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Posted on: June 18, 2007 12:46 PM, by William M. Connolley
Well of course we are - everyone does. But are we all going to die of global warming? Lovelock thinks so, and so does a member of Royalty: we are "all going to die like the dinosaurs and another species was going to take over": to find out who said this, check the comments at Diplomatic incident.
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Ugh, I do wish people would stay away from the cheap hyperbole. It cheapens the problem and makes it that much easier for "skeptics" to mock. Or anyone to mock, for that matter. I sympathise muchly with jules, though.
Posted by: Luna_the_cat | June 18, 2007 1:09 PM
GW is gonna kill all of us. It has already started. The head of the UN has explained that global warming is behind the Darfur massacres.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21919884-401,00.html
Retroactively, the second world war could be labeled as a result of GW, too.
Luna the cat: in his struggle for insanity monopoly and primacy, William has a tough competition from the UN boss, among millions of others.
Posted by: Lubos Motl | June 18, 2007 4:42 PM
"So that's it then, we're all going to die?" - Andrew "Dent" Windsor.
Posted by: Adam | June 18, 2007 5:06 PM
Would you stop saying that!
Posted by: csrster | June 19, 2007 5:24 AM
Lubos, my dear, you really need to learn to distinguish between "humanity is going to go extinct" and "continued drought in Africa is going to trigger more wars over resources". There is a difference apparent there to any thinking person.
Posted by: Luna_the_cat | June 19, 2007 5:32 AM
Andy's comments are for the birds.
Posted by: Steve Bloom | June 19, 2007 3:27 PM
There is a difference in details but there is no difference in the basic fact that both assertions can only be said by a lunatic. If you doubt that there's no link like that, click at "scientific papers agree" at
http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/06/earth-today-stands-in-imminent-peril.html
Posted by: Lubos Motl | June 20, 2007 12:50 PM