TR6UO@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 1/9/2007 7:24:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>lists02@canleyworks.com writes:
>
>I think there are several very good
>reasons why we should develop alternative energy sources,
>and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. I just don't
>happen to think that near-term catastrophic climate
>change is one of them.
>
>
>
>Amen!!
>Are any of you doomsday advocates scientists or even able to cite the
>so-called irrefutable evidence? Or, let me guess, you heard it on TV from
>someone
>trying to get their party back in power. Please, let's change the subject
>before you tick off some of the less gullible listers.
>
>
>
Hmm, in 1630, after many formal inquiries into his scientific work
verifying Copernican theory, Galileo was placed under house arrest for
his scientific writings which ran counter to conventional wisdom (that
conventional wisdom being that the sun revolved around the earth). He
remained under house arrest, despite ill health, until he died in 1642.
It was not until 1983, 341 years later, that his inquisitors'
descendants admitted that he might have been right.
Science is such a bother. So, let's please change the subject before it
interferes with opinions infected by the dominant politics of the age....
Cheers.
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....
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