Numberzz Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Now those 31,000 scientists have signed a petition. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...al-warming.html I won't be giving up anything I own, so that a bunch of nut jobs can practice a cultish "save the planet" effort. My home is powered by a dam 120 miles north of me. Water works perfectly fine, thank you very much. And if anyone tries to prevent me from smoking, then they will have to go through my SKS first. Did you know that in Belmont, a town just north of mine, they have completely banned anyone from smoking outside, in a car, or in an apartment? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105977-31000-and-counting/page/2/#findComment-766120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Did you know that in Belmont, a town just north of mine, they have completely banned anyone from smoking outside, in a car, or in an apartment? Good, I'd rather not increase my risk of cancer just by standing next to you. It has been pointed out in a previous post that only a tiny minority of the scientists that signed it are actual climatologists. Mathematicians haven't studied the climate much, you know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105977-31000-and-counting/page/2/#findComment-766411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Yeah, three people picked out "at random" completely debunk the entire idea. I'm not saying this to be a butt, but you guys have only looked at three people and certainly not at random (face facts--it was intentionally done to try and debunk). That's not even 1% of the population that signed onto this and those results can hardly be called valid. It isn't even argument worthy as much as it is mudslinging. Again, I'd love to see a reduction in cruddy stuff going into the environment. The way of extremism and mudslinging isn't the way to go about it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105977-31000-and-counting/page/2/#findComment-766522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonTheSavage Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Good, I'd rather not increase my risk of cancer just by standing next to you.It has been pointed out in a previous post that only a tiny minority of the scientists that signed it are actual climatologists. Mathematicians haven't studied the climate much, you know.Maybe someone will put theirs out in your eye.Did you know that in Belmont, a town just north of mine, they have completely banned anyone from smoking outside, in a car, or in an apartment?I'm not surprised, facsism is spreading since Bush took power. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105977-31000-and-counting/page/2/#findComment-766904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSkylla Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 There was a global move to remove chlorofluorocarbons, and now they are banned in every country except for medical use. I wish, my albuterol inhaler got changed from CFC to HFA because of this ban. HFA doesn't even work as well as CFC when it comes to an inhaler. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105977-31000-and-counting/page/2/#findComment-767004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brainbone Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 That's not even 1% of the population that signed onto this and those results can hardly be called valid. See: http://www.petitionproject.org/gwdatabase/...Of_Signers.html According to the petition's own breakdown, only 3,697 of the 31,000 have degrees related to "Atmosphere, Earth, & Environment". Now, exactly how many of those 3,697 are truly up-to-speed enough to be considered "peers" in the field? How exactly do you quantify that? Only 40 are listed in Climatology... should we just use that number? Should we start to argue about more? How many More? Why? Are you really qualified to make that judgment? Can anyone accurately make that judgment with the data supplied in the petition? How so? Are you willing to call each of the 31,000 to interview them? Are you qualified to interview them? Who will create the interview call talk-sheet? Who's going to fund the out-bound call center? Think it through and you should be able to come to the conclusion that the petition gives us very little meaningful data. It lets us know that there are skeptics with a degree in a science who are willing to sign a petition -- but we have no real way of knowing how many of the signatories opinions really matter on the subject. Even worse, some the data could be up to 10 years out-of-date. What exactly is the net gain? My point here is not to debunk any global warming skeptics. I'm simply trying to point out that this petition does little to reinforce the skeptics point of view. Petitions tell us nothing in scientific review. Well articulated rebuttals with references do. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105977-31000-and-counting/page/2/#findComment-767557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I'm not rebutting you, but asking for you to support your statement, which you did. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105977-31000-and-counting/page/2/#findComment-768526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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