Re: Rage against spammers and telemarketers

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:

> This is, like so much else, hyperbolic and completely exaggerates the
> science. "The End of the Line" is as factual as "An Inconvenient Truth",
> meaning not very, and where It has facts, it uses them selectively, and
> takes the data to its most extreme conclusion.

Yet most of the "worst case" models you suggest that Inconvenient 
Truth's most dire "predictions" are based on are now quite old and have 
mostly been overtaken by more recent data showing that the earlier 
worst case scenarios were actually quite optimisitic.

> In CA, we aren't the generation that ends the fish. Our fish stocks, in
> may species (Giant Sea bass for one), are coming back. We're also in the
> middle of implementing the Marine Life Protection Act to create
> preserves where fish can breed, to add to the extensive network already
> in place on the channel islands, Farallons, and in the central coast.

Oh fabulous -- the Californians are going to save the oceans...

> However, those on the other side of the Pacific can't seem to be
> persuaded.  ...

I think NZ and Oz have some similar, equally tokenistic, developments 
under way...

> ...  Once again, preaching to the converted. I'm a diver and
> sportfisherman (mostly catch and release, except for enough for that
> day's dinner).

As you say though, the problem is all those stupid people who don't 
accept your view of things.  How do we get those idiots to not only fix 
their own excesses but reverse them and stop making things worse for 
the rest of us who actually get it?

Oh, wait -- that's not a valid question in your world view.  I guess we 
should just let them keep on doing what they need to...

And as the ocean currents and associated weather patterns change, the 
current soot and pollution fallout from China that the US NW is 
"enjoying" will both increase and likely "sink" further south, maybe 
even to your beloved CA...



Regards,

Nick FitzGerald


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