I know a programmer who worked on some of the computer modeling of global warming a few years ago. He said there was no straight forward answer on but that the scientists were always annoyed with the press trying to get one out of them.
On 05/24/2011 01:23 PM, wayback71 wrote: > Good read. McKibben is so right on. I was watching TV this morning and a > man in the midwest in charge of tracking tornados was asked if all this > weather was related to global warming. He cautioned us all to avoid thinking > like that. And he is right - no single event proves it, but someday someone > will connect the dots. > > Chicago, Seattle and NYC all have climate change plans in various stages of > development. The folks in the know know things are way past serious and are > moving ahead, even at the city level of government. I think they have given > up trying to present the science to the public. And the topic is so serious, > difficult, sad and demanding of sustained thought, no one really wants to go > on and on about it. People won't listen for long enough to get it. And > certainly don't want any more bad news than is already out there. Not having > a job takes precedence over climate change. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"<rick@...> wrote: >> http://action.350.org/signup_page/connections >> > >
