junk science

[Wayne Eddy]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Bell" <charlie at culturelist.org>
To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <brin-l at mccmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: junk science


>
> On 21/04/2008, at 12:48 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote:
>>
>>> are you asking, or say  those three things contribute to the
>>> greenhouse
>>> effect?  war does reduce population, but not enough.  it also
>>> creates a
>>> lot of damage to the environment.  in any case all three are factors
>>> that increase emissions. reducing any, or all, would certainly slow
>>> down the rate of human generated emissions..
>>> jon mann
>>
>> No I am saying that all three are more cause for concern than global
>> warming.
>
> And warming is likely to lead to the first, and exacerbate the second
> (for a while - then it'll ameliorate the second in the worst way
> possible).
>
> Charlie.

OK, I can almost see how Global Warming could cause a war.   The Greens vs 
the Industrial Nations or something like that, but I can't see how it can 
exacerbate overpopulation, unless you think people are more likely to have 
sex in warm weather.

How do you expect that Global Warming will eventually reduce population?
Tidal surges into low lying areas or via famine resulting from a reduction 
in arable land?

Regards,

Wayne Eddy