> Ian wrote: > But the problem is that once it is 100% Confirmed and Proven(R), one is > looking at it historically
EXACTLY! Dana - how could we possibly prove that "global warming" exists and is man-made? We can't ever predict the weather 1 week from now. However therein lies the truth. We CAN model what we THINK will happen based on what we know. 90% of those models show that GW exists and is caused by CO2. There are known flaws in the models, however, because they also predict that it should be warmer now than what it is. Sam - Bush has actively squelched science - that's obvious. Specific to GW, there's all kinds of "lensing" going on from both sides and, imo, the best report to date is the IPCC or whatever as it's biggest critic is ITSELF! It's pure statistics at this point: 1.) year-over-year trend? Yes. 2.) Proof of GW? No. Best guess? We need to do SOMETHING, but what ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239950 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5