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Nigeria is probably the worst anything only contested by somalia in certain areas..
Problem is that said oil companies is not likely to be nigerian though..
... it's predominantly Dutch (Shell) ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
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Because God doesn't demand I turn over a 40% of my income for nonsense under threat of prison. GW isn't a matter of faith God is.
1) Apparently you've never heard of tithing ... or hell. The prison sentence God threatens you with has a term of eternity.
2) It's a non-sequitur, but at least you've cleared up that the motivation for your beliefs is purely financial.
3) Developing a more sustainable lifestyle will cost your kids and grandkids way more than than it would cost us.
No problem ever got resolved by denying its existence ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
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I thought it was based on the fact that the earth has been warming and cooling and warming again for 6 billion years long before we got here.
That's a true statement, but rendered effectively meaningless because it's so often used out of context.
The earth is constantly undergoing warming and cooling cycles. Those cycles extend over millenia ... or eons ... allowing adaptive processes to maintain a balance. Even so, in the process, species extinction occurs within those life forms unable to adapt to the changes. In contrast, the changes we are discussing are taking place over decades ... far too fast for adaptation to have any meaning at all. Species extinction will not be based on survival of the fittest ... no species can adapt that fast, including humans. Species survival may well boil down to who is ruthless enough to kill his neighbor and steal his food ... and money won't mean a damn thing, since you won't be able to eat it.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)