Well, since the sea level is only expected to rise 7 inches in the next 100 years I can see why they would make a law to prevent bogus science from being used.
. On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And next they are going to make it illegal for the sky to be blue. > > http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/05/30/nc-makes-sea-level-rise-illegal/ > > These rates shall only be determined using historical data, and these > data shall be limited to the time period following the year 1900. > Rates of seas-level rise may be extrapolated linearly. It goes on, > but theres the core: North Carolina legislators have decided that the > way to make exponential increases in sea level rise caused by those > inconvenient feedback loops we keep hearing about from scientists go > away is to make it against the law to extrapolate exponential; we can > only extrapolate along a line predicted by previous sea level rises." > > (NOTE: I know it is an opinion piece, but it's a fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351683 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
