> RoMunn wrote: > agreed. we don't even know if we could contribute to cooling trends as well, > and if so how much. the human effect on climate change is minimal compared > to other factors like solar flares, Earth's orbit around the sun, Earth's > core temperature, etc. >
And you're right Robert, that there are plenty of demagogues using this issue to forward their own agenda; but that's not any different than any other issue. And so rather than respond to those people with an extremist view in the opposite direction (the "cycles" concept - things don't just happen for no reason), what we should all be doing is advocating for gov't funded research. The reason there's so much traction is because people who lives in places that actually have weather, unlike San Diego, has noticed a very specific and very quantifiable change in weather over the last 2 decades. In MN we've had our first real winter in 10 years - maybe more. And it still wasn't the way it was in the 70s. So people that live in these states can see changes easier than you. Now, does that mean that there's GW or, if there is, that humans are causing it? I don't know, but I think we should look into it with 1/10 or 1% of our GDP. One last point - GW could indeed mean global cooling! How you ask? Because GW doesn't mean that temperatures will increase! All it means is that more of Sun's energy is getting to Earth's weather systems. What impact this increased energy has is unknown since we don't understand climatic systems. So GW could actually mean a new ice age. Or we could turn into Venus. Just don't know. It's a risk and risks to humanity should be investigated as if humanity is at stake. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258096 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
