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

[Mike Lorrey]

--- spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 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.

The main problem being that that area is known for some of the biggest
earthquakes in history, including the Krakatoa eruption (which was just
the latest). If a driver has totalled three cars in the past, you can't
blame Jeep because it happened to manufacture the driver's latest death-sled.

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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