Re: OT:Thanksgiving

In article <ll2lm3t6m2p2kklqqt9alj8h8turb10rqe@xxxxxxx>, Howard Brazee <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:02:58 GMT, spambait@xxxxxxxxxx (Doug Miller)
wrote:

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.

Change is expensive.

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.

Except that our whole history is about us altering nature.

On a *local* scale.

There's
no reason to believe that this is the one thing that we cannot alter
more than what we are already doing.

Sure there is -- this is alleged to be a global effect. There's no evidence
that anything we do affects global climate.

--
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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