Thread: AGW Alarmists should not fly first class

Quote: Originally Posted by elucidator Quote: Originally Posted by elucidator ....Finally, elucidator, it is now 2:23 AM, and I've answered (I believe) all of Kimstu's points. I hope that you are satisfied that I have acted honorably as you whined about in this thread, but I suppose you'll find something to object to, that I haven't done it like you would have done it, or that I left an "i" undotted, or...

Quote: Originally Posted by intention I believe you are referring to Tenneke's statement: How is that a lie? Al Gore did paint the picture, so that's not a lie. Tenneke does think it is without merit, so that's not a lie. Seems you have a very wide definition of a lie. Your counterclaim is simply that Al didn't put a time frame on the prediction ... but Tennekes didn't say he did, so that's not a lie either. Love...

Quote: Originally Posted by intention Bullshit. I notice that (as usual) you offer no citation for your claim. I offer Eisenhower's words, people can decide for themselves. Emphasis mine. Quote: largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades. And then he mentions the scientific component of that technological revolution. He was referring to the...

Quote: Originally Posted by UTejas ...So let me ask you, why do you trumpet your "publications" and "citations" when they are not peer-reviewed? ... To be ruthlessly fair, he has hardly "trumpeted". He has only made passing references, maybe forty or fifty times. Tops!

Sigh, yet again Mr. Dibble following me around, making no contribution, and sniping.

Quote: Originally Posted by elucidator That wasn't a post, that was a panzergruppen. Aw 'luc , you say the sweetest things.

With all due respects to both sides of the, "My scientists are better than your scientists" debate, you're all engaging in pretty unscientific argumentation. Science isn't a popularity contest. There are plenty examples from the history of science where the overwhelming majority of scientists happened to be wrong. This especially happens when a new theory comes along which challenges a widely held orthodoxy. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by intention The efficiency of flying depends on how many seats are filled. Given that passenger average loading is only 75%, in general the limiting factor is not first class vs. no first class. Without first class, they will still average right around 75% full. However, I find it interesting that you have so much trouble getting your questions answered. I fly a little over a hundred segments a year. I must be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Blake Yet most people spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else. So that seems like an unusual exemption. For example you are saying that if a law forced a contractor to use electric tools rather than petrol powered ones, and that meant that he worked longer hours, worked physically harder, suffered more injuries, spent less time with his kids and earned less money, that he would still have...

Quote: Originally Posted by Blake Quote: Originally Posted by Der Trihs I am - obviously - pointing out that the problem is too much CO2; that CO2 is not intrinsically evil like slavery. So your comparison between the two was silly. Still not making an ounce of sense. We're talking about moral and immoral, not good and evil. Gore has stated that the consequences of emitting CO2 into the atmosphere is a moral issue. I assume you...