[PurpleXVI]

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: Purple...I am rather surprised that you are taking a fence-sitting stand on it, though with your critism towards the producer, you are leaning towards CO2 as the main cause of the global warming. Since the documentary clearly points to the fact that the whole idea stems from US and UK politics, I would have assumed that you would therefore be against the idea. You shocked me! But maybe I should not be surprised because the documentary was made in the UK, so its obviously a load of garbage, right? I wonder how many scientists in Denmark actually believe in CO2 as the main cause of Global Warming? I would have thought that since they are outside the influence of US politics, there would be more rational men and women realizing that the sun is what is causing the trouble.

My actual stance is pretty much that CO₂ is a major cause of global warming and that industry is to blame, however, just yammering that at someone who doesn't agree will never get me anywhere, and we can trade scientific sources until our Ctrl, C and V buttons are worn down to little nubs without either of us ever changing our minds.

That's why I promote the "Just In Case, It'll Prepare Us and There Are Other Benefits"-point of view. Since it is based on arguments that the anti-warming side are not necessarily violently disbelieving in.

If you cannot win a debate with physical evidence, start off by assuming your opponent is right, or at least that you may be wrong, and then use logic from there. You cannot even have a debate without the same assumptions about the world, really, and since you cannot ask your opponent to sacrifice his, you should do it.

Hell, I have arguments in favour of the separation of church and state based on the assumption that God exists, and they're far more hard-hitting than anything based on Atheism.

Did you actually follow the link I supplied, though? I feel that it casts some major doubt on the trustworthiness of the documentary's producer.

As for Denmark, the majority of the population, in my experience, believes that CO₂ is to blame for global warming. The fact that the US government tries to promote otherwise really only helps us take that stance, since most of Denmark rabidly hates everyone even vaguely associated with running your state, or at the very least considers them madly incompetent. Please note that this is not an attack, but merely a statement of the vibe that I get from every Dane I have ever talked to, and our media.

I cannot speak for our scientists since I do not know many of them, but in general they seem to be predisposed towards that view as well since a lot of them are working on hydrogen fuel and renewable energy sources.

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: Why did the atmosphere not heat up during the industrial revolution?

Our current deforestation is on a much larger scale? That is one thing I would definitely suggest.