Re: OT:Thanksgiving

In article <Br6dndnruMqfHvfanZ2dnUVZ_tHinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx>, donald tees <donaldtees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
In article
<d4d48409-df9f-44b5-a729-d5268a415a63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alistair
<alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It is certainly true that the earth has been warmer in the past (it
was molten rock at one stage) and it is also true that at warmer
periods it did have significant life inhabiting it.

Yes, indeed it did. The Eocene Epoch is one such period.

It has also been
colder.

And that is, of course, exactly my point: periodic warming and cooling -- to
much greater extents than what has been observed in the last century -- is a
normal cycle for the planet, that has been going on for much longer than human
beings have been around.

I think that this is also the point. Going back to times when humans
were not around is not that desirable to the rest of us humans.

Only if you think that the climate we have right now necessarily must be the
best possible, or the only one that could possibly be suited to humans. In any
event, there's no reason to believe that we have the ability to alter a
natural cycle that's been continuing for millions of years, one that started
long before we arrived -- and will continue long after we're gone.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
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