[LINK] The Miniscule Scientific Lunatic Fringe Petition..... Was - Weekend Magazine

[TKoltai]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of David Boxall
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 June 2012 10:44 AM
> To: link at mailman.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Re: [LINK] The Miniscule Scientific Lunatic Fringe 
> Petition..... Was - Weekend Magazine
> 
> 
> On 26/06/2012 9:30 PM, TKoltai wrote:
> > ...
> > That must surely be the following 31k+ odd :
> > ...
> > So I guess I'm in reasonable company.
> > ...
<SNIP>
> >
> > ... 31,000 over 31,200,000 comes to 0.00099.  Or roughly 0.1% of 
> > persons holding a BS or better have signed the petition 
> challenging anthropogenic global warming, assuming that every 
> single signature on the list is legitimate.
> So you think the 99.9% aren't "reasonable company"?
> 

Extremely reasonable David.

As soon as you ask the people in the country areas only just two
questions:

1. Given the climate for the past 5 years How many actually believe in
Global Warming 
2. Given that the climate according to scientists is actually warming,
how much extra are you prepared to pay for your cost of living ?

Actually, We could just fling the question at anyone north of 50N and
see what they think. If the majority of people of people living North of
50N believe that the planet is warming, I will shut up on the topic for
ever.

Because from their point of view, either the North Pole has moved south
or massive Global Cooling is a big reality...
 
TomK