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OT: Gas Prices -- Help at last?
wrote in message oups.com... Matt Barrow wrote: wrote in message oups.com... And the inability to follow a thread (who posted what) amazes me, especailly when people become so condescending after they do screw up attributions. As for the inability to follow a thread, I was answering this post: "Fela tilvitnun - - Sına tilvitnun - Newps wrote: wrote: That the world is warming is not in question, the numbers are obvious. What is causing it to warm is still in debate (especially by the Bush White House), but a great number of scientists feel that man and the greenhouse gasses he produces is likely the root cause. Which shows the arrogance of man. I just finsihed reading a book about the Viking explorers. They settled Iceland and Greenland around the years 750-1050 AD. The "scientists" say that they were able to stay there at all is because about the time they got there corresponded to a global warming cycle that made the glaciers recede, the winters easier and the summers warmer and longer. About the time they left corresponds to the "Little Ice Age". " :To which I replied: :Well, the descendants of the original settlers are still living in :Iceland, farming it and living a pretty good life. They haven´t left :at all. That's nice, but the tread here is not your own and you are not the sole participant. I was addresing newps and only him; if you wish to add something, especially since you have a certain expertise, please do. OTOH, don't hog the thread. You answeared this with: "Iceland is not Greenland. Iceland is warmed by ocean currents and has been inhabited for centuries, unlike Greenland which is pretty much un-inhabitable ANYMORE except on very limited scale (non-self-supporting)." And is that wrong? I cited population stats (56K, a small town by comparison in the US. You cited...that there is plenty of area...but never said for what. You did chime in with peoples ignorance (regarding some obscure corner of the earth like we really should give a damn for every trival point). I also find it interesting, when someone questions another posters claim, or asks for clarification, some become hostile or pompous. Yes, so do I. Well, take a good look around. WIthout citing a reference book, tell us what you know about my town, Montrose, CO. You may want to be a bit careful about throwing arounf the word "ignorance" (willful rejection of knowledge, and substitute "naive" (not knowing or being aware). |
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