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Old 10-01-2018, 01:54 PM   #3057 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
Riddle me this. Why do people obsess over a less than 5% variation on a 40 year sample size on a system that is at least a few millions years old?
Because rapid change causes more problems than slow change. I tend to downplay the hysteria of climate change, since it occurs naturally, but I do accept that rapid change is likely to have more negative consequences than positive, if for no other reason than it takes time to adapt to changes.

I don't care about polar bears. They are dangerous predators, and have never done anything for me. Sure, I would choose to keep 'em around if I could just out of novelty, but attempting to change the outdoor thermostat for their sake is absurd. Furthermore, if we wanted to save them, we would outlaw hunting them and enforce the law (600 killed by hunting per year). There are much better arguments for concern about global warming, and polar bears can only serve as a distraction from those good arguments.
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