From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2001 - 22:14:37 MDT
Spike Jones wrote:
>
> In all the noise about global warming, who is speaking
> up saying HEY, maybe global warming is a GOOD thing.
> Well, isnt it? The plants would grow better with more
> CO2 to breathe, longer growing seasons, etc. There are
> few places on this planet that are too hot for life, but plenty
> of places that are too cold, eh? Couldn't we move the
> arctic polar bears and penguins to antarctica or something?
>
> Seems like all the argument is over whether the planet is
> warming, with no one arguing over whether warming is a
> bad or a good thing. spike
I tried telling that to Mr. Viridian, Bruce Sterling, a few months back
when that article came out showing that the Earth actually was naturally
warmer in the past, but he would have none of it... sigh.
-- Brian Atkins Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.singinst.org/
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