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  • #1

    Is global warming a bigger threat than terrorism?

    So, what do you say? On current evidence global warming is killing more people and getting far less resources spent on it.

    Of course, one successful nuclear attack on downtown Los Angeles would change that...

    But do you think we've got the balance right, in both the short term (say next 10 years) and the long term (say 50 years).
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    Yes, Global Warming is more important and priorities should be changed.
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    Yes, but we need to combat terrorism now.
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    No, National Security is always more important.
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    Both need more resources to combat effectively.
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    Global Bananas are the biggest threat to world security.
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    Global warming hasn't killed anyone. What are you on about?
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    • #3
      Definitely it is.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
        Global warming hasn't killed anyone. What are you on about?
        An estimated 15,000 elderly died in the European heatwave last summer.

        What are YOU on about?
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        • #5
          Well, duh, but it's by far not the biggest stupidity. Do you know how much money would've been saved, and how much wealth would've been created if fusion research had been given a bigger priority? Compare Fusion research money in the USA, and say... defence spending.
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          • #6
            It's easier for individual countries to do something about terrorism than about global warming.

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            There are far too many uncertainties involved with either to say which is a bigger threat.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Park Avenue
              It's easier for individual countries to do something about terrorism than about global warming.

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              There are far too many uncertainties involved with either to say which is a bigger threat.

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              • #8
                An estimated 15,000 elderly died in the European heatwave last summer.


                How is a heatwave a product of global warming? It's been abnormally cool in Japan this year; should I blame my heating bills on global cooling?

                Jesus, countries are too dumb to prepare for hot weather and then try to blame the resultant deaths on "global warming"...
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
                  An estimated 15,000 elderly died in the European heatwave last summer.


                  How is a heatwave a product of global warming? It's been abnormally cool in Japan this year; should I blame my heating bills on global cooling?

                  Jesus, countries are too dumb to prepare for hot weather and then try to blame the resultant deaths on "global warming"...
                  Bet your life on that Drake? And your family's?

                  I wouldn't.

                  EDIT:

                  Can you prove it wasn't global warming? Because it certainly wasn't global terrorism that killed them.
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                  • #10
                    I'll bet you a thousand dollars that global warming will never pose any risk to my life or the life of family.

                    Terrorism, on the other hand...

                    Can you prove it wasn't global warming?


                    No. I can't prove it wasn't all a high-tech Al Qaeda attack, though, either. Kind of hard to prove a negative...
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                    • #11
                      Why is it that you people MUST compare, bring, exploit the terrorism factor in everything?




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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Spec
                        It's like somparing sheep with houses...



                        Spec.
                        Sounds very kinky, but here we are faced with 2 things that are supposedly going to kill lots of people unless they are dealt with.

                        Leave the sheep alone Spec.
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                        • #13
                          Global warming is not proven. In fact, eatrhs temperature changes every 10000 years or so. There are possibilities that we are in such a change.
                          Second, 15000 elders that died of heat wave last summer has, in no way, been proven that it was because of global warming. This kind of heat has been recorded in the past.
                          Third, global warming, if it exists, is an increase of 0.2 degrees celsius per year, which is pretty insignificant. Meaning that since it started, we did noit have time to really feel the difference.

                          Climate change is part of the earths history. Sensationalism is clear part of human lives.

                          Spec.
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                          • #14
                            You could have just clicked "No"... but thank you for explaining the ideas behind your thinking.

                            Now explain where all the people in Bangladesh are going to end up when there's no Bangladesh left to stand on.

                            And then try and prove that Bangladesh's problems are in no way related to global warming.

                            Then we'll go onto the next disaster area, and progress through about 180 countries until you've covered them all.

                            Alternatively - prove that terrorism kills as many if not more people.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Cruddy
                              Can you prove it wasn't global warming?

                              Can you prove it was?

                              Certainly not. No one can. So this is why this sensational comparison irritates me.

                              Spec.
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