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M. Porcius Cato

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I admit to be a congenital contrarian. I choose Cato over Caesar, Macs over PCs, ancient history over modern, and so on. As John Tierney puts it, "Just because everybody believes something doesn't make it wrong, but that's a good working hypothesis."

 

Given this penchant, it's probably no surprise that I've been highly skeptical about the CO2 theory of climate change since I first heard about it in 1990, a particularly hot summer in the US. Although I wrote my very first research paper on the topic (back in high school), I hadn't followed up on it since then. In the meantime, however, much has changed: initially, all a skeptic could say was, "the evidence is not convincing because it doesn't rule out alternative explanations for the same data"; now, skepticism is buttressed by an alternative theory of climate change--the solar energy theory of climate change--that does a much better job of explaining the data than the much-popularized CO2 theory.

 

If you're interested in seeing the two different theories presented for a popular audience, I'd recommend Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" (for the CO2 theory) and BBC's "The Great Global Warming Swindle" (for the solar energy theory). You can watch the BBC special on Google Video for free.

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The problem is, that if a mistake is made, the results will be calamitous. Perhaps not directly related to CO2, but to carbon, the L.A. smog; the prevailing winds from your neck of the woods laying a blanket of sulphur and carbon on the northeast. Not particularly salubrious for the body's organs. But I do admit that the lapdog and 'water' carrier, imhofe, knows what is best for the peasantry. I haven't put Wildroot in my hair, save but once, since 1969. All I had to do was to walk around a traffic circle. My hair always looks as if it exploded after showering.

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M. Porcius Cato

The problem is, that if a mistake is made, the results will be calamitous. Perhaps not directly related to CO2, but to carbon, the L.A. smog; the prevailing winds from your neck of the woods laying a blanket of sulphur and carbon on the northeast. Not particularly salubrious for the body's organs. But I do admit that the lapdog and 'water' carrier, imhofe, knows what is best for the peasantry. I haven't put Wildroot in my hair, save but once, since 1969. All I had to do was to walk around a traffic circle. My hair always looks as if it exploded after showering.

 

GO, I have no idea what you're trying to say. You truly are the Father of Mysteries.

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