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Global warming - fact or conspiracy?

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Legend
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Message 103 of 111 (465424)
05-06-2008 9:51 PM 		Reply to: Message 102 by New Cat's Eye
05-05-2008 4:50 PM

Interesting article. In many ways, certain 'environmentalists' exhibit the same behaviour as religious fundamentalists whereby they readily accept and publicise any evidence supporting their theory while ignoring/discarding any evidence that goes against it.
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My grandad grew up in the shadow of Snowdon and he used to tell us of years when there was hardly any snow at the peak in mid March. Of course there was no man-made warming to blame back then and people just accepted that natural variation is just that. O tempora, o mores!
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05-20-2008 2:49 AM 		Reply to: Message 104 by PurplyBear
05-14-2008 11:30 PM

Re: Who gives a crap
If made up it has people working towards something good.
It also has governments taking away our freedoms and our money in the name of 'something good'.
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05-20-2008 9:46 AM 		Reply to: Message 106 by Taz
05-20-2008 2:53 AM

Re: Who gives a crap
Financially, anything that's tagged with a 'green' tax label.
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From a freedoms perspective, I'm talking about the restriction on movement that higher fuel taxes, congestion charges, plane taxes, etc. result in. Also, the surveillance society that we're slowly but steadily becoming. My rubbish bin is already tagged and chipped, you know!
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05-21-2008 6:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 108 by Taz
05-20-2008 12:16 PM

Re: Who gives a crap
Not only have we got cameras,we also like taking pictures of our neighbours overfilling their rubbish bin so that we can fine them!
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It's all for the sake of the environment you understand!
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05-29-2008 4:25 PM 		Reply to: Message 110 by VirtuousGuile
05-29-2008 7:58 AM

Re: Who gives a crap - I do!
Why not simply stop using so much products and energy? Because change is difficult and we like our cavalier lifestyle.
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err...not quite. It's because products and energy provide us with our current level of quality of life.
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Using less products or energy is going to require self-control.
No, it's going to require huge sacrifices and a big drop in our standard of living.
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It looks like necessity is going to bring this.
It looks like totalitarian regimes backed by semi-religious zealots are going to bring this.
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