We're only talking about Anthropogenic Global Warming On 8/9/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is complete (except for nuts like Ball) consensus that there is > global warming, the only questions are: > > 1.) Is it a decade long, or centuries long, trend? > > 2.) Are humans causing it? > > This guy sums it up best: > > Richard Lindzen, Alfred Sloane Professor of Atmospheric Science at the > Massachussetts Institute of Technology and member of the National > Academy of Sciences: "We are quite confident (1) that global mean > temperature is about 0.5 °C higher than it was a century ago; (2) that > atmospheric levels of CO2 have risen over the past two centuries; and > (3) that CO2 is a greenhouse gas whose increase is likely to warm the > earth (one of many, the most important being water vapor and clouds). > ****** > But--and I cannot stress this enough--we are not in a position to > confidently attribute past climate change to CO2 or to forecast what > the climate will be in the future." > ****** > [53] "[T]here has been no question whatsoever that CO2 is an infrared > absorber (i.e., a greenhouse gas albeit a minor one), and its > increase should theoretically contribute to warming. Indeed, if all > else were kept equal, the increase in CO2 should have led to somewhat > more warming than has been observed." (San Francisco Examiner, July > 12, 2006 [54] and in Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2006, Page A14) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239854 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
