It's not really that much of debate, is it?
A insignificant minority deny what the vast majority of experts believe, yet both sides are given equal weight in the media.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:23, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

not so.
Only a few crackpots believe it's caused solely by man - and the debate over the extent of man's influence on it is a real one.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:25, Reply)

Over the extent of, perhaps, but my understanding is that we are having an influence.
It is kind of hard to prove perfectly as it cannot be recreated under laboratory conditions.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:28, Reply)

I'm quite happy to accept the argument for climate change...
...but I don't understand why a bunch of cunts have decided that the best way to deal with it is to try and make money out of it.

It's like trying to prevent incest by whoring out your own sister.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:29, Reply)

Innit.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:31, Reply)

..because the human solution is to try and make money out of fucking everything?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:31, Reply)

That's partly true...
...I also think it's dangerous. The well off can continue to pollute unabated while the proles have to struggle with higher energy and transportation costs? Why must we have artificially created markets to solve every single social problem today?

I blame fatcha innit.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:36, Reply)

I don't think they are.
It's one of the few scientific debates out there where to be on the "wrong" side (ie anti-man made warming) brings you in for instant ridicule from the scientific community and the general public, regardless of how valid your point may be.

I happen to think man contributes strongly to global warming, but it's become science by public and political opinion rather than actually by science, and that's a terribly bad thing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:28, Reply)

cf Genetic modification.
Stupid knee-jerk newpaper cunts.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:31, Reply)

it's just as much politicians faults
but, yeah.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 11:32, Reply)