On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, Rohan McLeod <rhn@jeack.com.au> wrote:
It may further be possible to show that the hypothesis of 'global warming', is consistent with " human CO2 emissions". Thus far and no further can science go.
Except that there is considerable evidence to show that human CO2 emissions are making the difference.
Whether 1/ something should be done and if 2/ what ; are the domain of ideology and politics.
The scientific research indicates that significant areas of farmland will be destroyed and thus remove the ability to feed the world's human population so it seems clear that something should be done if we base things on the assumption that the majority of the population needs to be kept alive. I think that most people will agree with such an assumption. As for what should be done, there are lots of things being done right now. The work on renewable energy sources and energy efficiency is being done but far too slowly. Some people have ideology issues which make them think that huge amounts of tax money should go to supporting fossil fuel industries which wouldn't even be profitable in a free market. But anyone who knows the science can easily determine that it would be better to have tax money go to research that leads to better products for everyone. Even if it wasn't for global warming there are lots of other problems related to fossil fuels.
......snip..... Endorsement of the free market also
predicted the rejection of other established scientific findings, such as the facts that HIV causes AIDS and that smoking causes lung cancer.
"Endorsement of the free market"; could mean 1/ having the opinion that 'a competitive free-market'; results in higher per capita production than some form of control economy; Which would seem to be broadly consistent with history but it could also mean 2/ having the opinion that an 'unregulated competitive free-market'; best supplies the needs of society; ..Adam Smith's 'invisible hand Which some like me would contend is a pathetic unfalsifiable irresponsible delusion.
Actually there's a lot of evidence that the deluded "free market" people who want corporations to do anything they like without regulation is bad for the economy and for the citizens. Competition in the market based on enforcable contracts (government regularion) and which involves educated and healthy employees (government education and health-care) who are paid a fair wage is the best way to keep the economy going. This is why the 99% in Australia are so much better off than the 99% in the US. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/