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Scott -- what if you have a car that does not have a more powerful engine as a drop-in alternative? Or what if you already have the most powerful engine in a lineup but want more power? There is nothing wrong with modifying engines as long as it does not appreciably contribute to deteriorating air q...

I for one would like to see more nuclear plants.

Okay, the greenhouse effect is a well-accepted scientific theory. Not even global warming deniers deny it. You are the only person I've ever heard of who does not accept it.

Can you find any actual scientists that back up your view, or are you just making stuff up and accepting it as fact?

Subtle wrote:Good points on identifying the sources of carbon, but likely no matter the source the link from carbon to temperature has not been direct.

Are you saying that CO2, methane, etc. are NOT greenhouse gases?

You are probably right that there are other causes to the warming trend, but that does not mean humans are NOT contributing.

I ask again:

Why should I believe you over the scientific community when you say that humans are not contributing?

I see you have deftly sidestepped answering my questions, so in the meantime I will answer yours. Start at the end and work backward-- Who are the main promotors of the notion of anthropogenic warming? Lots of people. It's not like Al Gore invented the notion. He just drew inspiration from the scien...

The lesson learned is not to doctor or selectively believe intelligence, but that's neither here nor there. Weren't we talking about global warming and not the Iraq war?

Even if the abstracts are written by non-scientific committees, that doesn't mean the committees are going to say something completely different than the study shows. Sorry, but I don't believe your conspiracy theory and I doubt many others on this board believe it, whether or not they think humans ...

I'd like to point out there that there was at least one scientist challenging the consensus in that situation. I am sure that Tuzo Wilson published at least one paper about plate tectonics. There is nobody challenging the consensus in this case besides a few easy-to-discredit scientists who have not...

And "basically the entire scientific community"?????? Why do you believe there is this vast consesnus? There isn't among all scientists. There IS a consensus among the "blame CO2" crowd and they're the fortified mob that is hogging all the debate. But the other side is not just ...

I'm actually referencing rallysam's post earlier in the thread with a chart showing that CO2 levels have risen dramatically in the past 50 years or so.

Subtle -- what else would be causing the spike in CO2 besides humans? And why does basically the entire scientific community disagree with you?

How about those "untouched" scientists? They're not coming up with a consensus by any means. Many scientists are doing the hard work and coming to different conclusions and that's my point. Apparently you missed the article from Science that I posted above. If you're talking about scienti...

Looks sweet:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoe ... preza.html

Apparently it will only come in hatchback form -- no more sedan.

Hey, look a real concensus. http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p36.htm Pretty easy to indict that source: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine "The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) describes itself as "a small research institute&q...

I have five svchost.exe and I know I am clean.

The HijackThis log also contains a task list, so getting another one won't show any more information.

Use a combination of Spybot S&D and Ad Aware SE. Run both until you dont get anymore things comming up. I use these with AVG and never have many problems that cant be fixed with this combo and a reformat. :D "And a reformat" is the crucial phrase there. If you don't want to reformat, ...

Okay, you have a couple of suspect entries but nothing that looks like it's running on startup. Download RootkitRevealer: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/RootkitRevealer.shtml Run it, and then walk away from your computer until it is done. It's important that you do not use your computer at a...

I am not sure about the auto, but the manual speedo cable has two parts. The first is the cable going from the cluster through the firewall and out to a few inches above the transmission. The second is an adapter that the first connects up to on one end -- the other end screws into the transmission....

Do humans really think that much of themselves in this day and age that we really think we have the power to impact world to make it inhabitable? At best we'll gum it up enough to get rid of a large percentage of our over population problem and the world will reset itself. I'm glad someone shares m...

The difference is that Ted Stevens doesn't know a damn thing about the internet. These scientists, on the other hand, actually know something about climate change.

The point is not the article itself, it's what the article is reporting.

A very timely and relevant news story:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/02 ... index.html

Once again, you are denying that a ton of scientists (that know this stuff far better than you) are correct.

Garage:

2006 Audi A4 2.0T quattro 6MT sedan (mom's)
2001 Subaru Forester L AWD 5MT (dad's)

Outside:

1992 Infiniti G20 5MT (mine)
1992 Subaru Legacy L AWD 5MT sedan (brother's)

At my grandfather's:

1990 Subaru Legacy L AWD 5MT wagon (mine, but probably going to the family as a whole soon)

There's no reason to outlaw fast cars, but steps should be taken to discourage their use and/or to make them more efficient. A higher gas tax and higher CAFE standards with fewer loopholes would go a long way towards this goal. More importantly, carpooling and use of public transit should be encoura...