View Poll Results: Which statement do you agree with

Global warming is caused by humans

19.01%

Global warming is a natural process, contribution of human activity is substantial

30.99%

Global warming is a natural process, contribution of human activity is negligible

45.77%

Global warming seems unlikely

4.23%

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Feb 4th 2010 | 2:58 pm

#676

Lord_Farquar

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Re: Global warming

[QUOTE=Burbage;8313460][QUOTE=Lord_Farquar;8313442]

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Originally Posted by Burbage

The word skeptic means nothing unless you say what the skeptic is skeptical of. It is used by the IPCC as a pejorative term for non-believer, or heretic, in an attempt to divert attention away from the real problem, that science without skeptics is not science, it's religion. This is spin and I am not interested in spin.

If you want to contribute to a scientific debate then say what you mean.

Says the man that asked what AGW meant.

Feb 4th 2010 | 2:59 pm

#677

Burbage

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Re: Global warming

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Says the man that asked what AGW meant.

I asked what AGW was, not what it meant. You didn't understand the question.

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:02 pm

#678

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Re: Global warming

[QUOTE=Burbage;8313469][QUOTE=Lord_Farquar;8313465]

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Originally Posted by Burbage

I asked what AGW was, not what it meant. You didn't understand the question.

I understood your question. If you want to contribute to a scientific debate then say what you mean.

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:02 pm

#679

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Re: Global warming

Oh gosh, someone remind me what you two are debating. I've only gone back a couple of pages but am still no better off

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:03 pm

#680

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Re: Global warming

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Originally Posted by Centurion

Oh gosh, someone remind me what you two are debating. I've only gone back a couple of pages but am still no better off

Because it's Friday on BE!

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:05 pm

#681

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Re: Global warming

[QUOTE=Lord_Farquar;8313472][QUOTE=Burbage;8313469]

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Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar

I understood your question. If you want to contribute to a scientific debate then say what you mean.

If you understood it, why haven't you answered it?

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:09 pm

#682

Centurion

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Re: Global warming

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Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar

Because it's Friday on BE!

Fair point. Well presented too!

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:09 pm

#683

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Re: Global warming

[QUOTE=Burbage;8313482][QUOTE=Lord_Farquar;8313472]

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If you understood it, why haven't you answered it?

Because you're not my Dad and you can't make me.

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:15 pm

#684

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Re: Global warming

[QUOTE=Lord_Farquar;8313492][QUOTE=Burbage;8313482]

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Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar

Because you're not my Dad and you can't make me.

Thank the lord harry for that.

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:23 pm

#685

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Re: Global warming

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Originally Posted by Centurion

Oh gosh, someone remind me what you two are debating. I've only gone back a couple of pages but am still no better off

It does rather well illustrate the standard method of IPCC though. Steer the conversation in every direction except that of the actual science.

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:36 pm

#686

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Re: Global warming

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Originally Posted by Burbage

It does rather well illustrate the standard method of IPCC though. Steer the conversation in every direction except that of the actual science.

Good job the denial case is based on sound science and logic.

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:37 pm

#687

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Re: Global warming

[QUOTE=Burbage;8313503][QUOTE=Lord_Farquar;8313492]

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Originally Posted by Burbage

Thank the lord harry for that.

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:37 pm

#688

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Re: Global warming

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Good job the denial case is based on sound science and logic.

Denial of natural global warming, or denial of man made global warming?

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:39 pm

#689

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Re: Global warming

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Denial of natural global warming, or denial of man made global warming?

Bang that drum.

Feb 4th 2010 | 3:40 pm

#690

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Re: Global warming

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Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar

Bang that drum.

Well obviously I can't respond to you until we're clear what you're talking about.