Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the measured response. I'd rather not enter into a detailed defense of my commentary for reasons stated previously. I just don't want to delve deeply into it. I do want to mention was that my intent was not to say that you want to stifle freedom; I thought you were saying that global warming believers were trying to stifle freedom, and I was asking 'why would they do that?'.
Hi Craig,
I wish people would drive more efficient cars before gas hits $5 a gallon. I am still driving a car that gets 23-24 miles a gallon on the highway, but am committed to 40-50 mpg for the next car, which will be a year or two from now. People do actually make decisions for the greater good, though that seems to be the exception rather than the rule.
I guess I would respond that the 1970s seemed to be a time when the opinion of scientists was held in higher regard. Didn't Richard Nixon establish the EPA?
Actually, you are right that I wish people thought the same way I do. At least about this issue. Here's one of many links that calculates that 97% of climatologists studying global warming believe man is making an impact:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090119210532.htmI'm sure somebody will find fault with the list I've provided. Compare that to the survey (51% in 2007, down from 75%) in 2001 of the American public:
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/12/04/just-51-of-americans-believe-in-global-warming-down-from-71-in-2007/I would suggest the reason for this discrepancy is a calculated campaign by moneyed interests to discredit and ridicule the science behind the theory.
Sorry again, Jeff, Craig and others. This is a golf forum. I shouldn't have shot my mouth off, and I feel uncomfortable discussing this issue publicly. You know where I stand. But here are my final thoughts, without attempting to justify them. The world is overpopulated at the expense of the other living beings on the planet. And there's less of that precious sweet crude oil than you think there is. If you are under 30, maybe 40 years old, you will live to see the effects.