> Sam wrote: > If humans aren't causing it then there's nothing we can do. >
What? We change our environment on a whim. Granted controlling Earth's climate may be tough, but I certainly wouldn't put it past humans to do it. For example, we could nuke volcanos and black out the planet for a decade. Your "consensus" article continues the mis-information. As I've said, there's 3 issues and 1 HAS CONSENSUS: (1.) Is the Earth warming in what could statistically be "special cause"? Year-over-year, yes; no debate there. (2.) If #1 is a decade-over-decade trend, we could be in trouble. Do we know that it will be? No. This is part of your piece's "lack of consensus". (3.) If #1 and/or #2, are humans causing it and therefore the solution is known? No consensus there either. So what we're left with is managing risk; something insurance companies do ever day for a living. So I wonder what the actuaries would say ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239891 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5