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Just Like You, It Never Quits
Just Like You, It Never Quits
Written by lucas on 2008-01-17 18:59:11
Although I'm willing to debate on both sides of the issue, I don't personally take a side on the global warming issue. I've seen good scientific data and explanations by people far smarter than me. Tonight on the drive home I heard something on the radio that bothered me so much I felt the need to write about it and make my first post in over a year.
I was listening to clips from a debate over global warming by two groups of scientists. Each side was presenting real hard evidence in an attempt to prove or disprove global warming. Between the audio clips the reporter was talking about the event, the university that held it, etc. However, at the end they flatly stated that since global warming was a fact the debate was mostly moot.
After speaking about the credentials of the debaters and the work they had done for climatology they were immediately discounted at the end by a reporter that, at least in my mind, doesn't have the understanding of the facts that they, the experts, would.
As I said earlier, I don't agree with either side of global warming. The debate of global warming has become so political that each side is not only trying to show their facts, but silence their critics. Dr. Heidi Cullen, a meteorologist for the Weather Channel, posted to the Weather Channel blog that those who didn't know the facts and support global warming should lose their certification (link). Recently there have also been several scientists coming out against global warming that have been silenced or had their funding disappear.
The changes proposed by all sides of the global warming debate will have major consequences for our planet, ranging from global economic upheaval to changes in industry and government. In my mind, before anyone can decide what needs to be done, the politicians need to get out of the way and fund science on both sides of the issue. This will let the experts openly discuss the issue to determine what is really happening.
I was listening to clips from a debate over global warming by two groups of scientists. Each side was presenting real hard evidence in an attempt to prove or disprove global warming. Between the audio clips the reporter was talking about the event, the university that held it, etc. However, at the end they flatly stated that since global warming was a fact the debate was mostly moot.
After speaking about the credentials of the debaters and the work they had done for climatology they were immediately discounted at the end by a reporter that, at least in my mind, doesn't have the understanding of the facts that they, the experts, would.
As I said earlier, I don't agree with either side of global warming. The debate of global warming has become so political that each side is not only trying to show their facts, but silence their critics. Dr. Heidi Cullen, a meteorologist for the Weather Channel, posted to the Weather Channel blog that those who didn't know the facts and support global warming should lose their certification (link). Recently there have also been several scientists coming out against global warming that have been silenced or had their funding disappear.
The changes proposed by all sides of the global warming debate will have major consequences for our planet, ranging from global economic upheaval to changes in industry and government. In my mind, before anyone can decide what needs to be done, the politicians need to get out of the way and fund science on both sides of the issue. This will let the experts openly discuss the issue to determine what is really happening.
Written by lucas on 2006-12-29 18:35:35
Yeah, so I'm in Chicago now. I've moved here to start my job as a security consultant with Crowe Chizek. So I'm searching for apartments and getting ready to head out with Poop. Be afraid, be very afriad, Chicago... here I come.
Written by lucas on 2006-12-13 16:28:10
Well, as hard as it is to believe I just finished the user/login management code for this website, which means that the framework is officially done. Now I just need to fix all of the other sites (drinks and wine ratings) to match perfectly into it since they had to be finished for classes. Oh, and better content management might be kind of important too, but the XML and XSLT work great and I think I'm happy with the layout, so I'm sure it'll only be a month till I decide there is something else new and cool that I want to play with and them scrap this site and continue to work on it. I saw a good friend of mine updated his site (which he only does once a decade) and had to finish this, so I spent the last hour churning out some code and I'll put it live once I've made sure all you naughty hacker types can't do anything fun with it. Anyway, time to go home now, so I'll see what I actually get done when there.
Written by lucas on 2006-12-04 12:33:12
Well, as hard as it is to believe I just finished the user/login management code for this website, which means that the framework is officially done. Now I just need to fix all of the other sites (drinks and wine ratings) to match perfectly into it since they had to be finished for classes. Oh, and better content management might be kind of important too, but the XML and XSLT work great and I think I'm happy with the layout, so I'm sure it'll only be a month till I decide there is something else new and cool that I want to play with and them scrap this site and continue to work on it. I saw a good friend of mine updated his site (which he only does once a decade) and had to finish this, so I spent the last hour churning out some code and I'll put it live once I've made sure all you naughty hacker types can't do anything fun with it. Anyway, time to go home now, so I'll see what I actually get done when there.
Written by lucas on 2006-11-11 18:31:28
This site is a work in progress, please pardon my mess.
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