Comments on: Perspective & Global Warming

By: Rox

Rox — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:42:33 +0000

Not to trivialise the matters behind sensationalism, but the first thing that came to mind when I saw this was the South Park episode ‘ManBearPig’, which features Al Gore freaking out over a ‘thuper therial’ threat… sick but funny.

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:20:08 +0000

Thought this was in keeping with the theme:

http://alternet.org/envirohealth/46318/

By: Dale Nunns

Dale Nunns — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:43:28 +0000

Whoops should of read the whole thing…

By: JohnDoe

JohnDoe — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:46:05 +0000

In the link he states that it was in fact the research for his book.

By: Dale Nunns

Dale Nunns — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:40:19 +0000

You should read a book by Michael Crichton called State of Fear. It’s rather new (think it came out last year.) It wouldn’t surprise me if this speech wasn’t based on the research the he did for the book. (He tends to research something he’s writing about so much that he ends up an “expert” on it.)

The book while telling a fictional story (or at least I hope it’s fictional) about a group of ‘eco terrorists’ who are trying to make people believe that the world is going through extreme climate change by doing all kinds of weird stuff like causing rain storms, lightning and ice bergs. Almost all the information the book is based on is fact and Michael puts tons of little footnotes in the book that point to various thesis’s, papers and articles to support what he is writing about.

By: Vaughan

Vaughan — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:28:22 +0000

‘Nostradamus latest prediction’??? I thought he was DEAD?!? So what was his last prediction anyway?

I haven’t read Micheal Crichton’s story because it seems to long to keep my interest.

I also am unfazed by the media’s stories of impending doom.

By: Jane Doe

Jane Doe — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:15:35 +0000

The essay was a surprisingly good read, you can tell that the author writes as a profession. Usually any article that long I don’t even bother with!

But yes, good points. I’m trying to get myself out of the habit of absorbing so much media influence every day. Right now it’s trying to avoid reading the headlines on the lampposts on the way to work. Even though I know that I shouldn’t worry about half the stuff I read, it would still be better if I just ignored them. After all – I’ll find out the important stuff eventually… There was a good saying going around a while back – “Good news can wait, and bad news will never go away.”