: It might be worth clarifying my position on ecological disaster; I don't believe that humanity is doomed; at least, not in the short to medium term. I do believe that the society in which we live is doomed; as Karen said "the end of the world *as we know it*".
SDF: Hey Gideon, Jacobson has decided to respond to your global warming challenge, taking the perspective of -- surprise, surprise -- the American oil companies. I thought you'd by now have already refuted the arguments on his cited Web pages -- well, I didn't bother to read the pages themselves, and I guess I don't really need to read any more global warming debates, I already told you about the one on time.com...
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