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Thanks for that link. Really interesting & insightful. There is a lot of interesting material on TED. Cheers,

:D:D: LOL :D:D It DOES matter where the truth comes from, especially when "the truth" comes in a form of misleading statements or rhetoric specific designed to throw confusion on the issue. Scientists have a level of scientific discipline that seems to be lacking among the "skeptics". You...

Consensus among sheep may not mean much, but among scientists it means something. Your claim that the scientists are biased is speculation, you have no way to know their motives. Talking about vested interest, How about the oil industry funding of various pseudo-scientific groups to...

No misunderstanding there. I simply don't accept the way you insist on framing the problem. The core of the issue is risk management, not technical legalities. As you said, disingenuous. :rolleyes: You can't prove their no risk. Some of your supposedly reassuring statements are...

A skeptic accusing others of dismissing evidence. How ironic! :D So material from the IPCC, wikipedia & presumably any other 'mainstream' sources are to be dismissed outright, not even worth looking at? :confused: I presume this include the media & the majority of sources out there, who are...

Good point, but we haven't committed to anything yet though. Isn't the balance of commitments among countries what is being negotiated right now in Copenhagen?

You seem to be saying that ocean levels haven't risen yet so there is no need to be worried. From what I understand, temperature are expected to rise by up to 2 degrees by next century, and this is when the resulting rise in sea levels could cause some problems to coastal cities. Higher...

The earth climate is such a complex topic that nobody can claim they know everything about it. Lots of key items are still poorly understood, like ability of the soil to absorb co2 or the role of the oceans for example. This makes it easy for either side of the argument to select bits &...

You seem pretty quick at dismissing material the doesn't agree with your ideas. Did you notice the references at the bottom of the articles? Most of them are not from the IPCC that you have already dismissed. That doesn't stop you from dismissing the whole content in one sweeping statement...

Let's start with that then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming You can ignore the data from the IPCC if you wish, but there is still plenty of references in there. Cheers,

You seem to have done a lot of research about this topic. You might be able to reassure me as to what is likely to happen. From what I understand, High co2 means higher temperature on earth higher temperature means higher sea levels we are pushing the co2 levels beyond what the planet...

What's wrong with the data from the IPCC?

I suspect that this "search" is a little biased from the start. :rolleyes: You can "search" for supporting evidence and find plenty of it too. Keep ignoring it if it makes you feel better. Cheers,

Each side can use this type of rhetoric to discredit the other side. It doesn't mean anything. It seems to me that the skeptics are far more interested in discrediting any kind of evidence that doesn't agree with their pre-conceived beliefs that in examining the topic objectively. I'd...

For a little while I had a Citroen C5 wagon diesel. The car is shorter than a falcon wagon, but it has more room inside. This car used 7 to 8 litres per 100 km in the city. My old falcon used at least twice that much. We do have room for improvement in the fuel efficiency of our...

That's ironic. isn't it? That was a good laugh. :D Cheers,

Here's more BS propaganda for you. :D http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/cold-comfort-the-psychology-of-climate-denial-20091202-k5r8.html Cheers,

Some good suggestions here. I'm sure others have thought about it, only to find out to be politically too difficult to push through. From what I have heard, the coal lobby group is incredibly powerful. They seem to have a far bigger influence on government policy than they should. We...

The economist has a reasonably balanced article on this debate. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14966227&source=hptextfeature Cheers,

Here is a good article on how the ETS is meant to be working & how the political games have changed it: http://www.smh.com.au/business/rudds-scheme-unfair-but-effective-20091127-jwu9.html Cheers,