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RE: Wishful thinking
By Sandok on 1/5/2010 7:32:25 AM , Rating: 1
Plenty of evidence on both sides? Please, the evidence against Global Warming is as promising as all those doctors in the 1950s saying that smoking isn't bad for you at all and actually healthy! In other words, a load of bull.

RE: Wishful thinking
By blaster5k on 1/5/2010 11:59:15 AM , Rating: 4
Are you actually familiar with what the evidence is that supports global warming? Based on your posts, it doesn't seem like it.

Correlation and causation are two different things. The fact that temperatures have gone up or down doesn't mean anything in and of itself. To prove causation, you have to prove that man's contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere is directly responsible. The only "evidence" for that lies in climate models.

CO2 may be a greenhouse gas, but the effect of the added CO2 in the atmosphere is negligible in and of itself. This is agreed on by global warming proponents. The predictions of catastrophic warming rely on "feedbacks" -- these are predicted events that occur in response to increased CO2.

Changes in one thing will cause changes in other things. The problem is, it's difficult to figure out the relationship between variables. Clouds in particular are poorly understood and modeled, yet play a big part in the climate system.

All I can say is, I used to think global warming was real until I researched it more -- now I'm skeptical. That's not to say it isn't possible, but I do not trust that a computer model can accurately predict temperatures 100 years from now. Not for something as complex as the earth's climate.

I'm also unconvinced that spending trillions of dollars to "stop" global warming is better than adapting to any changes that may occur. Increased energy costs will indirectly kill people too -- mainly the poor.

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