> Sam wrote: > You implied insurance companies are justifiably raising your premiums > due to the link between global warming and hurricanes even though no > science exists there. I was pointing out that you needed a refund > because there where no hurricanes last year. While if it was tied to > gw we would have had more not none. >
(1.) Insurance. This is all about *perceived* risk which, as it turns out, can be calculated with some degree of accuracy. Since there is a *possibility* that GW may cause increased weather activity, that risk is currently priced into all of our home insurance. Period. (2.) Your last sentence is logically inconsistent with your GW position. If there is global warming, human caused or no, we have no idea what it's effect would be on climate and storms. It could cause the temperatures to heat up or cool down, could cause more storms or less, or could have no perceivable effect. That's the state of science right now: we don't understand the weather and can't predict it. Global Warming says that the amount of energy from the Sun retained by Earth's atmosphere is increasing. It doesn't say what the rate is, nor what the effects will be. If you spin a basketball on your finger and ever so slowly add energy it may just spin faster, slow down if the energy contributes to friction, or fly off of your hand due to cascade. The effects are not predictable unless you make assumptions about which variables you're holding constant. The same is true with GW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240096 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
