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<font size=3>An interesting set of legalistic arguments, but I suspect
that even if all of man's activities were not present, the time of the
quake might have been delayed by a second or so.... pure guesswork, no
way I know of to compute a value.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Any good trial lawyer knows that
the key to getting<br>
the client a good settlement is in finding deep-pockets<br>
responsible. So we must somehow determine that the earthquake<br>
that caused the tsunami was a result of global warming,<br>
which is a result of SUVs, not god. If we have low <br>
standards for proof, how can we imagine rising global<br>
temperatures having caused the Sri Lankan tragedy? How<br>
about: higher temperatures caused the seismic plates<br>
to expand, thus causing them to slip against each other.<br>
Or: rising global temperatures changed the migration paths<br>
of local birds, resulting in their landing in an unaccustomed<br>
location, changing the loading pattern on the tectonic plate,<br>
resulting in a sudden fracture? My father in law has
suggested<br>
that pumping all that oil out of the ground allowed the earth<br>
to collapse into the resulting cavities.<br><br>
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