05-02-2008, 03:19 AM
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Sr. Correspondent
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: New England
Age: 57
Posts: 817
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Originally Posted by Rino
It seems pretty simple to me. If there are five thousand people that agree and 19000 that do not. The majority does not agree.
Also, if 19000 from around the world do not agree, then it kind of throws out your idea that there is only controversy in the United States.
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But that's the point Rino. Robinson won't release the total number of mailings so all we have to go on is what appears to be a large number and we don't know if there is a majority. I've tried to get a very rough estimate of the number of mailings and I don't see how 19,000 could be a majority.
Here is the petition:
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We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.
There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.
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Did the signers sign because they were against Kyoto or disagreed with AGW?
And to add to bugalugs' post: Total area of the arctic sea ice is about equal to the continental US. Add Greenland ice, northern Canada and Siberian ice and you have the whole "top of the world". So the effects of a change in albedo is in no way minuscule.
I didn't see "Expedition Alaska" so I let me know if this addresses your question.
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