Posts by old_user17164

1) Message boards : climateprediction.net Science : KYOTO & the US (Again) (Message 8384) Posted 1 Feb 2005 by old_user17164 Post: > >unwise limitation of its use > In other words, "nothing shall stand in the way of big business." > Heaven forfend that anyone should think that. I'm not pro-big business, by any means, but I'm not unthinkingly against it either. Big businesses got big by supplying what customers want. Customers getting what customers want is usually good. Small businesses [like mine] stay small because we sell what only a few customers want.
2) Message boards : climateprediction.net Science : KYOTO & the US (Again) (Message 8374) Posted 1 Feb 2005 by old_user17164 Post: I may be the only person here who believes that Kyoto is seriously bad science - but I'll try to explain. Greenhouse gases do, <b>almost</b> certainly, have some effect on global temperatures. But is it significant? I very much doubt it. There are constant variations in the solar output that can easily account for the small changes in temperature - after all, we are only just emerging from an ice age. You would expect temperatures to rise for the next 50-100 Kyears or so. Secondly, industry and motor vehicles do, <b>almost</b> certainly, have some effect on global temperatures. But is it significant? I imagine so, but still [I gather] dwarfed by mammalian flatulence! Now, like everyone else, I am well aware that we only have the one planet to play with and that unwise use of it is seriously undesirable. Yet, unwise limitation of its use - don't waste this and that is maybe OK, but don't use the other isn't. If I'm 1m90 tall and weigh 120Kg, then a large car is more comfortable than a small one. If I like a room temperature of 28C then [provided it isn't doing anyone else unreasonable harm] I should be allowed it. <i>Is it doing unreasonable harm???????? </i>I reckon we don't know.