[extropy-chat] sri lanka tragedy a result of global warming?

[Henrique Moraes Machado]

Man... I love this list :-)

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> Any good trial lawyer knows that the key to getting
> the client a good settlement is in finding deep-pockets
> responsible.  So we must somehow determine that the earthquake
> that caused the tsunami was a result of global warming,
> which is a result of SUVs, not god.  If we have low 
> standards for proof, how can we imagine rising global
> temperatures having caused the Sri Lankan tragedy?  How
> about: higher temperatures caused the seismic plates
> to expand, thus causing them to slip against each other.
> Or: rising global temperatures changed the migration paths
> of local birds, resulting in their landing in an unaccustomed
> location, changing the loading pattern on the tectonic plate,
> resulting in a sudden fracture?  My father in law has suggested
> that pumping all that oil out of the ground allowed the earth
> to collapse into the resulting cavities.