Heh. Well at least you have good solid facts to back up your theory.
I'm curious: What makes you doubt isotopic dating?
Regards,
Jon Heese
bd nesbit wrote:
> How do you know that this planet has been around for millions of years?
> I do not believe that it has been here that long. I happen to believe
> in a "young earth" theory. Please don't go into the carbon dating or
> argon gas dating and that 'crap'. It just ain't so.
> Thanks,
> David
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Strobel" <theamcguy@yahoo.com>
> To: "Times List SHO" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 3:10 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Global Warming
>
>
>> The issue isn't whether the planet is changing or not, the issue
>> should be what to do about it. First off fossil evidence tells me
>> that at one time, in Canada, where there is now ice and snow, there
>> use used to be lush vegetation and the area was inhabited by large
>> cold blooded animals. Second geological evidence, tells me Pittsburgh
>> PA was once covered by a glacier hundreds of meters thick. Which
>> earth is the one we should be preserving? The planet changes, it has
>> done so for millions of years without mans interference what makes
>> anyone think that a few hundred years of mans interference is going to
>> accelerate or slow down what has occurred naturally in the past.
>> Greenies look out and say the temp is rising, we must be at fault, we
>> must react, when ample evidence shows that at one time Canada was a
>> tropical forest. Could the planet just be trying to go back to that
>> point and we just happen to be living while it is doing it? Outlawing
>> planet change will not work, the
>> earth can't read. Instead of wasting time trying to stop the
>> inevitable and figuring out who or who isn't the blame, time and
>> resources would be better spent trying to figure the impact of the
>> change and what benefits and consequences we need to plan for in the
>> future. The earth will change, man can not stop it. Better to adapt
>> than die. The earth has experienced both ice ages and periods of
>> great warmth. Trying to preserve a 20-40 year climate period
>> (1930-1970) in a planet that has seen vast extremes in its millions of
>> years of existence is ludicrous.
>>
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