> > >> >
> >> > Richard Henry wrote:
>
> >> > > Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
> >> > > > Eeyore wrote:
> >> > > > > I'm really beginning to wonder where the IPCC dragged up all t=
heir
>> > > > > 'researchers'. Uni drop-outs maybe ?
>
> >> > > > They crawled out of the woodwork when they heard their mantra.
> >> > > > There have been warmingists, antismokerists, all manner of alarm=
ists
>> > > > just aching, longing, yearning to have someone tell them, "Just =
do as
>> > > > I say, and I will fix the whole world for you.
>
> >> > > > "Just put all of your money right into this box here." ;-)
>
> >> > > How do you feel about asbestos insulation? =A0Lead paint? =A0Leade=
d
>> > > gasoline? =A0DDT? =A0PCBs? =A0Shoe x-ray machines?
>
> >> > I don't require a 'religion' being required to eliminate these.
>
> >> > BTW many nations now WANT to use DDT again.
>
> >> The DDT ban was a hoax that has cost millions of lives, much like
> >> AGW but far kinder.
>
> > You seem to be old enough to remember. =A0What was the hoax based on?
>
> Some eagles that were about to go extinct anyway were laying eggs with
> "thin shells", and so the greenies went into max. panic mode, as they
> usually do.
There were a few more problems. Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"
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spelled out a few of them. I don't recall her mentioning that breast milk from Californian mothers containing enough DDT to make it unfit for human consumption (under the then FDA rules), but eagles weren't the only vertebrate species uner threat.
I wonder when the greenies went from hugging trees to wanting to suffocat=
e
them all with that AGW nonsense?
Your appreciation of the case for getting worried about anthropogenic global warming seems to be as superficial as your appreciation of the dangers of loading the environment with DDT - both happen to accumulate in the environment, and if you build up enough of either the consequences are unpleasant. Irresponsible idiots do tend to focus on short term issues.
-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen