At the end of the day, the climate debate will force me, as a citizen, to change my life. Before I accept that, I should be convinced that whatever measures are taken are the best for me personally. And yes, in that respect I am a selfish bastard.<br>
<br>When the pirates address this issue, I as a pirate will be required to defend that issue. Which, at present, I can not.<br><br>The best way to convince me is to debate Christopher Monckton and win (or have the scientists debate him). And don't start with "Christopher Monckton is just...", because that is character assassination, which is a logical fallacy and therefore an invalid argument. Besides, if he is a nutcase, the debate should be won quite easily. Also, the before mentioned "99% of the scientists agree" is an appeal to authority, which is also a logical fallacy and therefore invalid. "Let's not fiddle...", the debate will probably require a few weeks to set up, from the skeptics side, so no harm there. And it will give some nice talking points, which could be used to form the official Pirate viewpoint.<br>
<br>When Christopher Monckton has been defeated in debate (and I don't care who defeats him, just as long as the topic is climate change), I will believe the climate change story again. But until then, I think the "fossil fuel burning -> CO2 -> climate change -> end of the world" story should be avoided.<br>
<br>Gijs<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/7/23 Antonio Garcia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ningunotro@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ningunotro@hotmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I've got a one size-fits-all general theory (this is one single world, one entity, after all, there must be an all-encompassing explanation) that thus far has performed remarcably well at interpreting the most diferentiated facts.<br>
<br>But, of course, I'm not a majority, and its necessary complexity inhibits convincing a majority the easy way...<br><br>The "one very knowledgeable guy" scenario does not seem to be very viable... considering the actual evolution of most pirate musings everywhere, and 15M-DRY-Indignado-Occupy thought processes.<br>
<br><br>Antonio García<br>PP-ES<br><br><div><div></div><hr>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:29:02 +0300<br>From: <a href="mailto:teirdes@gmail.com" target="_blank">teirdes@gmail.com</a><div class="im"><br>To: <a href="mailto:pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net" target="_blank">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net</a><br>
Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Global heating: 2 degrees of heating is 16 years away<br><br>
</div><div><div class="h5"><div>i don't understand why instead we would
not enter the raw materials issue. it is directly connected with
information policy and has huge environmental impact in europe and
abroad. the greens are in it from a different perspective, which
is saving the trees, where our perspective would be making a
sustainable information technology innovation, production and
maintenance.<br>
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rare earth elements, cupper, other types of raw materials
extraction. these are really big issues for the european union and
most of the member states. they also have a big impact on which
innovation patterns we exhibit. it entails the careful balancing
of corporate interests with respect to that of small and
medium-sized enterprises as well as towards citizens, NGOs and the
environment. someone could become very knowledgeable on this topic
on behalf of the pirates, rather than us chasing around after an
issue which is anyway the politically most chased at this time.<br>
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best regards,<br>
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a<br>
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Pe 23.07.2012 16:11, Kenneth Peiruza a scris:<br>
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The greens ran over our core issues, the only thing we have and
they miss is 'direct/liquid democracy'.
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<div>However, most pirate parties defend human rights as well. If
you can't live in your country because to global warming or
severe enviromental issues, IMO, that must be a topic of the
pirate parties in every affected country.</div>
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<font>Salut!</font> </div>
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Dario <a href="mailto:i@dario.im" target="_blank"><i@dario.im></a> escribió:<br>
<div>2012/7/23 Kenneth Peiruza <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenneth@pirata.cat" target="_blank">kenneth@pirata.cat</a>></span><br>
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<div>Global warming is a fact, Spanish desertified/arid
zones have doubled, from 25 to 50% in 20 years, and if you
get UN to agree with greenpeace in anything, that is
because there is already too much evidence.</div>
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<div>Skeptics about man-driven global warming exist in
internet forums and mailing lists. Scientists agree in a
99%. There's more believers in creationism.</div>
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Agreed. Next question: what we can do from a pirate POV
without being a Green spin-off?<br>
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PS: Richard, I have pending to write about Wombat Voting System.
Sorry for the delay!<br>
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<div>Dario Castañé</div>
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