpressed are well
> known now, and the total artifice of the hockey stick has already been
> put to bed by the gentleman whose data was first arbitrarily edited to
> create it.
>
> The NASA scientists have admitted their measurements were off, and the
> tree rings used in the UN report were from trees that are known by
> climatologists to provide data that is not accurate when compared with
> all other tree rings, including the giant redwoods. (which are still one
> of the best long term indicators of global conditions).
>
> Mankind is less than 0.01% of the biomass on earth.  We live on less
> than 10% of the planet, the North Pole is not land, and if it should
> melt, it will not raise the water level one inch.  All the Glacers on
> earth that are on land occupy less than 5% of the available landmass.
>
> There are no creditable indications that the combined efforts of man
> have any impact on the environment at all.
>
> That is not to say that Global Warming might exist or not exist, only
> that the entire effort of mankind is not significant on the amount of
> energy or anything else imposed on the planet.
>
> For example the Mount St. Helens eruption exceed mankinds total CO2
> output for many years.  And it is only one of 10 or so such large
> eruptions in the last 30 years.  I personally watched a volcano erupt
> from the sea bed in the middle of the Pacific, where the bottom was more
> than 2 miles below the surface.  The eruption began a day before we got
> there, and rose in 2 days to penetrate the surface of the sea in a
> cauldera nearly 300 yards across.  The steam and gas cloud was nearly
> 1/2 mile in diameter and lasted the three days I saw it, and for several
> weeks after that.  That is real energy, and I wouldn't guess at how it
> ranks compared to our puny manipulations.  Moreover eruptions occur
> about 2.5 times/month, although the big ones are much less frequent.
>
> In the grander scheme of the world, our pitiful efforts are not much
> significance, either for or against the environment.  Nature wins in the
> end.
>
> A road deserted in the jungle disappears in less than 3 seasons.  A
> concrete high way in less than a decade.
>
> The energy hitting earth from the sun is about 197,000,000 square
> miles*4,000,000 square yards in a square mile*1000 watts per square
> yard(approx)*2.75 hours (averaged for full intensity exposure over the
> angle of the surface and 24 hours) in watts/day.
>
> For all our yammering, our power production and any effects it has is a
> pitiful drop in the bucket.
>
> I do believe we need nuclear energy, fusion if we can get it to work,
> fission if not.  Not biofuel because we need to reinvigorate the earth
> with the debris we don't eat, not sun light (if we turn that solar
> energy into electricity, we are producing a type of energy pollution
> that is far more damaging than most people realize), and not by any
> magic.  Just a good economical design of a 24/7 energy source.  But this
> has nothing to do with Global Warming, but rather a good solid bit of
> real intelligence about our real place in the universe.
>
> The sky is not falling, and only Al Gore and his chosen friends will
> get rich and still drive their armored limos, fly in private jets and
> laugh at the fools whose livelihood they are stealing.
>
> We need to explore space, do real research for the next planet for our
> species, and find if we are really alone, we need good energy so our
> children have a bright and hopeful future, and we don't need to saddle
> them with unworkable "solutions" that simply enrich others at their
> expense.
>
> You are free to disagree, but this is my last word on the subject.
>
> Regards,
> Les H
>
>
> On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 23:27 -0800, Joseph Launie wrote:
> > Les,
> >      This topic affects us all. The oceans do not come off too well if
> > we do nothing. Joe Launie/Macavity
> >
> > On 11/19/2010 2:02 PM, Les wrote:
>
>
>
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